Virtualization - Dec 2021 - [RFC PATCH] virtio: make sure legacy pci device gain 32bit-pfn vq

On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 11:00:55AM +0800, ?? wrote:
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> ? 2021/12/9 ??8:19, Michael S. Tsirkin ??:
> [snip]
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > Hi, Michael
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for the comment, unfortunately modify device is
not an option for us
> > > > > :-(
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there any idea on how to solve this issue properly?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Michael Wang
> > > > 
> > > > By the way, there is a bug in the error message. Want to fix
that?
> > > 
> > > Could you please provide more detail about the bug? We'd like
to help fixing
> > > it :-)
> > > 
> > > Besides, I've checked that patch but it can't address our
issue, we actually
> > > have this legacy pci device on arm platform, and the memory
layout is
> > > unfriendly since allocation rarely providing page-address below
44bit, we
> > > understand the virtio-iommu case should not do force dma, while
we don't
> > > have that so it's just working fine.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Michael Wang
> > 
> > BTW is it just the ring that's at issue?
> 
> Yes, the dma address for ring allocated as page can't fit the
requirement.
> 
> > Figuring out we have this problematic config and then allocating just
> > the ring from coherent memory seems more palatable.
> 
> Agree, I'm also wondering why can't we force alloc 44bit-pfn page
to fit the
> requirement? I mean if there are such pages, we should use them firstly as
> dma address for legacy devices, and only fail when there are no such pages
> at all, but can't find existing API to alloc page with such
requirement...
> anyway.
> 
> > 
> > But please note we still need to detect config with a virtual iommu
(can
> > be any kind not just virtio-iommu, smmu, vtd are all affected) and
> > disable the hacks. This is what the new DMA API I suggested would do.
> 
> Fair enough, any more details about the design of new API?
> 
> Regards,
> Michael Wang

The idea was that on some systems any DMA address is also a
physical address (as in the case of e.g. bounce buffers) and
then it can be used without VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM.
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> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >     drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c | 10
++++++++++
> > > > > > >     drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c       |  3
+++
> > > > > > >     include/linux/virtio.h             |  1 +
> > > > > > >     3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > diff --git
a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > > > > b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > > > > index d62e983..11f2ebf 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> > > > > > > @@ -263,6 +263,16 @@ int
virtio_pci_legacy_probe(struct virtio_pci_device
> > > > > > > *vp_dev)
> > > > > > >     	vp_dev->setup_vq = setup_vq;
> > > > > > >     	vp_dev->del_vq = del_vq;
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > +	/*
> > > > > > > +	 * The legacy pci device requre 32bit-pfn
vq,
> > > > > > > +	 * or setup_vq() will failed.
> > > > > > > +	 *
> > > > > > > +	 * Thus we make sure vring_use_dma_api()
will
> > > > > > > +	 * return true during the allocation by
marking
> > > > > > > +	 * force_dma here.
> > > > > > > +	 */
> > > > > > > +	vp_dev->vdev.force_dma = true;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > >     	return 0;
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     err_iomap:
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > > > > index 3035bb6..6562e01 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > > > > > > @@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static inline bool
virtqueue_use_indirect(struct
> > > > > > > virtqueue *_vq,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct
virtio_device *vdev)
> > > > > > >     {
> > > > > > > +	if (vdev->force_dma)
> > > > > > > +		return true;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > >     	if (!virtio_has_dma_quirk(vdev))
> > > > > > >     		return true;
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h
b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > > > > > index 41edbc0..a4eb29d 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > > > > > +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > > > > > > @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct virtio_device {
> > > > > > >     	bool failed;
> > > > > > >     	bool config_enabled;
> > > > > > >     	bool config_change_pending;
> > > > > > > +	bool force_dma;
> > > > > > >     	spinlock_t config_lock;
> > > > > > >     	spinlock_t vqs_list_lock; /* Protects
VQs list access */
> > > > > > >     	struct device dev;
> > > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > > 1.8.3.1