linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tee: amdtee: add support for use of cma region

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Message-ID: <92ed14f5-d999-4d54-915b-0a3449da44f8@amd.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2023 22:17:36 +0530
From:   Devaraj Rangasamy <Devaraj.Rangasamy@....com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Cc:     Mythri PK <Mythri.Pandeshwarakrishna@....com>,
        Nimesh Easow <Nimesh.Easow@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tee: amdtee: add support for use of cma region


On 8/19/2023 4:34 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On 8/18/23 07:42, Devaraj Rangasamy wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index 722b6eca2e93..5e38423f3d53 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -363,6 +363,13 @@
>>   			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
>>   			  to the current workload.
>>   
>> +	amdtee_cma=nn	[HW,TEE]
>> +			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
>> +			allocations, to be used by amdtee device driver.
>> +			Value is in MB and can range from 4 to 128 (MBs)
> 			                                       128 (MBs).
Ack.
In updated patch, we dont use new custom kernel command line parameter, 
and resorted to generic cma zone.
>
>> +			CMA will be active only when CMA is enabled, and amdtee is
> 	That could use some improvement. How about:
>
> 			AMD-TEE CMA will be active only when CONFIG_CMA is enabled,
> 			and amdtee is
Ack, as above.
>
>> +			built as inbuilt driver, and not loaded as module.
>> +
>>   	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
>>   			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
>>   			Format: <a>,<b>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tee/amdtee/Kconfig b/drivers/tee/amdtee/Kconfig
>> index 191f9715fa9a..5843c739a7b8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tee/amdtee/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/tee/amdtee/Kconfig
>> @@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ config AMDTEE
>>   	depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD
>>   	help
>>   	  This implements AMD's Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) driver.
>> +
>> +config AMDTEE_CMA_SIZE
>> +	int "Size of Memory in MiB reserved in CMA for AMD-TEE"
>> +	default "0"
> Why won't this default value cause an allocation error message?
> Maybe I'm just not following the call paths correctly.
>
> It looks to me like this causes a call to
> cma_declare_contiguous_nid() with @size = 0, and that function says:
>
> 	if (!size)
> 		return -EINVAL;
Ack.
It did resulted in error message. We have revoked new exclusive cma zone 
now.
>> +	depends on CMA && (AMDTEE=y)
>> +	help
>> +	  Specify the default amount of memory in MiB reserved in CMA for AMD-TEE driver
> 	                                                                          driver.
Ack.
>> +	  Any amdtee shm buffer allocation larger than 64k will allocate memory from the CMA
> 	                                                                                 CMA.
Ack.
>> +	  The default can be overridden with the kernel commandline parameter "amdtee_cma".
>> \ No newline at end of file
> Please fix that ^^^ warning.
Ack, as above. Thanks for the review.
>
> Thanks.