Re: [PATCH V4] PCI: Extend ACS configurability

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Jul 12 2024 - 17:57:16 EST


On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 09:01:50PM +0530, Vidya Sagar wrote:
> PCIe ACS settings control the level of isolation and the possible P2P
> paths between devices. With greater isolation the kernel will create
> smaller iommu_groups and with less isolation there is more HW that
> can achieve P2P transfers. From a virtualization perspective all
> devices in the same iommu_group must be assigned to the same VM as
> they lack security isolation.
>
> There is no way for the kernel to automatically know the correct
> ACS settings for any given system and workload. Existing command line
> options (ex:- disable_acs_redir) allow only for large scale change,
> disabling all isolation, but this is not sufficient for more complex cases.
>
> Add a kernel command-line option 'config_acs' to directly control all the
> ACS bits for specific devices, which allows the operator to setup the
> right level of isolation to achieve the desired P2P configuration.
> The definition is future proof, when new ACS bits are added to the spec
> the open syntax can be extended.
>
> ACS needs to be setup early in the kernel boot as the ACS settings
> effect how iommu_groups are formed. iommu_group formation is a one
> time event during initial device discovery, changing ACS bits after
> kernel boot can result in an inaccurate view of the iommu_groups
> compared to the current isolation configuration.
>
> ACS applies to PCIe Downstream Ports and multi-function devices.
> The default ACS settings are strict and deny any direct traffic
> between two functions. This results in the smallest iommu_group the
> HW can support. Frequently these values result in slow or
> non-working P2PDMA.
>
> ACS offers a range of security choices controlling how traffic is
> allowed to go directly between two devices. Some popular choices:
> - Full prevention
> - Translated requests can be direct, with various options
> - Asymmetric direct traffic, A can reach B but not the reverse
> - All traffic can be direct
> Along with some other less common ones for special topologies.
>
> The intention is that this option would be used with expert knowledge
> of the HW capability and workload to achieve the desired
> configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied with the tweaks below to pci/acs for v6.11, thanks!

I added an example to the doc; please check it to see if I interpreted
the doc correctly.

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 42d0f6fd40d0..b2057241ea6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4621,24 +4621,34 @@
may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
config_acs=
Format:
- =<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
+ <ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
specified above) optionally prepended with flags
and separated by semicolons. The respective
- capabilities will be enabled, disabled or unchanged
- based on what is specified in flags.
- ACS Flags is defined as follows
- bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
- bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
- bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
- bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
- bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
- bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
- bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
- Each bit can be marked as
- ‘0‘ – force disabled
- ‘1’ – force enabled
- ‘x’ – unchanged.
+ capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
+ unchanged based on what is specified in
+ flags.
+
+ ACS Flags is defined as follows:
+ bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
+ bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
+ bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
+ bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
+ bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
+ bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
+ bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
+ Each bit can be marked as:
+ '0' – force disabled
+ '1' – force enabled
+ 'x' – unchanged
+ For example,
+ pci=config_acs=10x
+ would configure all devices that support
+ ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
+ Translation Blocking, and leave Source
+ Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
+ or firmware set it to.
+
Note: this may remove isolation between devices
and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
force_floating [S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 1afe650ce338..45d93101a08b 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static void __pci_config_acs(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pci_acs *caps,

ret = pci_dev_str_match(dev, p, &p);
if (ret < 0) {
- pr_info_once("PCI: Can't parse acs command line parameter\n");
+ pr_info_once("PCI: Can't parse ACS command line parameter\n");
break;
} else if (ret == 1) {
/* Found a match */
@@ -1026,14 +1026,14 @@ static void __pci_config_acs(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pci_acs *caps,
if (!pci_dev_specific_disable_acs_redir(dev))
return;

- pci_dbg(dev, "ACS mask = 0x%X\n", mask);
- pci_dbg(dev, "ACS flags = 0x%X\n", flags);
+ pci_dbg(dev, "ACS mask = %#06x\n", mask);
+ pci_dbg(dev, "ACS flags = %#06x\n", flags);

/* If mask is 0 then we copy the bit from the firmware setting. */
caps->ctrl = (caps->ctrl & ~mask) | (caps->fw_ctrl & mask);
caps->ctrl |= flags;

- pci_info(dev, "Configured ACS to 0x%x\n", caps->ctrl);
+ pci_info(dev, "Configured ACS to %#06x\n", caps->ctrl);
}

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