linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix swiotlb panic on Xen

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Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:43:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
To:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
cc:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix swiotlb panic on Xen

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 05:02:14PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>
> > 
> > kernel/dma/swiotlb.c:swiotlb_init gets called first and tries to
> > allocate a buffer for the swiotlb. It does so by calling
> > 
> >   memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_ALIGN(bytes), PAGE_SIZE);
> > 
> > If the allocation must fail, no_iotlb_memory is set.
> > 
> > 
> > Later during initialization swiotlb-xen comes in
> > (drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c:xen_swiotlb_init) and given that io_tlb_start
> > is != 0, it thinks the memory is ready to use when actually it is not.
> > 
> > When the swiotlb is actually needed, swiotlb_tbl_map_single gets called
> > and since no_iotlb_memory is set the kernel panics.
> > 
> > Instead, if swiotlb-xen.c:xen_swiotlb_init knew the swiotlb hadn't been
> > initialized, it would do the initialization itself, which might still
> > succeed.
> > 
> > 
> > Fix the panic by setting io_tlb_start to 0 on swiotlb initialization
> > failure, and also by setting no_iotlb_memory to false on swiotlb
> > initialization success.
> 
> Should this have a Fixes: flag?

That would be

Fixes: ac2cbab21f31 ("x86: Don't panic if can not alloc buffer for swiotlb")



> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>
> > 
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> > index c19379fabd20..9924214df60a 100644
> > --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> > +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> > @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ int __init swiotlb_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs, int verbose)
> >  		io_tlb_orig_addr[i] = INVALID_PHYS_ADDR;
> >  	}
> >  	io_tlb_index = 0;
> > +	no_iotlb_memory = false;
> >  
> >  	if (verbose)
> >  		swiotlb_print_info();
> > @@ -262,9 +263,11 @@ swiotlb_init(int verbose)
> >  	if (vstart && !swiotlb_init_with_tbl(vstart, io_tlb_nslabs, verbose))
> >  		return;
> >  
> > -	if (io_tlb_start)
> > +	if (io_tlb_start) {
> >  		memblock_free_early(io_tlb_start,
> >  				    PAGE_ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT));
> > +		io_tlb_start = 0;
> > +	}
> >  	pr_warn("Cannot allocate buffer");
> >  	no_iotlb_memory = true;
> >  }
> > @@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs)
> >  		io_tlb_orig_addr[i] = INVALID_PHYS_ADDR;
> >  	}
> >  	io_tlb_index = 0;
> > +	no_iotlb_memory = false;
> >  
> >  	swiotlb_print_info();
> >  
>