Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] dma: swiotlb: Remove SWIOTLB_ANY
From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Date: 2026-09-23 13:12:41
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On 21/09/2026 7:36 am, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
swiotlb pools are currently allocated below the architecture's low address limit by default. SWIOTLB_ANY overrides this and permits allocation anywhere in directly mapped memory. SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT now explicitly identifies callers which need a pool that is reachable by devices with limited DMA addressing. Use it as the placement constraint and remove SWIOTLB_ANY. This changes the default behavior for callers which do not set either flag. Previously, omitting SWIOTLB_ANY placed the default pool below the architecture's low address limit and also constrained dynamically allocated pools to the same range. After this change, omitting SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT permits both static and dynamic pools to use any directly mapped memory.
While it's rather dependent on some of the other aspects wanting a bit more work still, this part I do entirely agree with :) Reviewed-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
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Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org> --- Documentation/core-api/swiotlb.rst | 8 ++++---- arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 6 ++++-- arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 16 ---------------- arch/s390/mm/init.c | 2 +- arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c | 2 +- include/linux/swiotlb.h | 7 +++---- kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 17 ++++++----------- 7 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/swiotlb.rst b/Documentation/core-api/swiotlb.rst index 71b4e4c27eb5..06d9f88fdf7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/swiotlb.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/swiotlb.rst@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ may also be adjusted due to other conditions, such as running in a CoCo VM, as described above. If CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC is enabled, additional pools may be allocated later in the life of the system. Each pool must be a contiguous range of physical -memory. The default pool is allocated below the 4 GiB physical address line so -it works for devices that can only address 32-bits of physical memory (unless -architecture-specific code provides the SWIOTLB_ANY flag). In a CoCo VM, the -pool memory must be decrypted before swiotlb is used. +memory. The default pool is allocated below the architecture's low address +limit when it is needed for devices with limited DMA addressing. Otherwise, +it may be allocated anywhere in directly mapped memory. In a CoCo VM, the pool +memory must be decrypted before swiotlb is used. Each pool is divided into "slots" of size IO_TLB_SIZE, which is 2 KiB with current definitions. IO_TLB_SEGSIZE contiguous slots (128 slots) constitutediff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c index 006ed41097e9..1bdea6c03848 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c@@ -295,9 +295,11 @@ void __init arch_mm_preinit(void) /* * Since the guest memory is inaccessible to the host, * devices always need to use the SWIOTLB buffer for DMA - * even if dma_capable() says otherwise. + * even if dma_capable() says otherwise. The hypervisor has + * no addressing limitation, so the buffer may be allocated + * anywhere. */ - ppc_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_ANY; + ppc_swiotlb_flags &= ~SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT; } /*diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c index 96856114b387..734712230f35 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c@@ -165,27 +165,11 @@ static void print_vm_layout(void) { } void __init arch_mm_preinit(void) { - bool swiotlb = max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(dma32_phys_limit) && - memblock_start_of_DRAM() < dma32_phys_limit; unsigned int swiotlb_flags = SWIOTLB_VERBOSE; #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM BUG_ON(!mem_map); #endif /* CONFIG_FLATMEM */ - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC) && !swiotlb && - dma_cache_alignment != 1) { - /* - * No 32-bit DMA bouncing needed (either all DRAM is within - * the 32-bit limit, or it all starts above it), but - * kmalloc() buffers whose sizes are not cache-line-aligned - * still require bouncing for non-coherent DMA. Use - * SWIOTLB_ANY so that the buffer can be allocated from high - * memory when DRAM starts above dma32_phys_limit. Allocate - * ~1 MB per 1 GB of RAM. - */ - swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_ANY; - } - if ((max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(dma32_phys_limit)) && (memblock_start_of_DRAM() < dma32_phys_limit)) swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT;diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c index 78f507e24ceb..ce10292447f1 100644 --- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void __init pv_init(void) virtio_set_mem_acc_cb(virtio_require_restricted_mem_acc); /* make sure bounce buffers are shared */ - swiotlb_init(SWIOTLB_VERBOSE | SWIOTLB_ANY); + swiotlb_init(SWIOTLB_VERBOSE); swiotlb_update_mem_attributes(); }diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c index ce257b20ea9c..74e92b457758 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void __init pci_xen_swiotlb_init(void) /* Xen can use a SWIOTLB pool anywhere in directly mapped memory. */ x86_swiotlb_flags &= ~(SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT | SWIOTLB_INIT_DEFAULT_OFF); - x86_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_INIT_REMAP | SWIOTLB_ANY; + x86_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_INIT_REMAP; swiotlb_init_remap(x86_swiotlb_flags, xen_swiotlb_fixup); dma_ops = &xen_swiotlb_dma_ops; if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCI))diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h index 466c33795db0..503e1446e0d8 100644 --- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h +++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ struct page; struct scatterlist; #define SWIOTLB_VERBOSE (1 << 0) /* verbose initialization */ -#define SWIOTLB_ANY (1 << 1) /* allow any memory for the buffer */ /* Initialize a default-sized pool for devices with limited DMA addressing. */ -#define SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT (1 << 2) +#define SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT (1 << 1) /* Initialize a default-sized pool that requires architecture remapping. */ -#define SWIOTLB_INIT_REMAP (1 << 3) +#define SWIOTLB_INIT_REMAP (1 << 2) /* Do not initialize a pool unless SWIOTLB is explicitly required. */ -#define SWIOTLB_INIT_DEFAULT_OFF (1 << 4) +#define SWIOTLB_INIT_DEFAULT_OFF (1 << 3) /* * Maximum allowable number of contiguous slabs to map,diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c index 46b789eb0806..77d7c320de28 100644 --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c@@ -450,15 +450,10 @@ static void __init *swiotlb_memblock_alloc(unsigned long nslabs, size_t bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT); void *tlb; - /* - * By default allocate the bounce buffer memory from low memory, but - * allow to pick a location everywhere for hypervisors with guest - * memory encryption. - */ - if (flags & SWIOTLB_ANY) - tlb = memblock_alloc(bytes, PAGE_SIZE); - else + if (flags & SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT) tlb = memblock_alloc_low(bytes, PAGE_SIZE); + else + tlb = memblock_alloc(bytes, PAGE_SIZE); if (!tlb) { pr_warn("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes tlb structure\n",@@ -604,10 +599,10 @@ void __init swiotlb_init_remap(unsigned int flags, #ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC if (!remap) io_tlb_default_mem.can_grow = true; - if (flags & SWIOTLB_ANY) - io_tlb_default_mem.phys_limit = virt_to_phys(high_memory - 1); - else + if (flags & SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT) io_tlb_default_mem.phys_limit = ARCH_LOW_ADDRESS_LIMIT; + else + io_tlb_default_mem.phys_limit = virt_to_phys(high_memory - 1); #endif /* if we have host or guest memory encryption */