[PATCH] fix swiotlb panic on Xen

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Mon Oct 26 2020 - 20:02:35 EST


From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>

kernel/dma/swiotlb.c:swiotlb_init gets called first and tries to
allocate a buffer for the swiotlb. It does so by calling

memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_ALIGN(bytes), PAGE_SIZE);

If the allocation must fail, no_iotlb_memory is set.


Later during initialization swiotlb-xen comes in
(drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c:xen_swiotlb_init) and given that io_tlb_start
is != 0, it thinks the memory is ready to use when actually it is not.

When the swiotlb is actually needed, swiotlb_tbl_map_single gets called
and since no_iotlb_memory is set the kernel panics.

Instead, if swiotlb-xen.c:xen_swiotlb_init knew the swiotlb hadn't been
initialized, it would do the initialization itself, which might still
succeed.


Fix the panic by setting io_tlb_start to 0 on swiotlb initialization
failure, and also by setting no_iotlb_memory to false on swiotlb
initialization success.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index c19379fabd20..9924214df60a 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ int __init swiotlb_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs, int verbose)
io_tlb_orig_addr[i] = INVALID_PHYS_ADDR;
}
io_tlb_index = 0;
+ no_iotlb_memory = false;

if (verbose)
swiotlb_print_info();
@@ -262,9 +263,11 @@ swiotlb_init(int verbose)
if (vstart && !swiotlb_init_with_tbl(vstart, io_tlb_nslabs, verbose))
return;

- if (io_tlb_start)
+ if (io_tlb_start) {
memblock_free_early(io_tlb_start,
PAGE_ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT));
+ io_tlb_start = 0;
+ }
pr_warn("Cannot allocate buffer");
no_iotlb_memory = true;
}
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs)
io_tlb_orig_addr[i] = INVALID_PHYS_ADDR;
}
io_tlb_index = 0;
+ no_iotlb_memory = false;

swiotlb_print_info();