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Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:40:50 -0800
From:   Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 10/26] gunyah: vm_mgr: Introduce basic VM Manager



On 2/23/2023 2:08 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22/02/2023 00:27, Elliot Berman wrote:
>>
>>>> +    .llseek = noop_llseek,
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +static long gh_dev_ioctl_create_vm(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned long 
>>>> arg)
>>> Not sure what is the gain of this multiple levels of redirection.
>>>
>>> How about
>>>
>>> long gh_dev_create_vm(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned long arg)
>>> {
>>> ...
>>> }
>>>
>>> and rsc_mgr just call it as part of its ioctl call
>>>
>>> static long gh_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, 
>>> unsigned long arg)
>>> {
>>>      struct miscdevice *miscdev = filp->private_data;
>>>      struct gh_rm *rm = container_of(miscdev, struct gh_rm, miscdev);
>>>
>>>      switch (cmd) {
>>>      case GH_CREATE_VM:
>>>          return gh_dev_create_vm(rm, arg);
>>>      default:
>>>          return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
>>>      }
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> I'm anticipating we will add further /dev/gunyah ioctls and I thought 
>> it would be cleaner to have all that in vm_mgr.c itself.
>>
>>>
>>>> +{
>>>> +    struct gh_vm *ghvm;
>>>> +    struct file *file;
>>>> +    int fd, err;
>>>> +
>>>> +    /* arg reserved for future use. */
>>>> +    if (arg)
>>>> +        return -EINVAL;
>>>
>>> The only code path I see here is via GH_CREATE_VM ioctl which 
>>> obviously does not take any arguments, so if you are thinking of 
>>> using the argument for architecture-specific VM flags.  Then this 
>>> needs to be properly done by making the ABI aware of this.
>>
>> It is documented in Patch 17 (Document Gunyah VM Manager)
>>
>> +GH_CREATE_VM
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +Creates a Gunyah VM. The argument is reserved for future use and must 
>> be 0.
>>
> But this conficts with the UAPIs that have been defined. GH_CREATE_VM 
> itself is defined to take no parameters.
> 
> #define GH_CREATE_VM                    _IO(GH_IOCTL_TYPE, 0x0)
> 
> so where are you expecting the argument to come from?
>  >>>
>>> As you mentioned zero value arg imply an "unauthenticated VM" type, 
>>> but this was not properly encoded in the userspace ABI. Why not make 
>>> it future compatible. How about adding arguments to GH_CREATE_VM and 
>>> pass the required information correctly.
>>> Note that once the ABI is accepted then you will not be able to 
>>> change it, other than adding a new one.
>>>
>>
>> Does this means adding #define GH_VM_DEFAULT_ARG 0 ? I am not sure yet 
>> what arguments to add here.
>>
>> The ABI can add new "long" values to GH_CREATE_VM and that wouldn't 
> 
> Sorry, that is exactly what we want to avoid, we can not change the UAPI 
> its going to break the userspace.
> 
>> break compatibility with old kernels; old kernels reject it as -EINVAL.
> 
> If you have userspace built with older kernel headers then that will 
> break. Am not sure about old-kernels.
> 
> What exactly is the argument that you want to add to GH_CREATE_VM?
> 
> If you want to keep GH_CREATE_VM with no arguments that is fine but 
> remove the conflicting comments in the code and document so that its not 
> misleading readers/reviewers that the UAPI is going to be modified in 
> near future.
> 
> 

The convention followed here comes from KVM_CREATE_VM. Is this ioctl 
considered bad example?

>>
>>>> +
>>>> +    ghvm = gh_vm_alloc(rm);
>>>> +    if (IS_ERR(ghvm))
>>>> +        return PTR_ERR(ghvm);
>>>> +
>>>> +    fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
>>>> +    if (fd < 0) {
>>>> +        err = fd;
>>>> +        goto err_destroy_vm;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +
>>>> +    file = anon_inode_getfile("gunyah-vm", &gh_vm_fops, ghvm, O_RDWR);
>>>> +    if (IS_ERR(file)) {
>>>> +        err = PTR_ERR(file);
>>>> +        goto err_put_fd;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +
>>>> +    fd_install(fd, file);
>>>> +
>>>> +    return fd;
>>>> +
>>>> +err_put_fd:
>>>> +    put_unused_fd(fd);
>>>> +err_destroy_vm:
>>>> +    kfree(ghvm);
>>>> +    return err;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +long gh_dev_vm_mgr_ioctl(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned int cmd, 
>>>> unsigned long arg)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    switch (cmd) {
>>>> +    case GH_CREATE_VM:
>>>> +        return gh_dev_ioctl_create_vm(rm, arg);
>>>> +    default:
>>>> +        return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +}
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h 
>>>> b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..76954da706e9
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/virt/gunyah/vm_mgr.h
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All 
>>>> rights reserved.
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifndef _GH_PRIV_VM_MGR_H
>>>> +#define _GH_PRIV_VM_MGR_H
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <linux/gunyah_rsc_mgr.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <uapi/linux/gunyah.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +long gh_dev_vm_mgr_ioctl(struct gh_rm *rm, unsigned int cmd, 
>>>> unsigned long arg);
>>>> +
>>>> +struct gh_vm {
>>>> +    u16 vmid;
>>>> +    struct gh_rm *rm;
>>>> +
>>>> +    struct work_struct free_work;
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +#endif
>>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h b/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..10ba32d2b0a6
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/gunyah.h
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note */
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All 
>>>> rights reserved.
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_GUNYAH
>>>> +#define _UAPI_LINUX_GUNYAH
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Userspace interface for /dev/gunyah - gunyah based virtual machine
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>>>> +#include <linux/ioctl.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +#define GH_IOCTL_TYPE            'G'
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * ioctls for /dev/gunyah fds:
>>>> + */
>>>> +#define GH_CREATE_VM            _IO(GH_IOCTL_TYPE, 0x0) /* Returns 
>>>> a Gunyah VM fd */
>>>
>>> Can HLOS forcefully destroy a VM?
>>> If so should we have a corresponding DESTROY IOCTL?
>>
>> It can forcefully destroy unauthenticated and protected virtual 
>> machines. I don't have a userspace usecase for a DESTROY ioctl yet, 
>> maybe this can be added later? By the way, the VM is forcefully 
> that should be fine, but its also nice to add it for completeness, but 
> not a compulsory atm
> 
>> destroyed when VM refcount is dropped to 0 (close(vm_fd) and any other 
>> relevant file descriptors).
> I have noticed that path.
> 
> --srini
>>
>> - Elliot

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