linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Serialize IOMMU GCMD register modifications

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Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 05:29:57 +0000
From:   "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
CC:     "iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Serialize IOMMU GCMD register
 modifications

> From: Lu Baolu
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 10:58 AM
> 
> The VT-d spec requires (10.4.4 Global Command Register, GCMD_REG
> General
> Description) that:
> 
> If multiple control fields in this register need to be modified, software
> must serialize the modifications through multiple writes to this register.
> 
> However, in irq_remapping.c, modifications of IRE and CFI are done in one
> write. We need to do two separate writes with STS checking after each.
> 
> Fixes: af8d102f999a4 ("x86/intel/irq_remapping: Clean up x2apic opt-out
> security warning mess")
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/intel/irq_remapping.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/irq_remapping.c
> b/drivers/iommu/intel/irq_remapping.c
> index 9564d23d094f..19d7e18876fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/irq_remapping.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/irq_remapping.c
> @@ -507,12 +507,16 @@ static void iommu_enable_irq_remapping(struct
> intel_iommu *iommu)
> 
>  	/* Enable interrupt-remapping */
>  	iommu->gcmd |= DMA_GCMD_IRE;
> -	iommu->gcmd &= ~DMA_GCMD_CFI;  /* Block compatibility-format
> MSIs */
>  	writel(iommu->gcmd, iommu->reg + DMAR_GCMD_REG);
> -
>  	IOMMU_WAIT_OP(iommu, DMAR_GSTS_REG,
>  		      readl, (sts & DMA_GSTS_IRES), sts);
> 
> +	/* Block compatibility-format MSIs */
> +	iommu->gcmd &= ~DMA_GCMD_CFI;
> +	writel(iommu->gcmd, iommu->reg + DMAR_GCMD_REG);
> +	IOMMU_WAIT_OP(iommu, DMAR_GSTS_REG,
> +		      readl, !(sts & DMA_GSTS_CFIS), sts);
> +

Better do it only when CFI is actually enabled (by checking sts).

>  	/*
>  	 * With CFI clear in the Global Command register, we should be
>  	 * protected from dangerous (i.e. compatibility) interrupts
> --
> 2.17.1
> 
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