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Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:33:09 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, joro@...tes.org
Cc:     will@...nel.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iommu: Optimise PCI SAC address trick

On 18/01/2023 17:26, Robin Murphy wrote:
> Per the reasoning in commit 4bf7fda4dce2 ("iommu/dma: Add config for
> PCI SAC address trick") and its subsequent revert, this mechanism no
> longer serves its original purpose, but now only works around broken
> hardware/drivers in a way that is unfortunately too impactful to remove.
> 
> This does not, however prevent us from solving the performance impact
> which the workaround imposes on large-scale systems that don't need it.
> That is felt once the 32-bit IOVA space fills up and we keep
> unsuccessfully trying to allocate from it. However, if we get to that
> point then in fact it's already the endgame. The nature of the allocator
> is such that the first IOVA we give to a device after the 32-bit space
> runs out will be the highest possible address for that device, ever.
> If that works, then great, we can be pretty sure it's safe to optimise
> for speed by always allocating from the full range. And if it doesn't,
> then the worst has already happened and any brokenness is now showing,
> so there's no point continuing to try to hide it.
> 
> To that end, implement a flag to refine this into a per-device policy
> that can automatically get itself out of the way if and when it stops
> being useful.
> 
> CC: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> ---
> 
> v3: Expand the flag name, add a print with inline commentary for good
>      measure, and refactor the code flow even more (too many ifs and
>      indents...) such that I didn't presume to carry forward John's R-b.

I like the new changes, so feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>

> 
>   drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.h |  8 ++++++++
>   drivers/iommu/iommu.c     |  3 +++
>   include/linux/iommu.h     |  2 ++
>   4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> index f798c44e0903..1dccee3628cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static dma_addr_t iommu_dma_alloc_iova(struct iommu_domain *domain,
>   {
>   	struct iommu_dma_cookie *cookie = domain->iova_cookie;
>   	struct iova_domain *iovad = &cookie->iovad;
> -	unsigned long shift, iova_len, iova = 0;
> +	unsigned long shift, iova_len, iova;
>   
>   	if (cookie->type == IOMMU_DMA_MSI_COOKIE) {
>   		cookie->msi_iova += size;
> @@ -642,15 +642,29 @@ static dma_addr_t iommu_dma_alloc_iova(struct iommu_domain *domain,
>   	if (domain->geometry.force_aperture)
>   		dma_limit = min(dma_limit, (u64)domain->geometry.aperture_end);
>   
> -	/* Try to get PCI devices a SAC address */
> -	if (dma_limit > DMA_BIT_MASK(32) && !iommu_dma_forcedac && dev_is_pci(dev))
> +	/*
> +	 * Try to use all the 32-bit PCI addresses first. The original SAC vs.
> +	 * DAC reasoning loses relevance with PCIe, but enough hardware and
> +	 * firmware bugs are still lurking out there that it's safest not to
> +	 * venture into the 64-bit space until necessary.
> +	 *
> +	 * If your device goes wrong after seeing the notice then likely either
> +	 * its driver is not setting DMA masks accurately, the hardware has
> +	 * some inherent bug in handling >32-bit addresses, or not all the
> +	 * expected address bits are wired up between the device and the IOMMU.
> +	 */
> +	if (dma_limit > DMA_BIT_MASK(32) && dev->iommu->pci_32bit_workaround) {
>   		iova = alloc_iova_fast(iovad, iova_len,
>   				       DMA_BIT_MASK(32) >> shift, false);
> +		if (iova)
> +			goto done;
>   
> -	if (!iova)
> -		iova = alloc_iova_fast(iovad, iova_len, dma_limit >> shift,
> -				       true);
> +		dev->iommu->pci_32bit_workaround = false;
> +		dev_notice(dev, "Using %d-bit DMA addresses\n", bits_per(dma_limit));
> +	}
>   
> +	iova = alloc_iova_fast(iovad, iova_len, dma_limit >> shift, true);
> +done:
>   	return (dma_addr_t)iova << shift;
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.h b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.h
> index 942790009292..c829f1f82a99 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ int iommu_dma_init_fq(struct iommu_domain *domain);
>   void iommu_dma_get_resv_regions(struct device *dev, struct list_head *list);
>   
>   extern bool iommu_dma_forcedac;
> +static inline void iommu_dma_set_pci_32bit_workaround(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	dev->iommu->pci_32bit_workaround = !iommu_dma_forcedac;
> +}
>   
>   #else /* CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA */
>   
> @@ -38,5 +42,9 @@ static inline void iommu_dma_get_resv_regions(struct device *dev, struct list_he
>   {
>   }
>   
> +static inline void iommu_dma_set_pci_32bit_workaround(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +}
> +
>   #endif	/* CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA */
>   #endif	/* __DMA_IOMMU_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index de91dd88705b..b189ed345057 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ static int __iommu_probe_device(struct device *dev, struct list_head *group_list
>   	mutex_unlock(&iommu_probe_device_lock);
>   	iommu_device_link(iommu_dev, dev);
>   
> +	if (dev_is_pci(dev))
> +		iommu_dma_set_pci_32bit_workaround(dev);
> +
>   	return 0;
>   
>   out_release:
> diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
> index 46e1347bfa22..d37bf28faf82 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iommu.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
> @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ struct iommu_fault_param {
>    * @iommu_dev:	 IOMMU device this device is linked to
>    * @priv:	 IOMMU Driver private data
>    * @max_pasids:  number of PASIDs this device can consume
> + * @pci_32bit_workaround: Limit DMA allocations to 32-bit IOVAs
>    *
>    * TODO: migrate other per device data pointers under iommu_dev_data, e.g.
>    *	struct iommu_group	*iommu_group;
> @@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ struct dev_iommu {
>   	struct iommu_device		*iommu_dev;
>   	void				*priv;
>   	u32				max_pasids;
> +	bool				pci_32bit_workaround;
>   };
>   
>   int iommu_device_register(struct iommu_device *iommu,

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