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Message-ID: <a02b9f94-eb48-4ae2-0ade-a4ce26b61ad8@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:01:55 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pasic@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com, frankja@...ux.ibm.com,
        mst@...hat.com, cohuck@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390: protvirt: virtio: Refuse device without IOMMU


On 2020/6/12 下午7:38, Pierre Morel wrote:
>
>
> On 2020-06-12 11:21, Pierre Morel wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2020-06-11 05:10, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2020/6/10 下午9:11, Pierre Morel wrote:
>>>> Protected Virtualisation protects the memory of the guest and
>>>> do not allow a the host to access all of its memory.
>>>>
>>>> Let's refuse a VIRTIO device which does not use IOMMU
>>>> protected access.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c | 5 +++++
>>>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c 
>>>> b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
>>>> index 5730572b52cd..06ffbc96587a 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
>>>> @@ -986,6 +986,11 @@ static void virtio_ccw_set_status(struct 
>>>> virtio_device *vdev, u8 status)
>>>>       if (!ccw)
>>>>           return;
>>>> +    /* Protected Virtualisation guest needs IOMMU */
>>>> +    if (is_prot_virt_guest() &&
>>>> +        !__virtio_test_bit(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
>>>> +            status &= ~VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK;
>>>> +
>>>>       /* Write the status to the host. */
>>>>       vcdev->dma_area->status = status;
>>>>       ccw->cmd_code = CCW_CMD_WRITE_STATUS;
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder whether we need move it to virtio core instead of ccw.
>>>
>>> I think the other memory protection technologies may suffer from 
>>> this as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>> What would you think of the following, also taking into account 
>> Connie's comment on where the test should be done:
>>
>> - declare a weak function in virtio.c code, returning that memory 
>> protection is not in use.
>>
>> - overwrite the function in the arch code
>>
>> - call this function inside core virtio_finalize_features() and if 
>> required fail if the device don't have VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM.


I think this is fine.


>>
>> Alternative could be to test a global variable that the architecture 
>> would overwrite if needed but I find the weak function solution more 
>> flexible.
>>
>> With a function, we also have the possibility to provide the device 
>> as argument and take actions depending it, this may answer Halil's 
>> concern.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pierre
>>
>
> hum, in between I found another way which seems to me much better:
>
> We already have the force_dma_unencrypted() function available which 
> AFAIU is what we want for encrypted memory protection and is already 
> used by power and x86 SEV/SME in a way that seems AFAIU compatible 
> with our problem.
>
> Even DMA and IOMMU are different things, I think they should be used 
> together in our case.
>
> What do you think?
>
> The patch would then be something like:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> index a977e32a88f2..53476d5bbe35 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>  #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/idr.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-direct.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h>
>
>  /* Unique numbering for virtio devices. */
> @@ -179,6 +180,10 @@ int virtio_finalize_features(struct virtio_device 
> *dev)
>         if (!virtio_has_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1))
>                 return 0;
>
> +       if (force_dma_unencrypted(&dev->dev) &&
> +           !virtio_has_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
> +               return -EIO;
> +
>         virtio_add_status(dev, VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK);
>         status = dev->config->get_status(dev);
>         if (!(status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK)) {


I think this can work but need to listen from Michael.

Thanks


>
>
> Regards,
> Pierre
>