Re: [PATCH] drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen

From: Dmitry Osipenko

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 11:55:07 EST


On 8/7/26 01:54, Benjamin Leggett via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Benjamin Leggett <benjamin@xxxxxxxx>
>
> On a Xen PV domain page addresses bear no relation to the real machine
> addresses the host would have to use to reach it.
> virtio_ring.c handles this correctly, vring_use_map_api() returns true
> for any xen_domain() regardless of VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM.
>
> virtio-gpu makes the same decision independently, but its copy
> looks only at the feature bit:
>
> bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
>
> QEMU does not set iommu_platform on virtio-vga by default, so
> VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM is not negotiated, use_dma_api is false, and
> virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() describes the framebuffer's backing pages
> to the host with sg_phys(). Those are guest-physical addresses. In a PV
> domain they resolve, on the host side, to pages belonging to some other
> domain, so the host scans out unrelated memory.
>
> Move the decision into virtio_gpu_use_dma_api() and give it the
> xen_domain() check, like vring_use_map_api() has. This
> additionally enables the dma_sync_sgtable_for_device() calls in
> virtgpu_vq.c, which are required for correctness whenever swiotlb
> is in play.
>
> Reproduced with a Xen 4.21 PV dom0 nested inside QEMU 8.2 with
> virtio-vga, on both a distro 6.8 kernel and 6.18 LTS. A PVH dom0
> works fine and doesn't need this fix because it is identity-mapped,
> only PV dom0s are affected.
>
> Fixes: a3b815f09bb8 ("drm/virtio: add iommu support.")
> Signed-off-by: Ben Leggett <benjamin@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c | 2 +-
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c | 6 +++---
> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
> index 17a6a4d26516..09da7973387e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
> #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
> #include <drm/virtgpu_drm.h>
>
> +#include <xen/xen.h>
> +
> #define DRIVER_NAME "virtio_gpu"
> #define DRIVER_DESC "virtio GPU"
>
> @@ -60,6 +62,24 @@
> /* See virtio_gpu_ctx_create. One additional character for NULL terminator. */
> #define DEBUG_NAME_MAX_LEN 65
>
> +/*
> + * Whether the host must be told about resource backing pages by DMA address
> + * rather than guest-physical address.
> + *
> + * This mirrors vring_use_map_api() in drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c, including
> + * its xen_domain() case.
> + */
> +static inline bool virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(const struct virtio_device *vdev)
> +{
> + if (!virtio_has_dma_quirk(vdev))
> + return true;
> +
> + if (xen_domain())
> + return true;
> +
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> struct virtio_gpu_object_params {
> unsigned long size;
> bool dumb;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
> index 9bc0bd68c314..49899485be6f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> struct virtio_gpu_mem_entry **ents,
> unsigned int *nents)
> {
> - bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
> + bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
> struct scatterlist *sg;
> struct sg_table *pages;
> int si;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> index 905b1f42cd98..568fefd713e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_panic_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
> struct virtio_gpu_transfer_to_host_2d *cmd_p;
> struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
> - bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
> + bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
>
> if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
> dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
> @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
> struct virtio_gpu_transfer_to_host_2d *cmd_p;
> struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
> - bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
> + bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
>
> if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
> dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
> @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_3d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
> struct virtio_gpu_transfer_host_3d *cmd_p;
> struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
> - bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
> + bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
>
> if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
> dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
>
> ---
> base-commit: bd4f284df04d76fd65e57141cb1e6e7a49e4c3cb
> change-id: 20260806-virtgpu-xen-dma-559fab712250
>
> Best regards,

Looks okay, though I'm not familiar with Xen. Will apply to -next in a
day if nobody will have objections.

Acked-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Best regards,
Dmitry