Re: [RFC PATCH v6 05/11] iommu: Add a helper to validate a vIOMMU parent

From: Jason Gunthorpe

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 12:20:08 EST


On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 09:09:06PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:

> Does that mean the SMMU driver will return viommu_ops before
> iommu_ops->viommu_init() is called? If so, should viommu_init() be moved
> into viommu_ops?

That's probably the cleanest arrangement, yeah. Then the TSM ops are
just the same 'get_viommu_ops' call under TSM and it is easy to put in
a flag 'must have null hwpt' that goes at the right point.

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
index 4dc306a4b5c620..269f67346ac760 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
@@ -3214,8 +3214,7 @@ const struct iommu_ops amd_iommu_ops = {
.is_attach_deferred = amd_iommu_is_attach_deferred,
.def_domain_type = amd_iommu_def_domain_type,
.page_response = amd_iommu_page_response,
- .get_viommu_size = amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size,
- .viommu_init = amd_iommufd_viommu_init,
+ .get_viommu_ops = amd_iommufd_get_viommu_ops,
};

#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.c
index 52300b867c1f20..e86890a59865db 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.c
@@ -32,11 +32,19 @@ void *amd_iommufd_hw_info(struct device *dev, u32 *length, enum iommu_hw_info_ty
return hwinfo;
}

-size_t amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+static size_t amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
{
return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct amd_iommu_viommu, core);
}

+const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+amd_iommufd_get_viommu_ops(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+{
+ return &amd_viommu_ops;
+}
+
int amd_iommufd_viommu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu, struct iommu_domain *parent,
const struct iommu_user_data *user_data)
{
@@ -73,5 +81,7 @@ static void amd_iommufd_viommu_destroy(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu)
* struct iommufd_viommu_ops - vIOMMU specific operations
*/
static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops amd_viommu_ops = {
+ .get_viommu_size = amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size,
+ .viommu_init = amd_iommufd_viommu_init,
.destroy = amd_iommufd_viommu_destroy,
};
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.h b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.h
index 62e9e1bebfbe59..6729f8f37506b7 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommufd.h
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU_IOMMUFD)
void *amd_iommufd_hw_info(struct device *dev, u32 *length, enum iommu_hw_info_type *type);
-size_t amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
-int amd_iommufd_viommu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu, struct iommu_domain *parent,
- const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
+const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+amd_iommufd_get_viommu_ops(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
#else
#define amd_iommufd_hw_info NULL
-#define amd_iommufd_viommu_init NULL
-#define amd_iommufd_get_viommu_size NULL
+#define amd_iommufd_get_viommu_ops NULL
#endif /* CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU_IOMMUFD */

#endif /* AMD_IOMMUFD_H */
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
index ab1078a97d801e..b848219f91c984 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c
@@ -532,20 +532,28 @@ int arm_vsmmu_cache_invalidate(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
return ret;
}

+static size_t arm_vsmmu_get_size(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+{
+ return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct arm_vsmmu, core);
+}
+
static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops arm_vsmmu_ops = {
+ .get_viommu_size = arm_vsmmu_get_size,
+ .viommu_init = arm_vsmmu_init,
.alloc_domain_nested = arm_vsmmu_alloc_domain_nested,
.cache_invalidate = arm_vsmmu_cache_invalidate,
.vdevice_init = arm_vsmmu_vdevice_init,
};

-size_t arm_smmu_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
- enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+arm_smmu_get_viommu_ops(struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
{
struct arm_smmu_master *master = dev_iommu_priv_get(dev);
struct arm_smmu_device *smmu = master->smmu;

if (!(smmu->features & ARM_SMMU_FEAT_NESTING))
- return 0;
+ return NULL;

/*
* FORCE_SYNC is not set with FEAT_NESTING. Some study of the exact HW
@@ -553,7 +561,7 @@ size_t arm_smmu_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
* any change to remove this.
*/
if (WARN_ON(smmu->options & ARM_SMMU_OPT_CMDQ_FORCE_SYNC))
- return 0;
+ return NULL;

