Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 2 authors, 2018-08-14

[PATCH v4 5/5] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: add bootup option "arm_iommu"

From: robin.murphy@arm.com (Robin Murphy)
Date: 2018-08-09 11:08:43
Also in: linux-iommu, lkml

On 06/08/18 13:27, Zhen Lei wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Add a bootup option to make the system manager can choose which mode to
be used. The default mode is strict.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <redacted>
---
  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  9 +++++++++
  drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c                     | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 533ff5c..426e989 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1720,6 +1720,15 @@
  		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
  			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.

+	arm_iommu=	[ARM64]
+		non-strict	[Default Off]
Again, I'd much rather have "iommu.non_strict= { "0" | "1" }" in line 
with the passthrough option.

Robin.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+			Put off TLBs invalidation and release memory first.
+			It's good for scatter-gather performance but lacks full
+			isolation, an untrusted device can access the reused
+			memory because the TLBs may still valid. Please take
+			full consideration before choosing this mode.
+			Note that, VFIO will always use strict mode.
+
  	iommu.passthrough=
  			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
  			Format: { "0" | "1" }
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 904bc1e..9a30892 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -631,6 +631,21 @@ struct arm_smmu_option_prop {
  	{ 0, NULL},
  };

+static u32 smmu_non_strict __read_mostly;
+
+static int __init arm_smmu_setup(char *str)
+{
+	if (!strncmp(str, "non-strict", 10)) {
+		smmu_non_strict = 1;
+		pr_warn("WARNING: iommu non-strict mode is chosen.\n"
+			"It's good for scatter-gather performance but lacks full isolation\n");
+		add_taint(TAINT_WARN, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("arm_iommu", arm_smmu_setup);
+
  static inline void __iomem *arm_smmu_page1_fixup(unsigned long offset,
  						 struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
  {
@@ -1622,7 +1637,7 @@ static int arm_smmu_domain_finalise(struct iommu_domain *domain)
  	if (smmu->features & ARM_SMMU_FEAT_COHERENCY)
  		pgtbl_cfg.quirks = IO_PGTABLE_QUIRK_NO_DMA;

-	if (domain->type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA) {
+	if ((domain->type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA) && smmu_non_strict) {
  		domain->non_strict = 1;
  		pgtbl_cfg.quirks |= IO_PGTABLE_QUIRK_NON_STRICT;
  	}
--
1.8.3
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