Re: [PATCH v2 13/40] vfio: Add support for Shared Virtual Addressing

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Hi Jean,

On 2018/5/12 3:06, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
index 1aa7b82e8169..dc07752c8fe8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
@@ -665,6 +665,82 @@ struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap {
  #define VFIO_IOMMU_ENABLE	_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 15)
  #define VFIO_IOMMU_DISABLE	_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 16)
+/*
+ * VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PROCESS
+ *
+ * Allocate a PASID for a process address space, and use it to attach this
+ * process to all devices in the container. Devices can then tag their DMA
+ * traffic with the returned @pasid to perform transactions on the associated
+ * virtual address space. Mapping and unmapping buffers is performed by standard
+ * functions such as mmap and malloc.
+ *
+ * If flag is VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PID, @pid contains the pid of a foreign process to
+ * bind. Otherwise the current task is bound. Given that the caller owns the
+ * device, setting this flag grants the caller read and write permissions on the
+ * entire address space of foreign process described by @pid. Therefore,
+ * permission to perform the bind operation on a foreign process is governed by
+ * the ptrace access mode PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS check. See man ptrace(2)
+ * for more information.
+ *
+ * On success, VFIO writes a Process Address Space ID (PASID) into @pasid. This
+ * ID is unique to a process and can be used on all devices in the container.
+ *
+ * On fork, the child inherits the device fd and can use the bonds setup by its
+ * parent. Consequently, the child has R/W access on the address spaces bound by
+ * its parent. After an execv, the device fd is closed and the child doesn't
+ * have access to the address space anymore.
+ *
+ * To remove a bond between process and container, VFIO_IOMMU_UNBIND ioctl is
+ * issued with the same parameters. If a pid was specified in VFIO_IOMMU_BIND,
+ * it should also be present for VFIO_IOMMU_UNBIND. Otherwise unbind the current
+ * task from the container.
+ */
+struct vfio_iommu_type1_bind_process {
+	__u32	flags;
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PID		(1 << 0)
+	__u32	pasid;
As I am doing some works on the SVA patch set. I just consider why the user space need this pasid. Maybe, is it much more reasonable to set the pasid into all devices under the vfio container by a call back function from 'vfio_devices' while 'VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PROCESS' CMD is executed in kernel land? I am not sure because there exists no suitable call back in 'vfio_device' at present.

Thanks,
Zaibo
+	__s32	pid;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Only mode supported at the moment is VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PROCESS, which takes
+ * vfio_iommu_type1_bind_process in data.
+ */
+struct vfio_iommu_type1_bind {
+	__u32	argsz;
+	__u32	flags;
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_BIND_PROCESS		(1 << 0)
+	__u8	data[];
+};
+
+/*
+ * VFIO_IOMMU_BIND - _IOWR(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 22, struct vfio_iommu_bind)
+ *
+ * Manage address spaces of devices in this container. Initially a TYPE1
+ * container can only have one address space, managed with
+ * VFIO_IOMMU_MAP/UNMAP_DMA.
+ *
+ * An IOMMU of type VFIO_TYPE1_NESTING_IOMMU can be managed by both MAP/UNMAP
+ * and BIND ioctls at the same time. MAP/UNMAP acts on the stage-2 (host) page
+ * tables, and BIND manages the stage-1 (guest) page tables. Other types of
+ * IOMMU may allow MAP/UNMAP and BIND to coexist, where MAP/UNMAP controls
+ * non-PASID traffic and BIND controls PASID traffic. But this depends on the
+ * underlying IOMMU architecture and isn't guaranteed.
+ *
+ * Availability of this feature depends on the device, its bus, the underlying
+ * IOMMU and the CPU architecture.
+ *
+ * returns: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_BIND		_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 22)
+
+/*
+ * VFIO_IOMMU_UNBIND - _IOWR(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 23, struct vfio_iommu_bind)
+ *
+ * Undo what was done by the corresponding VFIO_IOMMU_BIND ioctl.
+ */
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_UNBIND	_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 23)
+
  /* -------- Additional API for SPAPR TCE (Server POWERPC) IOMMU -------- */
/*





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