/*
* Must support some way to prevent the VM from bypassing the cache
@@ -565,14 +573,14 @@ size_t arm_smmu_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
*/
if (!arm_smmu_master_canwbs(master) &&
!(smmu->features & ARM_SMMU_FEAT_S2FWB))
- return 0;
+ return NULL;

if (viommu_type == IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3)
- return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct arm_vsmmu, core);
+ return &arm_vsmmu_ops;

- if (!smmu->impl_ops || !smmu->impl_ops->get_viommu_size)
- return 0;
- return smmu->impl_ops->get_viommu_size(viommu_type);
+ if (!smmu->impl_ops || !smmu->impl_ops->get_viommu_ops)
+ return NULL;
+ return smmu->impl_ops->get_viommu_ops(viommu_type);
}

int arm_vsmmu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 5732f3ba0122d6..eaf7fb1f40453f 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -4389,8 +4389,7 @@ static const struct iommu_ops arm_smmu_ops = {
.get_resv_regions = arm_smmu_get_resv_regions,
.page_response = arm_smmu_page_response,
.def_domain_type = arm_smmu_def_domain_type,
- .get_viommu_size = arm_smmu_get_viommu_size,
- .viommu_init = arm_vsmmu_init,
+ .get_viommu_ops = arm_smmu_get_viommu_ops,
.user_pasid_table = 1,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.default_domain_ops = &(const struct iommu_domain_ops) {
@@ -5489,8 +5488,8 @@ static struct arm_smmu_device *arm_smmu_impl_probe(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)

ops = new_smmu->impl_ops;
if (ops) {
- /* get_viommu_size and vsmmu_init ops must be paired */
- if (WARN_ON(!ops->get_viommu_size != !ops->vsmmu_init)) {
+ /* get_viommu_ops and vsmmu_init ops must be paired */
+ if (WARN_ON(!ops->get_viommu_ops != !ops->vsmmu_init)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto err_remove;
}
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
index 50f8321e979cef..6675f4232be075 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ struct arm_smmu_impl_ops {
*/
void *(*hw_info)(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, u32 *length,
enum iommu_hw_info_type *type);
- size_t (*get_viommu_size)(enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
+ const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *(*get_viommu_ops)(
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
int (*vsmmu_init)(struct arm_vsmmu *vsmmu,
const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
};
@@ -1260,8 +1261,8 @@ struct arm_vsmmu {
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_SMMU_V3_IOMMUFD)
void *arm_smmu_hw_info(struct device *dev, u32 *length,
enum iommu_hw_info_type *type);
-size_t arm_smmu_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
- enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
+const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+arm_smmu_get_viommu_ops(struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
int arm_vsmmu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
struct iommu_domain *parent_domain,
const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
@@ -1276,9 +1277,9 @@ arm_vsmmu_alloc_domain_nested(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu, u32 flags,
int arm_vsmmu_cache_invalidate(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
struct iommu_user_data_array *array);
#else
-#define arm_smmu_get_viommu_size NULL
-#define arm_smmu_hw_info NULL
+#define arm_smmu_get_viommu_ops NULL
#define arm_vsmmu_init NULL
+#define arm_smmu_hw_info NULL
#define arm_vsmmu_alloc_domain_nested NULL
#define arm_vsmmu_cache_invalidate NULL

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
index 6644075c1431ec..bcb5f3efdb190d 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c
@@ -892,11 +892,14 @@ static void *tegra241_cmdqv_hw_info(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, u32 *length,
return info;
}

