The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From c7070619f3408d9a0dffbed9149e6f00479cf43b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:33:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] vring: Force use of DMA API for ARM-based systems with legacy devices Booting Linux on an ARM fastmodel containing an SMMU emulation results in an unexpected I/O page fault from the legacy virtio-blk PCI device: [ 1.211721] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: event 0x10 received: [ 1.211800] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x00000000fffff010 [ 1.211880] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x0000020800000000 [ 1.211959] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x00000008fa081002 [ 1.212075] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x0000000000000000 [ 1.212155] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: event 0x10 received: [ 1.212234] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x00000000fffff010 [ 1.212314] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x0000020800000000 [ 1.212394] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x00000008fa081000 [ 1.212471] arm-smmu-v3 2b400000.smmu: 0x0000000000000000 <system hangs failing to read partition table> This is because the legacy virtio-blk device is behind an SMMU, so we have consequently swizzled its DMA ops and configured the SMMU to translate accesses. This then requires the vring code to use the DMA API to establish translations, otherwise all transactions will result in fatal faults and termination. Given that ARM-based systems only see an SMMU if one is really present (the topology is all described by firmware tables such as device-tree or IORT), then we can safely use the DMA API for all legacy virtio devices. Modern devices can advertise the prescense of an IOMMU using the VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM feature flag. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 876945dbf649 ("arm64: Hook up IOMMU dma_ops") Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c index 409aeaa49246..7e38ed79c3fc 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c @@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev) if (xen_domain()) return true; + /* + * On ARM-based machines, the DMA ops will do the right thing, + * so always use them with legacy devices. + */ + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)) + return !virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1); + return false; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html