Re: [PATCH v6 02/15] iommu: Report domain nesting info

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Hi Jacob,

On 8/18/20 6:21 AM, Jacob Pan wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:40:57 +0200
> Auger Eric <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Yi,
>>
>> On 8/14/20 9:15 AM, Liu, Yi L wrote:
>>> Hi Eric,
>>>   
>>>> From: Auger Eric <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 8:53 PM
>>>>
>>>> Yi,
>>>> On 7/28/20 8:27 AM, Liu Yi L wrote:  
>>>>> IOMMUs that support nesting translation needs report the
>>>>> capability info  
>>>> s/needs/need to  
>>>>> to userspace. It gives information about requirements the
>>>>> userspace needs to implement plus other features characterizing
>>>>> the physical implementation.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch reports nesting info by DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING. Caller
>>>>> can get nesting info after setting DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING. For VFIO,
>>>>> it is after selecting VFIO_TYPE1_NESTING_IOMMU.  
>>>> This is not what this patch does ;-) It introduces a new IOMMU UAPI
>>>> struct that gives information about the nesting capabilities and
>>>> features. This struct is supposed to be returned by
>>>> iommu_domain_get_attr() with DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING attribute
>>>> parameter, one a domain whose type has been set to
>>>> DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING.  
>>>
>>> got it. let me apply your suggestion. thanks. :-)
>>>   
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> CC: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v5 -> v6:
>>>>> *) rephrase the feature notes per comments from Eric Auger.
>>>>> *) rename @size of struct iommu_nesting_info to @argsz.
>>>>>
>>>>> v4 -> v5:
>>>>> *) address comments from Eric Auger.
>>>>>
>>>>> v3 -> v4:
>>>>> *) split the SMMU driver changes to be a separate patch
>>>>> *) move the @addr_width and @pasid_bits from vendor specific
>>>>>    part to generic part.
>>>>> *) tweak the description for the @features field of struct
>>>>>    iommu_nesting_info.
>>>>> *) add description on the @data[] field of struct
>>>>> iommu_nesting_info
>>>>>
>>>>> v2 -> v3:
>>>>> *) remvoe cap/ecap_mask in iommu_nesting_info.
>>>>> *) reuse DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING to get nesting info.
>>>>> *) return an empty iommu_nesting_info for SMMU drivers per Jean'
>>>>>    suggestion.
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  include/uapi/linux/iommu.h | 74  
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  
>>>>>  1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iommu.h
>>>>> b/include/uapi/linux/iommu.h index 7c8e075..5e4745a 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/iommu.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/iommu.h
>>>>> @@ -332,4 +332,78 @@ struct iommu_gpasid_bind_data {
>>>>>  	} vendor;
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>> +/*
>>>>> + * struct iommu_nesting_info - Information for nesting-capable
>>>>> IOMMU.
>>>>> + *			       userspace should check it
>>>>> before using
>>>>> + *			       nesting capability.
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @argsz:	size of the whole structure.
>>>>> + * @flags:	currently reserved for future extension. must
>>>>> set to 0.
>>>>> + * @format:	PASID table entry format, the same definition
>>>>> as struct
>>>>> + *		iommu_gpasid_bind_data @format.
>>>>> + * @features:	supported nesting features.
>>>>> + * @addr_width:	The output addr width of first
>>>>> level/stage translation
>>>>> + * @pasid_bits:	Maximum supported PASID bits, 0
>>>>> represents no PASID
>>>>> + *		support.
>>>>> + * @data:	vendor specific cap info. data[] structure type
>>>>> can be deduced
>>>>> + *		from @format field.
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + *  
>>>> +===============+===================================================
>>>> ===+  
>>>>> + * | feature       |
>>>>> Notes                                               |
>>>>> + *  
>>>> +===============+===================================================
>>>> ===+  
>>>>> + * | SYSWIDE_PASID |  IOMMU vendor driver sets it to mandate
>>>>> userspace    |
>>>>> + * |               |  to allocate PASID from kernel. All PASID
>>>>> allocation |
>>>>> + * |               |  free must be mediated through the TBD
>>>>> API.          |  
>>>> s/TBD/IOMMU  
>>>
>>> got it.
>>>   
>>>>> + *
