Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] KVM: arm64: allow the VM to select DEVICE_* and NORMAL_NC for IO memory

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Wed Dec 06 2023 - 14:07:08 EST


On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 03:03:56PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 06:58:44PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > -------------8<----------------------------
> > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> > index 1929103ee59a..b89d2dfcd534 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> > @@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ int vfio_pci_core_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev, struct vm_area_struct *vma
> > * See remap_pfn_range(), called from vfio_pci_fault() but we can't
> > * change vm_flags within the fault handler. Set them now.
> > */
> > - vm_flags_set(vma, VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP);
> > + vm_flags_set(vma, VM_VFIO | VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP);
> > vma->vm_ops = &vfio_pci_mmap_ops;
> >
> > return 0;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> > index 418d26608ece..6df46fd7836a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> > @@ -391,6 +391,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
> > # define VM_UFFD_MINOR VM_NONE
> > #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> > +#define VM_VFIO_BIT 39
> > +#define VM_VFIO BIT(VM_VFIO_BIT)
> > +#else
> > +#define VM_VFIO VM_NONE
> > +#endif
> > +
> > /* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
> > #define VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP (VM_RAND_READ | VM_SEQ_READ | VM_STACK_EARLY)
> > -------------8<----------------------------
> >
> > In KVM, Akita's patch would take this into account, not just rely on
> > "device==true".
>
> Yes, Ankit let's try this please. I would not call it VM_VFIO though
>
> VM_VFIO_ALLOW_WC ?

Yeah. I don't really care about the name.

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Catalin