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Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 3/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to unmap IOVA
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Alex Williamson |
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Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 3/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to unmap IOVA and return dirty bitmap |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:08:25 -0700 |
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:26:26 +0530
Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 11/14/2019 1:52 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 01:22:39 +0530
> > Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/13/2019 4:00 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:33:38 +0530
> >>> Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> With vIOMMU, during pre-copy phase of migration, while CPUs are still
> >>>> running, IO virtual address unmap can happen while device still keeping
> >>>> reference of guest pfns. Those pages should be reported as dirty before
> >>>> unmap, so that VFIO user space application can copy content of those
> >>>> pages
> >>>> from source to destination.
> >>>>
> >>>> IOCTL defination added here add bitmap pointer, size and flag. If flag
> >>>
> >>> definition, adds
> >>>
> >>>> VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP is set and bitmap memory is
> >>>> allocated
> >>>> and bitmap_size of set, then ioctl will create bitmap of pinned pages
> >>>> and
> >>>
> >>> s/of/is/
> >>>
> >>>> then unmap those.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden>
> >>>> Reviewed-by: Neo Jia <address@hidden>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> >>>> index 6fd3822aa610..72fd297baf52 100644
> >>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> >>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> >>>> @@ -925,6 +925,39 @@ struct vfio_iommu_type1_dirty_bitmap {
> >>>>
> >>>> #define VFIO_IOMMU_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP _IO(VFIO_TYPE,
> >>>> VFIO_BASE + 17)
> >>>>
> >>>> +/**
> >>>> + * VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA_GET_BITMAP - _IOWR(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 18,
> >>>> + * struct
> >>>> vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap_bitmap)
> >>>> + *
> >>>> + * Unmap IO virtual addresses using the provided struct
> >>>> + * vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap_bitmap. Caller sets argsz.
> >>>> + * VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP should be set to get dirty
> >>>> bitmap
> >>>> + * before unmapping IO virtual addresses. If this flag is not set, only
> >>>> IO
> >>>> + * virtual address are unmapped without creating pinned pages bitmap,
> >>>> that
> >>>> + * is, behave same as VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA ioctl.
> >>>> + * User should allocate memory to get bitmap and should set size of
> >>>> allocated
> >>>> + * memory in bitmap_size field. One bit in bitmap is used to represent
> >>>> per page
> >>>> + * consecutively starting from iova offset. Bit set indicates page at
> >>>> that
> >>>> + * offset from iova is dirty.
> >>>> + * The actual unmapped size is returned in the size field and bitmap of
> >>>> pages
> >>>> + * in the range of unmapped size is returned in bitmap if flag
> >>>> + * VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP is set.
> >>>> + *
> >>>> + * No guarantee is made to the user that arbitrary unmaps of iova or
> >>>> size
> >>>> + * different from those used in the original mapping call will succeed.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> +struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap_bitmap {
> >>>> + __u32 argsz;
> >>>> + __u32 flags;
> >>>> +#define VFIO_DMA_UNMAP_FLAG_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP (1 << 0)
> >>>> + __u64 iova; /* IO virtual address
> >>>> */
> >>>> + __u64 size; /* Size of mapping
> >>>> (bytes) */
> >>>> + __u64 bitmap_size; /* in bytes */
> >>>> + void __user *bitmap; /* one bit per page */
> >>>> +};
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#define VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA_GET_BITMAP _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 18)
> >>>> +
> >>>
> >>> Why not extend VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA to support this rather than add an
> >>> ioctl that duplicates the functionality and extends it??
> >>
> >> We do want old userspace applications to work with new kernel and
> >> vice-versa, right?
> >>
> >> If I try to change existing VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA ioctl structure, say if
> >> add 'bitmap_size' and 'bitmap' after 'size', with below code in old
> >> kernel, old kernel & new userspace will work.
> >>
> >> minsz = offsetofend(struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap, size);
> >>
> >> if (copy_from_user(&unmap, (void __user *)arg, minsz))
> >> return -EFAULT;
> >>
> >> if (unmap.argsz < minsz || unmap.flags)
> >> return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >>
> >> With new kernel it would change to:
> >> minsz = offsetofend(struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_unmap, bitmap);
> >
> > No, the minimum structure size still ends at size, we interpret flags
> > and argsz to learn if the user understands those fields and optionally
> > include them. Therefore old userspace on new kernel continues to work.
> >
> >> if (copy_from_user(&unmap, (void __user *)arg, minsz))
> >> return -EFAULT;
> >>
> >> if (unmap.argsz < minsz || unmap.flags)
> >> return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> Then old userspace app will fail because unmap.argsz < minsz and might
> >> be copy_from_user would cause seg fault because userspace sdk doesn't
> >> contain new member variables.
> >> We can't change the sequence to keep 'size' as last member, because then
> >> new userspace app on old kernel will interpret it wrong.
> >
> > If we have new userspace on old kernel, that userspace needs to be able
> > to learn that this feature exists (new flag in the
> > vfio_iommu_type1_info struct as suggested below) and only make use of it
> > when available. This is why the old kernel checks argsz against minsz.
> > So long as the user passes something at least minsz in size, we have
> > compatibility. The old kernel doesn't understand the GET_DIRTY_BITMAP
> > flag and will return an error if the user attempts to use it. Thanks,
> >
>
> Ok. So then VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA_GET_BITMAP ioctl is not needed. I'll do
> the change. Again bitmap will be created considering smallest page size
> of iova_pgsizes
>
> But VFIO_IOMMU_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP ioctl will still required, right?
Yes, I'm not willing to suggest a flag on an unmap ioctl that
eliminates the unmap just so we can re-use it for retrieving a dirty
page bitmap. That'd be ugly. Thanks,
Alex
- Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., (continued)
- Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., Alex Williamson, 2019/11/14
- RE: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., Tian, Kevin, 2019/11/15
- Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., Alex Williamson, 2019/11/19
- RE: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., Tian, Kevin, 2019/11/19
- Re: [PATCH v9 Kernel 2/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to get dirty pages bitmap., Yan Zhao, 2019/11/19
[PATCH v9 Kernel 3/5] vfio iommu: Add ioctl defination to unmap IOVA and return dirty bitmap, Kirti Wankhede, 2019/11/12
[PATCH v9 Kernel 4/5] vfio iommu: Implementation of ioctl to get dirty pages bitmap., Kirti Wankhede, 2019/11/12
[PATCH v9 Kernel 5/5] vfio iommu: Implementation of ioctl to get dirty bitmap before unmap, Kirti Wankhede, 2019/11/12