-static size_t tegra241_cmdqv_get_vintf_size(enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops tegra241_cmdqv_viommu_ops;
+
+static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+tegra241_cmdqv_get_viommu_ops(enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
{
if (viommu_type != IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_TEGRA241_CMDQV)
- return 0;
- return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct tegra241_vintf, vsmmu.core);
+ return NULL;
+ return &tegra241_cmdqv_viommu_ops;
}

static struct arm_smmu_impl_ops tegra241_cmdqv_impl_ops = {
@@ -907,7 +910,7 @@ static struct arm_smmu_impl_ops tegra241_cmdqv_impl_ops = {
.device_remove = tegra241_cmdqv_remove,
/* For user-space use */
.hw_info = tegra241_cmdqv_hw_info,
- .get_viommu_size = tegra241_cmdqv_get_vintf_size,
+ .get_viommu_ops = tegra241_cmdqv_get_viommu_ops,
.vsmmu_init = tegra241_cmdqv_init_vintf_user,
};

@@ -1289,7 +1292,15 @@ static int tegra241_vintf_init_vsid(struct iommufd_vdevice *vdev)
return 0;
}

-static struct iommufd_viommu_ops tegra241_cmdqv_viommu_ops = {
+static size_t tegra241_cmdqv_get_vintf_size(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+{
+ return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct tegra241_vintf, vsmmu.core);
+}
+
+static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops tegra241_cmdqv_viommu_ops = {
+ .get_viommu_size = tegra241_cmdqv_get_vintf_size,
+ .viommu_init = arm_vsmmu_init,
.destroy = tegra241_cmdqv_destroy_vintf_user,
.alloc_domain_nested = arm_vsmmu_alloc_domain_nested,
/* Non-accelerated commands will be still handled by the kernel */
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
index 25387969ab7536..3c997de987247b 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c
@@ -767,7 +767,15 @@ static int mock_hw_queue_init_phys(struct iommufd_hw_queue *hw_queue, u32 index,
return rc;
}

-static struct iommufd_viommu_ops mock_viommu_ops = {
+static size_t mock_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
+static int mock_viommu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
+ struct iommu_domain *parent_domain,
+ const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
+
+static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops mock_viommu_ops = {
+ .get_viommu_size = mock_get_viommu_size,
+ .viommu_init = mock_viommu_init,
.destroy = mock_viommu_destroy,
.alloc_domain_nested = mock_viommu_alloc_domain_nested,
.cache_invalidate = mock_viommu_cache_invalidate,
@@ -783,6 +791,14 @@ static size_t mock_get_viommu_size(struct device *dev,
return VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE(struct mock_viommu, core);
}

+static const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *
+mock_get_viommu_ops(struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type)
+{
+ if (viommu_type != IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_SELFTEST)
+ return NULL;
+ return &mock_viommu_ops;
+}
+
static int mock_viommu_init(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
struct iommu_domain *parent_domain,
const struct iommu_user_data *user_data)
@@ -854,8 +870,7 @@ static const struct iommu_ops mock_ops = {
.probe_device = mock_probe_device,
.page_response = mock_domain_page_response,
.user_pasid_table = true,
- .get_viommu_size = mock_get_viommu_size,
- .viommu_init = mock_viommu_init,
+ .get_viommu_ops = mock_get_viommu_ops,
};

static void mock_domain_free_nested(struct iommu_domain *domain)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
index f7951057a1e564..25eef8aef3e84e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int iommufd_viommu_alloc_ioctl(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
struct iommufd_viommu *viommu;
struct iommufd_device *idev;
struct iommu_device *iommu_dev;
- const struct iommu_ops *ops;
+ const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *ops;
size_t viommu_size;
int rc;

@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ int iommufd_viommu_alloc_ioctl(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out_put_idev;
}
- ops = iommu_dev->ops;
- if (!ops->get_viommu_size || !ops->viommu_init) {
+ if (!iommu_dev->ops->get_viommu_ops) {
+ rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto out_put_idev;
+ }
+ ops = iommu_dev->ops->get_viommu_ops(idev->dev, cmd->type);
+ if (!ops || WARN_ON_ONCE(!ops->get_viommu_size || !ops->viommu_init)) {
rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out_put_idev;
}
@@ -100,8 +104,8 @@ int iommufd_viommu_alloc_ioctl(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
if (rc)
goto out_put_hwpt;

