Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Add OpRegion 2.0 Extended VBT support.

From: Colin Xu
Date: Thu Aug 26 2021 - 22:24:09 EST


On Fri, 27 Aug 2021, Alex Williamson wrote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:36:36 +0800 (CST)
Colin Xu <colin.xu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Alex,

In addition to the background that devices on market may still need
OpRegion 2.0 support in vfio-pci, do you have other comments to the patch
body?

Yes, there were further comments in my first reply below. Thanks,

Alex
OOPS, missed that. Replied inline.


On Tue, 17 Aug 2021, Colin Xu wrote:

On Mon, 16 Aug 2021, Alex Williamson wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:13:29 +0800
Colin Xu <colin.xu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Due to historical reason, some legacy shipped system doesn't follow
OpRegion 2.1 spec but still stick to OpRegion 2.0, in which the extended
VBT is not contigious after OpRegion in physical address, but any
location pointed by RVDA via absolute address. Thus it's impossible
to map a contigious range to hold both OpRegion and extended VBT as 2.1.

Since the only difference between OpRegion 2.0 and 2.1 is where extended
VBT is stored: For 2.0, RVDA is the absolute address of extended VBT
while for 2.1, RVDA is the relative address of extended VBT to OpRegion
baes, and there is no other difference between OpRegion 2.0 and 2.1,
it's feasible to amend OpRegion support for these legacy system (before
upgrading the system firmware), by kazlloc a range to shadown OpRegion
from the beginning and stitch VBT after closely, patch the shadow
OpRegion version from 2.0 to 2.1, and patch the shadow RVDA to relative
address. So that from the vfio igd OpRegion r/w ops view, only OpRegion
2.1 is exposed regardless the underneath host OpRegion is 2.0 or 2.1
if the extended VBT exists. vfio igd OpRegion r/w ops will return either
shadowed data (OpRegion 2.0) or directly from physical address
(OpRegion 2.1+) based on host OpRegion version and RVDA/RVDS. The shadow
mechanism makes it possible to support legacy systems on the market.

Which systems does this enable? There's a suggestion above that these
systems could update firmware to get OpRegion v2.1 support, why
shouldn't we ask users to do that instead? When we added OpRegion v2.1
support we were told that v2.0 support was essentially non-existent,
why should we add code to support and old spec with few users for such
a niche use case?
Hi Alex, there was some mis-alignment with the BIOS owner that we were told
the 2.0 system doesn't for retail but only for internal development. However
in other projects we DO see the retail market has such systems, including NUC
NUC6CAYB, some APL industrial PC used in RT system, and some customized APL
motherboard by commercial virtualization solution. We immediately contact the
BIOS owner to ask for a clarification and they admit it. These system won't
get updated BIOS for OpRegion update but still under warranty. That's why the
OpRegion 2.0 support is still needed.


Cc: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hang Yuan <hang.yuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Swee Yee Fonn <swee.yee.fonn@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fred Gao <fred.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Colin Xu <colin.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c
b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c
index 228df565e9bc..22b9436a3044 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ static size_t vfio_pci_igd_rw(struct vfio_pci_device
*vdev, char __user *buf,
static void vfio_pci_igd_release(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
struct vfio_pci_region *region)
{
- memunmap(region->data);
+ if (is_ioremap_addr(region->data))
+ memunmap(region->data);
+ else
+ kfree(region->data);
}

static const struct vfio_pci_regops vfio_pci_igd_regops = {
@@ -59,10 +62,11 @@ static const struct vfio_pci_regops
vfio_pci_igd_regops = {
static int vfio_pci_igd_opregion_init(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev)
{
__le32 *dwordp = (__le32 *)(vdev->vconfig + OPREGION_PCI_ADDR);
- u32 addr, size;
- void *base;
+ u32 addr, size, rvds = 0;
+ void *base, *opregionvbt;
int ret;
u16 version;
+ u64 rvda = 0;

ret = pci_read_config_dword(vdev->pdev, OPREGION_PCI_ADDR, &addr);
if (ret)
@@ -89,66 +93,95 @@ static int vfio_pci_igd_opregion_init(struct
vfio_pci_device *vdev)
size *= 1024; /* In KB */

/*
- * Support opregion v2.1+
- * When VBT data exceeds 6KB size and cannot be within mailbox #4,
then
- * the Extended VBT region next to opregion is used to hold the VBT
data.
- * RVDA (Relative Address of VBT Data from Opregion Base) and RVDS
- * (Raw VBT Data Size) from opregion structure member are used to
hold the
- * address from region base and size of VBT data. RVDA/RVDS are not
- * defined before opregion 2.0.
+ * OpRegion and VBT:
+ * When VBT data doesn't exceed 6KB, it's stored in Mailbox #4.
+ * When VBT data exceeds 6KB size, Mailbox #4 is no longer large
enough
+ * to hold the VBT data, the Extended VBT region is introduced since
+ * OpRegion 2.0 to hold the VBT data. Since OpRegion 2.0, RVDA/RVDS
are
+ * introduced to define the extended VBT data location and size.
+ * OpRegion 2.0: RVDA defines the absolute physical address of the
+ * extended VBT data, RVDS defines the VBT data size.
+ * OpRegion 2.1 and above: RVDA defines the relative address of the
+ * extended VBT data to OpRegion base, RVDS defines the VBT data
size.
*
- * opregion 2.1+: RVDA is unsigned, relative offset from
- * opregion base, and should point to the end of opregion.
- * otherwise, exposing to userspace to allow read access to
everything between
- * the OpRegion and VBT is not safe.
- * RVDS is defined as size in bytes.
- *
- * opregion 2.0: rvda is the physical VBT address.
- * Since rvda is HPA it cannot be directly used in guest.
- * And it should not be practically available for end user,so it is
not supported.
+ * Due to the RVDA difference in OpRegion VBT (also the only diff
between
+ * 2.0 and 2.1), while for OpRegion 2.1 and above it's possible to
map
+ * a contigious memory to expose OpRegion and VBT r/w via the vfio
+ * region, for OpRegion 2.0 shadow and amendment mechanism is used to
+ * expose OpRegion and VBT r/w properly. So that from r/w ops view,
only
+ * OpRegion 2.1 is exposed regardless underneath Region is 2.0 or
2.1.
*/
version = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)(base + OPREGION_VERSION));
- if (version >= 0x0200) {
- u64 rvda;
- u32 rvds;

