linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] iommu: Make iommu_queue

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Message-ID: <6e550123-4307-571c-d70e-d66ac0bf66ad@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:44:19 +0800
From:   Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
Cc:     baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com, "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        "iommu@...ts.linux.dev" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] iommu: Make iommu_queue_iopf() more generic

On 9/13/23 10:25 AM, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
>> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 8:27 PM
>>
>>>
>>> Out of curiosity. Is it a valid configuration which has
>> REQUEST_PASID_VALID
>>> set but RESP_PASID_VALID cleared? I'm unclear why another response
>>> flag is required beyond what the request flag has told...
>>
>> This seems to have uncovered a bug in VT-d driver.
>>
>> The PCIe spec (Section 10.4.2.2) states:
>>
>> "
>> If a Page Request has a PASID, the corresponding PRG Response Message
>> may optionally contain one as well.
>>
>> If the PRG Response PASID Required bit is Clear, PRG Response Messages
>> do not have a PASID. If the PRG Response PASID Required bit is Set, PRG
>> Response Messages have a PASID if the Page Request also had one. The
>> Function is permitted to use the PASID value from the prefix in
>> conjunction with the PRG Index to match requests and responses.
>> "
>>
>> The "PRG Response PASID Required bit" is a read-only field in the PCI
>> page request status register. It is represented by
>> "pdev->pasid_required".
>>
>> So below code in VT-d driver is not correct:
>>
>> 542 static int intel_svm_prq_report(struct intel_iommu *iommu, struct
>> device *dev,
>> 543                                 struct page_req_dsc *desc)
>> 544 {
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> 556
>> 557         if (desc->lpig)
>> 558                 event.fault.prm.flags |=
>> IOMMU_FAULT_PAGE_REQUEST_LAST_PAGE;
>> 559         if (desc->pasid_present) {
>> 560                 event.fault.prm.flags |=
>> IOMMU_FAULT_PAGE_REQUEST_PASID_VALID;
>> 561                 event.fault.prm.flags |=
>> IOMMU_FAULT_PAGE_RESPONSE_NEEDS_PASID;
>> 562         }
>> [...]
>>
>> The right logic should be
>>
>> 	if (pdev->pasid_required)
>> 		event.fault.prm.flags |=
>> IOMMU_FAULT_PAGE_RESPONSE_NEEDS_PASID;
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
> 
> yes, it's the right fix. We haven't seen any bug report probably because
> all SVM-capable devices have pasid_required set? 😊

More precisely, the idxd devices have pasid_required set. :-)

Anyway, I will post a formal fix for this.

Best regards,
baolu