Re: [PATCH v6 07/25] KVM: arm64: iommu: Introduce IOMMU driver infrastructure

[Vincent Donnefort]

On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 11:19:09AM +0000, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
> To establish DMA isolation, KVM needs an IOMMU driver which provides
> ops implemented at EL2.
> 
> Only one driver can be used and is registered with
> kvm_iommu_register_driver() by passing pointer to the ops.
> 
> This must be called before module_init() which is the point KVM
> initializes.

Everywhere s/KVM/pKVM/ as this can be registered only if pKVM is enabled.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h       |  5 +++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile                 |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/iommu.h | 13 +++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile        |  3 ++-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c         |  5 +++++
>  arch/arm64/kvm/iommu.c                  | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/iommu.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/iommu.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 851f6171751c..52898d2a3ec6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -1733,4 +1733,9 @@ static __always_inline enum fgt_group_id __fgt_reg_to_group_id(enum vcpu_sysreg
>  
>  long kvm_get_cap_for_kvm_ioctl(unsigned int ioctl, long *ext);
>  
> +#ifndef __KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__

I think it's not necessary, a lot of things aren't guarded for
__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__.

> +struct kvm_iommu_ops;

Perhaps we can keep this private to hyp code by just using (void *) here?

> +int kvm_iommu_register_driver(struct kvm_iommu_ops *hyp_ops);
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* __ARM64_KVM_HOST_H__ */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
> index 59612d2f277c..0ddef54f7434 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ kvm-y += arm.o mmu.o mmio.o psci.o hypercalls.o pvtime.o \
>  	 vgic/vgic-mmio.o vgic/vgic-mmio-v2.o \
>  	 vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.o vgic/vgic-kvm-device.o \
>  	 vgic/vgic-its.o vgic/vgic-debug.o vgic/vgic-v3-nested.o \
> -	 vgic/vgic-v5.o
> +	 vgic/vgic-v5.o iommu.o

alphabetical order.

>  
>  kvm-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)  += pmu-emul.o pmu.o
>  kvm-$(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH)  += pauth.o
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/iommu.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/iommu.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1ac70cc28a9e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/iommu.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef __ARM64_KVM_NVHE_IOMMU_H__
> +#define __ARM64_KVM_NVHE_IOMMU_H__
> +
> +#include <asm/kvm_host.h>
> +
> +struct kvm_iommu_ops {
> +	int (*init)(void);
> +};
> +
> +int kvm_iommu_init(void);
> +
> +#endif /* __ARM64_KVM_NVHE_IOMMU_H__ */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> index 89d0533921f9..606c0e1b7bd0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ CFLAGS_switch.nvhe.o += -Wno-override-init
>  
>  hyp-obj-y := timer-sr.o sysreg-sr.o debug-sr.o switch.o tlb.o hyp-init.o host.o \
>  	 hyp-main.o hyp-smp.o psci-relay.o early_alloc.o page_alloc.o \
> -	 cache.o setup.o mm.o mem_protect.o sys_regs.o pkvm.o stacktrace.o ffa.o
> +	 cache.o setup.o mm.o mem_protect.o sys_regs.o pkvm.o stacktrace.o ffa.o \
> +	 iommu/iommu.o
>  hyp-obj-y += ../vgic-v3-sr.o ../aarch32.o ../vgic-v2-cpuif-proxy.o ../entry.o \
>  	 ../fpsimd.o ../hyp-entry.o ../exception.o ../pgtable.o ../vgic-v5-sr.o clock.o
>  hyp-obj-y += ../../../kernel/smccc-call.o
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..406c8fb9b3b9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * IOMMU operations for pKVM
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Linaro Ltd.
> + */
> +#include <nvhe/iommu.h>
> +
> +/* Only one set of ops supported */
> +struct kvm_iommu_ops *kvm_iommu_ops;
> +
> +

Empty line.

> +int kvm_iommu_init(void)
> +{
> +	/* Keep DMA isolation optional. */
> +	if (!kvm_iommu_ops || !kvm_iommu_ops->init)
> +		return 0;

The absence of the SME workaround on affected systems breaks pKVM init. So
perhaps the IOMMU should do the same? (see pkvm_check_sme_dvmsync_fw_call())

> +
> +	return kvm_iommu_ops->init();
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
> index 8041f6e80cd1..1f6b221db9a0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/setup.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>  #include <nvhe/early_alloc.h>
>  #include <nvhe/ffa.h>
>  #include <nvhe/gfp.h>
> +#include <nvhe/iommu.h>
>  #include <nvhe/memory.h>
>  #include <nvhe/mem_protect.h>
>  #include <nvhe/mm.h>
> @@ -329,6 +330,10 @@ void __noreturn __pkvm_init_finalise(void)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	ret = kvm_iommu_init();
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
> +
>  	ret = hyp_ffa_init(ffa_proxy_pages);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/iommu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/iommu.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f247384fa193
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/iommu.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Google LLC
> + * Author: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> +
> +extern struct kvm_iommu_ops *kvm_nvhe_sym(kvm_iommu_ops);
> +
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(kvm_iommu_reg_lock);

could be moved directly into the only user: kvm_iommu_register_driver

> +
> +int kvm_iommu_register_driver(struct kvm_iommu_ops *hyp_ops)

__init ?

> +{
> +	guard(mutex)(&kvm_iommu_reg_lock);
> +
> +	/* Only protected KVM before de-privilege. */

Don't think that comment brings much information, looking at the line below.

> +	if (!is_protected_kvm_enabled() || is_kvm_arm_initialised())
> +		return -EINVAL;

-EPERM?

> +
> +	if (kvm_nvhe_sym(kvm_iommu_ops))
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +
> +	kvm_nvhe_sym(kvm_iommu_ops) = hyp_ops;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> -- 
> 2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
>