+ if (version >= 0x0200) {
rvda = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)(base + OPREGION_RVDA));
rvds = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)(base + OPREGION_RVDS));
+
+ /* The extended VBT is valid only when RVDA/RVDS are
non-zero. */
if (rvda && rvds) {
- /* no support for opregion v2.0 with physical VBT
address */
- if (version == 0x0200) {
+ size += rvds;
+ }
+
+ /* The extended VBT must follows OpRegion for OpRegion 2.1+
*/
+ if (rvda != size && version > 0x0200) {

But we already added rvds to size, this is not compatible with the
previous code that required rvda == size BEFORE adding rvds.

Emmm this is wrong. Should move the size check before increasing the total size.
+ memunmap(base);
+ pci_err(vdev->pdev,
+ "Extended VBT does not follow opregion on
version 0x%04x\n",
+ version);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (size != OPREGION_SIZE) {
+ /* Allocate memory for OpRegion and extended VBT for 2.0 */
+ if (rvda && rvds && version == 0x0200) {
+ void *vbt_base;
+
+ vbt_base = memremap(rvda, rvds, MEMREMAP_WB);
+ if (!vbt_base) {
memunmap(base);
- pci_err(vdev->pdev,
- "IGD assignment does not support
opregion v2.0 with an extended VBT region\n");
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

- if (rvda != size) {
+ opregionvbt = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!opregionvbt) {
memunmap(base);
- pci_err(vdev->pdev,
- "Extended VBT does not follow
opregion on version 0x%04x\n",
- version);
- return -EINVAL;
+ memunmap(vbt_base);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

- /* region size for opregion v2.0+: opregion and VBT
size. */
- size += rvds;
+ /* Stitch VBT after OpRegion noncontigious */
+ memcpy(opregionvbt, base, OPREGION_SIZE);
+ memcpy(opregionvbt + OPREGION_SIZE, vbt_base, rvds);
+
+ /* Patch OpRegion 2.0 to 2.1 */
+ *(__le16 *)(opregionvbt + OPREGION_VERSION) = 0x0201;
+ /* Patch RVDA to relative address after OpRegion */
+ *(__le64 *)(opregionvbt + OPREGION_RVDA) =
OPREGION_SIZE;

AIUI, the OpRegion is a two-way channel between the IGD device/system
BIOS and the driver, numerous fields are writable by the driver. Now
the driver writes to a shadow copy of the OpRegion table. What
completes the write to the real OpRegion table for consumption by the
device/BIOS? Likewise, what updates the fields that are written by the
device/BIOS for consumption by the driver?

If a shadow copy of the OpRegion detached from the physical table is
sufficient here, why wouldn't we always shadow the OpRegion and prevent
all userspace writes from touching the real version? Thanks,

Alex
Yes per spec, OpRegion allows driver write to notify BIOS as mailbox, thus BIOS could do some operations, like ACPI notification, or fill the result on query. However the write operation is always blocked on r/w ops so guest write will always return -EINVAL. If only consider this patch, which doesn't change the behaviour, that no matter shadow or not, write to OpRegion is always blocked. If consider from full functionality, this is a gap between IGD pass through and native. Simply allow the write to OpRegion may expose unguarded information from host, or trigger host BIOS/ACPI doing unmanaged operation. More discussions are necessary on how to handle OpRegion write in IGD pass through, like if we don't want those unmanaged behaviour triggered from guest, may need modify the OpRegion data exposed to guest. Or if those functionalities are still needed for guest, may need consider how to handle them in a more secure way.6~


+
+ memunmap(vbt_base);
+ memunmap(base);
+
+ /* Register shadow instead of map as vfio_region */
+ base = opregionvbt;
+ /* Remap OpRegion + extended VBT for 2.1+ */
+ } else {
+ memunmap(base);
+ base = memremap(addr, size, MEMREMAP_WB);
+ if (!base)
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
}

- if (size != OPREGION_SIZE) {
- memunmap(base);
- base = memremap(addr, size, MEMREMAP_WB);
- if (!base)
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
ret = vfio_pci_register_dev_region(vdev,
PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL | VFIO_REGION_TYPE_PCI_VENDOR_TYPE,
VFIO_REGION_SUBTYPE_INTEL_IGD_OPREGION,
&vfio_pci_igd_regops, size, VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_READ, base);
if (ret) {
- memunmap(base);
+ if (is_ioremap_addr(base))
+ memunmap(base);
+ else
+ kfree(base);
return ret;
}




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Best Regards,
Colin Xu



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Best Regards,
Colin Xu




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Best Regards,
Colin Xu