On 02/23/2018 10:35 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> On 02/23/2018 05:26 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 02/21/2018 03:03 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>> +static struct xen_gem_object *gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
>>> size_t size)
>>> +{
>>> + struct xen_drm_front_drm_info *drm_info = dev->dev_private;
>>> + struct xen_gem_object *xen_obj;
>>> + int ret;
>>> +
>>> + size = round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE);
>>> + xen_obj = gem_create_obj(dev, size);
>>> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(xen_obj))
>>> + return xen_obj;
>>> +
>>> + if (drm_info->cfg->be_alloc) {
>>> + /*
>>> + * backend will allocate space for this buffer, so
>>> + * only allocate array of pointers to pages
>>> + */
>>> + xen_obj->be_alloc = true;
>> If be_alloc is a flag (which I am not sure about) --- should it be set
>> to true *after* you've successfully allocated your things?
> this is a configuration option telling about the way
> the buffer gets allocated: either by the frontend or
> backend (be_alloc -> buffer allocated by the backend)
I can see how drm_info->cfg->be_alloc might be a configuration option
but xen_obj->be_alloc is set here and that's not how configuration
options typically behave.
>>
>>> + ret = gem_alloc_pages_array(xen_obj, size);
>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>> + gem_free_pages_array(xen_obj);
>>> + goto fail;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + ret = alloc_xenballooned_pages(xen_obj->num_pages,
>>> + xen_obj->pages);
>> Why are you allocating balloon pages?
> in this use-case we map pages provided by the backend
> (yes, I know this can be a problem from both security
> POV and that DomU can die holding pages of Dom0 forever:
> but still it is a configuration option, so user decides
> if her use-case needs this and takes responsibility for
> such a decision).
Perhaps I am missing something here but when you say "I know this can be
a problem from both security POV ..." then there is something wrong with
your solution.
-boris
>
> Please see description of the buffering modes in xen_drm_front.h
> specifically for backend allocated buffers:
> *******************************************************************************
>
> * 2. Buffers allocated by the backend
> *******************************************************************************
>
> *
> * This mode of operation is run-time configured via guest domain
> configuration
> * through XenStore entries.
> *
> * For systems which do not provide IOMMU support, but having specific
> * requirements for display buffers it is possible to allocate such
> buffers
> * at backend side and share those with the frontend.
> * For example, if host domain is 1:1 mapped and has DRM/GPU hardware
> expecting
> * physically contiguous memory, this allows implementing zero-copying
> * use-cases.
>
>>
>> -boris
>>
>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>> + DRM_ERROR("Cannot allocate %zu ballooned pages: %d\n",
>>> + xen_obj->num_pages, ret);
>>> + goto fail;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return xen_obj;
>>> + }
>>> + /*
>>> + * need to allocate backing pages now, so we can share those
>>> + * with the backend
>>> + */
>>> + xen_obj->num_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
>>> + xen_obj->pages = drm_gem_get_pages(&xen_obj->base);
>>> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(xen_obj->pages)) {
>>> + ret = PTR_ERR(xen_obj->pages);
>>> + xen_obj->pages = NULL;
>>> + goto fail;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return xen_obj;
>>> +
>>> +fail:
>>> + DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate buffer with size %zu\n", size);
>>> + return ERR_PTR(ret);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>
>
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