linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: add bootup option "iommu_strict

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:46:49 +0100
From:   Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
To:     Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        iommu <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: add bootup option
 "iommu_strict_mode"

On 2018-07-12 7:18 AM, Zhen Lei wrote:
> Because the non-strict mode introduces a vulnerability window, so add a
> bootup option to make the manager can choose which mode to be used. The
> default mode is IOMMU_STRICT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 ++++++++++
>   drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c                     | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index efc7aa7..0cc80bc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1720,6 +1720,18 @@
>   		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
>   			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
>   
> +	iommu_strict_mode=	[arm-smmu-v3]

If anything this should belong to iommu-dma, as that's where the actual 
decision of whether to use a flush queue or not happens. Also it would 
be nice to stick to the iommu.* option namespace in the hope of 
maintaining some consistency.

> +		0 - strict mode
> +		    Make sure all related TLBs to be invalidated before the
> +		    memory released.
> +		1 - non-strict mode
> +		    Put off TLBs invalidation and release memory first. This mode
> +		    introduces a vlunerability window, an untrusted device can
> +		    access the reused memory because the TLBs may still valid.
> +		    Please take full consideration before choosing this mode.
> +		    Note that, VFIO is always use strict mode.
> +		others - strict mode
> +
>   	iommu.passthrough=
>   			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
>   			Format: { "0" | "1" }
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
> index 4a198a0..9b72fc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
> @@ -631,6 +631,24 @@ struct arm_smmu_option_prop {
>   	{ 0, NULL},
>   };
>   
> +static u32 iommu_strict_mode __read_mostly = IOMMU_STRICT;
> +
> +static int __init setup_iommu_strict_mode(char *str)
> +{
> +	u32 strict_mode = IOMMU_STRICT;
> +
> +	get_option(&str, &strict_mode);
> +	if (strict_mode == IOMMU_NON_STRICT) {
> +		iommu_strict_mode = strict_mode;
> +		pr_warn("WARNING: iommu non-strict mode is chose.\n"
> +			"It's good for scatter-gather performance but lacks full isolation\n");
> +		add_taint(TAINT_WARN, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("iommu_strict_mode", setup_iommu_strict_mode);
> +
>   static inline void __iomem *arm_smmu_page1_fixup(unsigned long offset,
>   						 struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
>   {
> @@ -1441,7 +1459,7 @@ static bool arm_smmu_capable(enum iommu_cap cap)
>   	case IOMMU_CAP_NOEXEC:
>   		return true;
>   	case IOMMU_CAP_NON_STRICT:
> -		return true;
> +		return (iommu_strict_mode == IOMMU_NON_STRICT) ? true : false;

Ugh. The "completely redundant ternany" idiom hurts my soul :(

Robin.

>   	default:
>   		return false;
>   	}
> @@ -1750,6 +1768,14 @@ static int arm_smmu_attach_dev(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct device *dev)
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +static u32 arm_smmu_strict_mode(struct iommu_domain *domain)
> +{
> +	if (iommu_strict_mode == IOMMU_NON_STRICT)
> +		return IOMMU_DOMAIN_STRICT_MODE(domain);
> +
> +	return IOMMU_STRICT;
> +}
> +
>   static int arm_smmu_map(struct iommu_domain *domain, unsigned long iova,
>   			phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size, int prot)
>   {
> @@ -1769,7 +1795,7 @@ static int arm_smmu_map(struct iommu_domain *domain, unsigned long iova,
>   	if (!ops)
>   		return 0;
>   
> -	return ops->unmap(ops, iova | IOMMU_DOMAIN_STRICT_MODE(domain), size);
> +	return ops->unmap(ops, iova | arm_smmu_strict_mode(domain), size);
>   }
>   
>   static void arm_smmu_flush_iotlb_all(struct iommu_domain *domain)
> @@ -1784,7 +1810,7 @@ static void arm_smmu_iotlb_sync(struct iommu_domain *domain)
>   {
>   	struct arm_smmu_device *smmu = to_smmu_domain(domain)->smmu;
>   
> -	if (smmu && (IOMMU_DOMAIN_STRICT_MODE(domain) == IOMMU_STRICT))
> +	if (smmu && (arm_smmu_strict_mode(domain) == IOMMU_STRICT))
>   		__arm_smmu_tlb_sync(smmu);
>   }
>   
>