>>>>> +---------------+------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>> + * | BIND_PGTBL    |  IOMMU vendor driver sets it to mandate
>>>>> userspace    |
>>>>> + * |               |  bind the first level/stage page table to
>>>>> associated |  
>>>> s/bind/to bind  
>>>
>>> got it.
>>>   
>>>>> + * |               |  PASID (either the one specified in bind
>>>>> request or  |
>>>>> + * |               |  the default PASID of iommu domain),
>>>>> through IOMMU   |
>>>>> + * |               |
>>>>> UAPI.                                               |
>>>>> + *
>>>>> +---------------+------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>> + * | CACHE_INVLD   |  IOMMU vendor driver sets it to mandate
>>>>> userspace    |  
>>>>  
>>>>> + * |               |  explicitly invalidate the IOMMU cache
>>>>> through IOMMU |  
>>>> to explicitly  
>>>
>>> I see.
>>>   
>>>>> + * |               |  U
>>>>> API according to vendor-specific requirement when  |
>>>>> + * |               |  changing the 1st level/stage page
>>>>> table.            |
>>>>> + *
>>>>> +---------------+------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @data[] types defined for @format:
>>>>> + *  
>>>> +================================+==================================
>>>> ===+  
>>>>> + * | @format                        |
>>>>> @data[]                             |
>>>>> + *  
>>>> +================================+==================================
>>>> ===+  
>>>>> + * | IOMMU_PASID_FORMAT_INTEL_VTD   | struct
>>>>> iommu_nesting_info_vtd       |
>>>>> + *
>>>>> +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +struct iommu_nesting_info {
>>>>> +	__u32	argsz;
>>>>> +	__u32	flags;
>>>>> +	__u32	format;
>>>>> +#define IOMMU_NESTING_FEAT_SYSWIDE_PASID	(1 << 0)
>>>>> +#define IOMMU_NESTING_FEAT_BIND_PGTBL		(1 << 1)
>>>>> +#define IOMMU_NESTING_FEAT_CACHE_INVLD		(1 << 2)
>>>>> +	__u32	features;
>>>>> +	__u16	addr_width;
>>>>> +	__u16	pasid_bits;
>>>>> +	__u32	padding;
>>>>> +	__u8	data[];
>>>>> +};  
>>>> As opposed to other IOMMU UAPI structs there is no union member at
>>>> the end.  
>>>
>>> nice catch. do you think it would be better to adding a union and
>>> put the struct iommu_nesting_info_vtd in it?  
>> Yes I think so. At least it would be consistent with the rest of the
>> API and with the guidelines.
>>>   
>>>> Also this struct is not documented in [PATCH v7 1/7] docs: IOMMU
>>>> user API. Shouldn't we align.
>>>> You may also consider to move this patch in Jacob's series for
>>>> consistency, thoughts?  
>>>
>>> this was talked one time between Jacob and me. It was put in this
>>> series as the major user of nesting_info is in this series. e.g.
>>> vfio checks the SYSWIDE_PASID. but I'm open to merge it with Jacob's
>>> series if it would make the merge easier.  
>> Yep I think it would make sense to move in Jacob's series to have a
>> general understanding of the uapi
>>
> I a little reluctant to include this in my UAPI set, the reason is that
> there are two dimensions IOMMU UAPI are extended:
> 1. Define the protocols in interaction with VFIO, sanity checking, and
> backward compatibility.
> 2. Adding more UAPI data structures that are parallel to the existing
> ones.
> 
> My patchset is to address #1, this patch is for #2. My thinking is that
> once we have reached consensus on #1, new UAPI structures such as this
> patch can just follow the suit.
> 
> If that is OK with you, I would like to keep them separate to avoid
> diverging conversations.

OK no problem for me, as long as the new APIs follow the rules &
guidelines introduced in your series.

Thanks

Eric
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jacob
> 
>> Thanks
>>
>> Eric
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Yi Liu
>>>   
>>>>> +
>>>>> +/*
>>>>> + * struct iommu_nesting_info_vtd - Intel VT-d specific nesting
>>>>> info.
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @flags:	VT-d specific flags. Currently reserved for
>>>>> future
>>>>> + *		extension. must be set to 0.
>>>>> + * @cap_reg:	Describe basic capabilities as defined in
>>>>> VT-d capability
>>>>> + *		register.
>>>>> + * @ecap_reg:	Describe the extended capabilities as
>>>>> defined in VT-d
>>>>> + *		extended capability register.
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +struct iommu_nesting_info_vtd {
>>>>> +	__u32	flags;
>>>>> +	__u32	padding;
>>>>> +	__u64	cap_reg;
>>>>> +	__u64	ecap_reg;
>>>>> +};
>>>>> +
>>>>>  #endif /* _UAPI_IOMMU_H */
>>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>  
>>>   
>>
> 
> [Jacob Pan]
> 




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