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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.12] xen/iommu: fix dev assignment on ARM after 91d4eca7



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 January 2019 17:46
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'Stefano Stabellini' <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Cooper
> <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> julien.grall@xxxxxxx; jbeulich@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.12] xen/iommu: fix dev assignment on
> ARM after 91d4eca7
> 
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 03 January 2019 18:20
> > > To: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; xen-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > julien.grall@xxxxxxx; jbeulich@xxxxxxxx; Paul Durrant
> > > <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.12] xen/iommu: fix dev
> assignment on
> > > ARM after 91d4eca7
> > >
> > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2019, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > > > On 03/01/2019 00:28, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > > Fix device assignment on ARM after 91d4eca7 "mm / iommu: split
> > > > > need_iommu() into has_iommu_pt() and need_iommu_pt_sync()".
> > > > >
> > > > > arch_iommu_populate_page_table returns -ENOSYS which causes
> > > > > iommu_construct to return early, although it is not an error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Interestingly, the if ( rc ) was present even before 91d4eca7, but
> it
> > > was
> > > > > still working before. Now, with the new hd->status field it won't
> > > > > complete the initialization successfully.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefanos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
> > > b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
> > > > > index ac62d7f..a63329b 100644
> > > > > --- a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
> > > > > +++ b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
> > > > > @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int iommu_construct(struct domain *d)
> > > > >          hd->need_sync = true;
> > > > >
> > > > >          rc = arch_iommu_populate_page_table(d);
> > > >
> > > > The comment in ARM's arch_iommu_populate_page_table() says
> > > >
> > > > /* The IOMMU shares the p2m with the CPU */
> > > >
> > > > Which means that iommu_use_hap_pt() (just out of context above this
> > > > hunk) is wrong.  It should return true, which will prevent us
> entering
> > > > this path during initialisation.
> > >
> > > iommu_use_hap_pt is implemented by calling has_iommu_pt(d) (also on
> x86
> > > is part of the implementation), which is implemented as:
> > >
> > >   (dom_iommu(d)->status != IOMMU_STATUS_disabled)
> > >
> > > IOMMU_STATUS_disabled is zero in the enum, so status starts as
> > > IOMMU_STATUS_disabled. It is set to IOMMU_STATUS_initializing for dom0
> > > in iommu_hwdom_init, but it is not set to IOMMU_STATUS_initializing
> for
> > > other domains anywhere, leading to this error.
> >
> > It is set for other domains... see iommu_construct().
> 
> Hi Paul, unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Let me explain:
> 
> 
> iommu_construct() sets hd->status to IOMMU_STATUS_initializing *after*
> calling iommu_use_hap_pt(d), and specifically inside the if statement:
> 
>     if ( !iommu_use_hap_pt(d) )
>     {
>         int rc;
> 
>         hd->status = IOMMU_STATUS_initializing;
>         hd->need_sync = true;
> 
>         rc = arch_iommu_populate_page_table(d);
>         if ( rc )
>         {
>             if ( rc != -ERESTART )
>             {
>                 hd->need_sync = false;
>                 hd->status = IOMMU_STATUS_disabled;
>             }
> 
>             return rc;
>         }
>     }
> 
> However, for iommu_use_hap_pt(d) to return the correct value, which
> should be always true on ARM, status needs to be already set to
> IOMMU_STATUS_initializing.
> 
> Because when we enter iommu_construct status is IOMMU_STATUS_disabled,
> iommu_use_hap_pt(d) calls has_iommu_pt(d) which wrongly returns false
> because it is implemented as:
> 
> #define has_iommu_pt(d) (dom_iommu(d)->status != IOMMU_STATUS_disabled)
> 
> 
> I think we need to move the initialization of status to
> IOMMU_STATUS_initializing earlier, specifically to iommu_domain_init.

The use of iommu_use_hap_pt() here is indeed a problem, but I think it would be 
sufficient to move the line "hd->status = IOMMU_STATUS_initializing" to just 
before the if rather than to a completely separate function.

  Paul

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