- /* It is a driver bug that viommu->ops isn't filled */
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!viommu->ops)) {
+ /* It is a driver bug if init selects a different ops table */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(viommu->ops != ops)) {
rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out_put_hwpt;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index 05f7cee1375eed..b37b09f934c1dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct iommu_dma_msi_cookie;
struct iommu_fault_param;
struct iommufd_ctx;
struct iommufd_viommu;
+struct iommufd_viommu_ops;
struct msi_desc;
struct msi_msg;

@@ -669,16 +670,8 @@ __iommu_copy_struct_to_user(const struct iommu_user_data *dst_data,
* - IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA: must use a dma domain
* - 0: use the default setting
* @default_domain_ops: the default ops for domains
- * @get_viommu_size: Get the size of a driver-level vIOMMU structure for a given
- * @dev corresponding to @viommu_type. Driver should return 0
- * if vIOMMU isn't supported accordingly. It is required for
- * driver to use the VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE macro to sanitize the
- * driver-level vIOMMU structure related to the core one
- * @viommu_init: Init the driver-level struct of an iommufd_viommu on a physical
- * IOMMU instance @viommu->iommu_dev, as the set of virtualization
- * resources shared/passed to user space IOMMU instance. Associate
- * it with a nesting @parent_domain. It is required for driver to
- * set @viommu->ops pointing to its own viommu_ops
+ * @get_viommu_ops: Return the vIOMMU operations supported by @dev for
+ * @viommu_type, or NULL if the type is unsupported
* @owner: Driver module providing these ops
* @identity_domain: An always available, always attachable identity
* translation.
@@ -729,11 +722,8 @@ struct iommu_ops {

int (*def_domain_type)(struct device *dev);

- size_t (*get_viommu_size)(struct device *dev,
- enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
- int (*viommu_init)(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
- struct iommu_domain *parent_domain,
- const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
+ const struct iommufd_viommu_ops *(*get_viommu_ops)(
+ struct device *dev, enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);

const struct iommu_domain_ops *default_domain_ops;
struct module *owner;
diff --git a/include/linux/iommufd.h b/include/linux/iommufd.h
index 3087f5b2def848..a13fa3d447467a 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommufd.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommufd.h
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ struct iommufd_hw_queue {

/**
* struct iommufd_viommu_ops - vIOMMU specific operations
+ * @get_viommu_size: Get the size of a driver-level vIOMMU structure for a given
+ * @dev corresponding to @viommu_type. Driver should return 0
+ * if vIOMMU isn't supported accordingly. It is required for
+ * driver to use the VIOMMU_STRUCT_SIZE macro to sanitize the
+ * driver-level vIOMMU structure related to the core one
+ * @viommu_init: Init the driver-level struct of an iommufd_viommu on a physical
+ * IOMMU instance @viommu->iommu_dev, as the set of virtualization
+ * resources shared/passed to user space IOMMU instance. Associate
+ * it with a nesting @parent_domain. It is required for driver to
+ * set @viommu->ops pointing to its own viommu_ops
* @destroy: Clean up all driver-specific parts of an iommufd_viommu. The memory
* of the vIOMMU will be free-ed by iommufd core after calling this op
* @alloc_domain_nested: Allocate a IOMMU_DOMAIN_NESTED on a vIOMMU that holds a
@@ -184,6 +194,11 @@ struct iommufd_hw_queue {
* does, it should set it to the @hw_queue->destroy pointer
*/
struct iommufd_viommu_ops {
+ size_t (*get_viommu_size)(struct device *dev,
+ enum iommu_viommu_type viommu_type);
+ int (*viommu_init)(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu,
+ struct iommu_domain *parent_domain,
+ const struct iommu_user_data *user_data);
void (*destroy)(struct iommufd_viommu *viommu);
struct iommu_domain *(*alloc_domain_nested)(
struct iommufd_viommu *viommu, u32 flags,