linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] dma-iommu: fix arch_sync

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Message-ID: <20210802134059.GC28547@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 14:40:59 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tom Murphy <murphyt7@....ie>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] dma-iommu: fix arch_sync_dma for map with swiotlb

On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 12:35:00PM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> From: David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org>
> 
> When calling arch_sync_dma, we need to pass it the memory that's
> actually being used for dma. When using swiotlb bounce buffers, this is
> the bounce buffer. Move arch_sync_dma into the __iommu_dma_map_swiotlb
> helper, so it can use the bounce buffer address if necessary. This also
> means it is no longer necessary to call iommu_dma_sync_sg_for_device in
> iommu_dma_map_sg for untrusted devices.
> 
> Fixes: 82612d66d51d ("iommu: Allow the dma-iommu api to use bounce buffers")
> Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c | 16 +++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> index eac65302439e..e79e274d2dc5 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ static dma_addr_t __iommu_dma_map_swiotlb(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys,
>  		memset(padding_start, 0, padding_size);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!coherent && !(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC))
> +		arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys, org_size, dir);

I think this relies on the swiotlb buffers residing in the linear mapping
(i.e. where phys_to_virt() is reliable), which doesn't look like a safe
assumption to me.

Will