[PATCH v5 2/3] vfio: add bus master feature to device feature ioctl

From: Nipun Gupta
Date: Thu Aug 03 2023 - 10:34:11 EST


add bus mastering control to VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE IOCTL. The VFIO user
can use this feature to enable or disable the Bus Mastering of a
device bound to VFIO.

Co-developed-by: Shubham Rohila <shubham.rohila@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shubham Rohila <shubham.rohila@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@xxxxxxx>

Changes in v5:
- This patch is newly added which proposes a new flag
VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_BUS_MASTER in VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE IOCTL.

---
include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
index 20c804bdc09c..05350a2f1eab 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
@@ -1287,6 +1287,22 @@ struct vfio_device_feature_mig_data_size {

#define VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_MIG_DATA_SIZE 9

+/**
+ * Upon VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_SET, allow the BUS mastering for the device to be
+ * set or clear based on the operation specified in op flag.
+ *
+ * If the BUS MASTER of the device is configured to CLEAR,
+ * all the incoming DMA from the device will be blocked.
+ * If the BUS MASTER of the device is configured to SET (enable),
+ * device would be able to do DMA to host memory.
+ */
+struct vfio_device_feature_bus_master {
+ __u32 op;
+#define VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_SET_MASTER 0 /* Set Bus Master */
+#define VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_CLEAR_MASTER 1 /* Clear Bus Master */
+};
+#define VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_BUS_MASTER 9
+
/* -------- API for Type1 VFIO IOMMU -------- */

/**
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