linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 4/8] xen/virtio: Enable restricted memory access using Xen grant mappings

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Message-ID: <c2ae069d-ec95-50ea-1789-b2a667d6fb4c@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jun 2022 15:49:12 +0300
From:   Oleksandr <olekstysh@...il.com>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Julien Grall <julien@....org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 4/8] xen/virtio: Enable restricted memory access using
 Xen grant mappings


On 31.05.22 00:00, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:

Hello all.

> From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
>
> In order to support virtio in Xen guests add a config option XEN_VIRTIO
> enabling the user to specify whether in all Xen guests virtio should
> be able to access memory via Xen grant mappings only on the host side.
>
> Also set PLATFORM_VIRTIO_RESTRICTED_MEM_ACCESS feature from the guest
> initialization code on Arm and x86 if CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO is enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
> ---
> Changes V1 -> V2:
>     - new patch, split required changes from commit:
>      "[PATCH V1 3/6] xen/virtio: Add option to restrict memory access under Xen"
>     - rework according to new platform_has() infrastructure
>
> Changes V2 -> V3:
>     - add Stefano's R-b

May I please ask for the ack or comments for x86 side here?



> ---
>   arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c     |  2 ++
>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c |  2 ++
>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c  |  2 ++
>   drivers/xen/Kconfig          | 11 +++++++++++
>   include/xen/xen.h            |  8 ++++++++
>   5 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 07eb69f..1f9c3ba 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ static int __init xen_guest_init(void)
>   	if (!xen_domain())
>   		return 0;
>   
> +	xen_set_restricted_virtio_memory_access();
> +
>   	if (!acpi_disabled)
>   		xen_acpi_guest_init();
>   	else
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> index 517a9d8..8b71b1d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> @@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
>   	if (xen_pv_domain())
>   		return;
>   
> +	xen_set_restricted_virtio_memory_access();
> +
>   	init_hvm_pv_info();
>   
>   	reserve_shared_info();
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
> index ca85d14..30d24fe 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
> @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tls_descs, shadow_tls_desc);
>   
>   static void __init xen_pv_init_platform(void)
>   {
> +	xen_set_restricted_virtio_memory_access();
> +
>   	populate_extra_pte(fix_to_virt(FIX_PARAVIRT_BOOTMAP));
>   
>   	set_fixmap(FIX_PARAVIRT_BOOTMAP, xen_start_info->shared_info);
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
> index 313a9127..a7bd8ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -339,4 +339,15 @@ config XEN_GRANT_DMA_OPS
>   	bool
>   	select DMA_OPS
>   
> +config XEN_VIRTIO
> +	bool "Xen virtio support"
> +	depends on VIRTIO
> +	select XEN_GRANT_DMA_OPS
> +	help
> +	  Enable virtio support for running as Xen guest. Depending on the
> +	  guest type this will require special support on the backend side
> +	  (qemu or kernel, depending on the virtio device types used).
> +
> +	  If in doubt, say n.
> +
>   endmenu
> diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
> index a99bab8..0780a81 100644
> --- a/include/xen/xen.h
> +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ bool xen_biovec_phys_mergeable(const struct bio_vec *vec1,
>   extern u64 xen_saved_max_mem_size;
>   #endif
>   
> +#include <linux/platform-feature.h>
> +
> +static inline void xen_set_restricted_virtio_memory_access(void)
> +{
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO) && xen_domain())
> +		platform_set(PLATFORM_VIRTIO_RESTRICTED_MEM_ACCESS);
> +}
> +
>   #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC
>   int xen_alloc_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
>   void xen_free_unpopulated_pages(unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages);

-- 
Regards,

Oleksandr Tyshchenko