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Message-ID: <20230730194026.GA19962@wunner.de>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:40:26 +0200
From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@...dia.com>
Cc: bhelgaas@...gle.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
treding@...dia.com, jonathanh@...dia.com,
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sagar.tv@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] PCI: pciehp: Disable ACS Source Validation during
hot-remove
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 12:45:19AM +0530, Vidya Sagar wrote:
> PCIe 6.0, 6.12.1.1 specifies that downstream devices are permitted to
> send upstream messages before they have been assigned a bus number and
> such messages have a Requester ID with Bus number set to 00h.
> If the Downstream port has ACS Source Validation enabled, these messages
> will be detected as ACS violation error.
>
> Hence, disable ACS Source Validation in the bridge device during
> hot-remove operation and re-enable it after enumeration of the
> downstream hierarchy but before binding the respective device drivers.
What are these messages that are sent before assignment of a bus number?
What's the user-visible issue that occurs when they're blocked?
Doesn't disabling Source Validation introduce a security hole because the
device may spoof messages before Source Validation is re-enabled?
PCIe r6.1 sec 6.12.1.1 does indeed point out that the downstream device
is *permitted* to send these messages but the Implementation Note
does *not* prescribe that Source Validation shall be disabled to let them
through. It merely points out that the messages may be filtered if
Source Validation is enabled.
Thanks,
Lukas
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