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[xen master] x86/CPUID: unconditionally set XEN_HVM_CPUID_IOMMU_MAPPINGS



commit b7f462872ab1e7de8d3e02f9e71dee11d0fd3560
Author:     Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Jan 19 16:04:06 2021 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Jan 19 16:04:06 2021 +0100

    x86/CPUID: unconditionally set XEN_HVM_CPUID_IOMMU_MAPPINGS
    
    This is a revert of f5cfa0985673 plus a rework of the comment that
    accompanies the setting of the flag so we don't forget why it needs to
    be unconditionally set: it's indicating whether the version of Xen has
    the original issue fixed and IOMMU entries are created for
    grant/foreign maps.
    
    If the flag is only exposed when the IOMMU is enabled the guest could
    resort to use bounce buffers when running backends as it would assume
    the underlying Xen version still has the bug present and thus
    grant/foreign maps cannot be used with devices.
    
    Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/traps.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
index 4bd2cb6a1a..a6f1d45e77 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
@@ -1049,11 +1049,17 @@ void cpuid_hypervisor_leaves(const struct vcpu *v, 
uint32_t leaf,
             res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_X2APIC_VIRT;
 
         /*
-         * Indicate that memory mapped from other domains (either grants or
-         * foreign pages) has valid IOMMU entries.
+         * 1) Xen 4.10 and older was broken WRT grant maps requesting a DMA
+         * mapping, and forgot to honour the guest's request.
+         * 2) 4.11 (and presumably backports) fixed the bug, so the map
+         * hypercall actually did what the guest asked.
+         * 3) To work around the bug, guests must bounce buffer all DMA that
+         * would otherwise use a grant map, because it doesn't know whether the
+         * DMA is originating from an emulated or a real device.
+         * 4) This flag tells guests it is safe not to bounce-buffer all DMA to
+         * work around the bug.
          */
-        if ( is_iommu_enabled(d) )
-            res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_IOMMU_MAPPINGS;
+        res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_IOMMU_MAPPINGS;
 
         /* Indicate presence of vcpu id and set it in ebx */
         res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_VCPU_ID_PRESENT;
--
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