Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] vdpa: Add support for no-IOMMU mode

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On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:40 PM Srujana Challa <schalla@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 03:48:23PM +0530, Srujana Challa wrote:
> > > This commit introduces support for an UNSAFE, no-IOMMU mode in the
> > > vhost-vdpa driver. When enabled, this mode provides no device
> > > isolation, no DMA translation, no host kernel protection, and cannot
> > > be used for device assignment to virtual machines. It requires RAWIO
> > > permissions and will taint the kernel.
> > > This mode requires enabling the
> > "enable_vhost_vdpa_unsafe_noiommu_mode"
> > > option on the vhost-vdpa driver. This mode would be useful to get
> > > better performance on specifice low end machines and can be leveraged
> > > by embedded platforms where applications run in controlled environment.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Srujana Challa <schalla@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Thought hard about that.
> > I think given vfio supports this, we can do that too, and the extension is small.
> >
> > However, it looks like setting this parameter will automatically change the
> > behaviour for existing userspace when IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY is set.
> >
> > I suggest a new domain type for use just for this purpose.

I'm not sure I get this, we want to bypass IOMMU, so it doesn't even
have a doman.

> This way if host has
> > an iommu, then the same kernel can run both VMs with isolation and unsafe
> > embedded apps without.
> Could you provide further details on this concept? What criteria would determine
> the configuration of the new domain type? Would this require a boot parameter
> similar to IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY, such as iommu.passthrough=1 or iommu.pt?

Thanks

> >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c index
> > > bc4a51e4638b..d071c30125aa 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> > > @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ enum {
> > >
> > >  #define VHOST_VDPA_IOTLB_BUCKETS 16
> > >
> > > +bool vhost_vdpa_noiommu;
> > > +module_param_named(enable_vhost_vdpa_unsafe_noiommu_mode,
> > > +              vhost_vdpa_noiommu, bool, 0644);
> > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_vhost_vdpa_unsafe_noiommu_mode,
> > "Enable
> > > +UNSAFE, no-IOMMU mode.  This mode provides no device isolation, no
> > > +DMA translation, no host kernel protection, cannot be used for device
> > > +assignment to virtual machines, requires RAWIO permissions, and will
> > > +taint the kernel.  If you do not know what this is for, step away.
> > > +(default: false)");
> > > +
> > >  struct vhost_vdpa_as {
> > >     struct hlist_node hash_link;
> > >     struct vhost_iotlb iotlb;
> > > @@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ struct vhost_vdpa {
> > >     struct vdpa_iova_range range;
> > >     u32 batch_asid;
> > >     bool suspended;
> > > +   bool noiommu_en;
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  static DEFINE_IDA(vhost_vdpa_ida);
> > > @@ -887,6 +893,10 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_general_unmap(struct
> > > vhost_vdpa *v,  {
> > >     struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
> > >     const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
> > > +
> > > +   if (v->noiommu_en)
> > > +           return;
> > > +
> > >     if (ops->dma_map) {
> > >             ops->dma_unmap(vdpa, asid, map->start, map->size);
> > >     } else if (ops->set_map == NULL) {
> > > @@ -980,6 +990,9 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_map(struct vhost_vdpa *v,
> > struct vhost_iotlb *iotlb,
> > >     if (r)
> > >             return r;
> > >
> > > +   if (v->noiommu_en)
> > > +           goto skip_map;
> > > +
> > >     if (ops->dma_map) {
> > >             r = ops->dma_map(vdpa, asid, iova, size, pa, perm, opaque);
> > >     } else if (ops->set_map) {
> > > @@ -995,6 +1008,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_map(struct vhost_vdpa *v,
> > struct vhost_iotlb *iotlb,
> > >             return r;
> > >     }
> > >
> > > +skip_map:
> > >     if (!vdpa->use_va)
> > >             atomic64_add(PFN_DOWN(size), &dev->mm->pinned_vm);
> > >
> > > @@ -1298,6 +1312,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_alloc_domain(struct
> > vhost_vdpa *v)
> > >     struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
> > >     const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
> > >     struct device *dma_dev = vdpa_get_dma_dev(vdpa);
> > > +   struct iommu_domain *domain;
> > >     const struct bus_type *bus;
> > >     int ret;
> > >
> > > @@ -1305,6 +1320,14 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_alloc_domain(struct
> > vhost_vdpa *v)
> > >     if (ops->set_map || ops->dma_map)
> > >             return 0;
> > >
> > > +   domain = iommu_get_domain_for_dev(dma_dev);
> > > +   if ((!domain || domain->type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY) &&
> > > +       vhost_vdpa_noiommu && capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
> >
> > So if userspace does not have CAP_SYS_RAWIO instead of failing with a
> > permission error the functionality changes silently?
> > That's confusing, I think.
> Yes, you are correct. I will modify the code to return error when vhost_vdpa_noiommu
> is set and CAP_SYS_RAWIO is not set.
>
> Thanks.
> >
> >
> > > +           add_taint(TAINT_USER, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
> > > +           dev_warn(&v->dev, "Adding kernel taint for noiommu on
> > device\n");
> > > +           v->noiommu_en = true;
> > > +           return 0;
> > > +   }
> > >     bus = dma_dev->bus;
> > >     if (!bus)
> > >             return -EFAULT;
> > > --
> > > 2.25.1
>






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