[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH 2/2] vfio: fix partial DMA unmapping for VFIO type1

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Wed Oct 28 17:07:17 CET 2020


On 28-Oct-20 2:17 PM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 01:04:26PM +0000, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>> On 22-Oct-20 1:13 PM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>> Ping.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 03:13:15PM +0530, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 05:14:55PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>> On 16-Oct-20 8:10 AM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 04:10:31PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>>>> On 15-Oct-20 12:57 PM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM Burakov, Anatoly
>>>>>>>> <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 15-Oct-20 7:09 AM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 04:07:10PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> External Email
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12-Oct-20 9:11 AM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Partial unmapping is not supported for VFIO IOMMU type1
>>>>>>>>>>>> by kernel. Though kernel gives return as zero, the unmapped size
>>>>>>>>>>>> returned will not be same as expected. So check for
>>>>>>>>>>>> returned unmap size and return error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> For case of DMA map/unmap triggered by heap allocations,
>>>>>>>>>>>> maintain granularity of memseg page size so that heap
>>>>>>>>>>>> expansion and contraction does not have this issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is quite unfortunate, because there was a different bug that had to do
>>>>>>>>>>> with kernel having a very limited number of mappings available [1], as a
>>>>>>>>>>> result of which the page concatenation code was added.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It should therefore be documented that the dma_entry_limit parameter should
>>>>>>>>>>> be adjusted should the user run out of the DMA entries.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lore.kernel.org_lkml_155414977872.12780.13728555131525362206.stgit-40gimli.home_T_&d=DwICaQ&c=nKjWec2b6R0mOyPaz7xtfQ&r=FZ_tPCbgFOh18zwRPO9H0yDx8VW38vuapifdDfc8SFQ&m=3GMg-634_cdUCY4WpQPwjzZ_S4ckuMHOnt2FxyyjXMk&s=TJLzppkaDS95VGyRHX2hzflQfb9XLK0OiOszSXoeXKk&e=
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>                         RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot clear DMA remapping, error %i (%s)\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>>                                         errno, strerror(errno));
>>>>>>>>>>>>                         return -1;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           } else if (dma_unmap.size != len) {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  unexpected size %"PRIu64" of DMA "
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                           "remapping cleared instead of %"PRIu64"\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                           (uint64_t)dma_unmap.size, len);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   rte_errno = EIO;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   return -1;
>>>>>>>>>>>>                 }
>>>>>>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -1853,6 +1869,12 @@ container_dma_unmap(struct vfio_config *vfio_cfg, uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t iova,
>>>>>>>>>>>>                 /* we're partially unmapping a previously mapped region, so we
>>>>>>>>>>>>                  * need to split entry into two.
>>>>>>>>>>>>                  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           if (!vfio_cfg->vfio_iommu_type->partial_unmap) {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "DMA partial unmap unsupported\n");
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   ret = -1;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   goto out;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           }
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How would we ever arrive here if we never do more than 1 page worth of
>>>>>>>>>>> memory anyway? I don't think this is needed.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> container_dma_unmap() is called by user via rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap()
>>>>>>>>>> and when he maps we don't split it as we don't about his memory.
>>>>>>>>>> So if he maps multiple pages and tries to unmap partially, then we should fail.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Should we map it in page granularity then, instead of adding this
>>>>>>>>> discrepancy between EAL and user mapping? I.e. instead of adding a
>>>>>>>>> workaround, how about we just do the same thing for user mem mappings?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In heap mapping's we map and unmap it at huge page granularity as we will always
>>>>>>>> maintain that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But here I think we don't know if user's allocation is huge page or
>>>>>>>> collection of system
>>>>>>>> pages. Only thing we can do here is map it at system page granularity which
>>>>>>>> could waste entries if he say really is working with hugepages. Isn't ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah we do. The API mandates the pages granularity, and it will check
>>>>>>> against page size and number of IOVA entries, so yes, we do enforce the fact
>>>>>>> that the IOVA addresses supplied by the user have to be page addresses.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I see rte_vfio_container_dma_map(), there is no mention of Huge page size
>>>>>> user is providing or we computing. He can call rte_vfio_container_dma_map()
>>>>>> with 1GB huge page or 4K system page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I missing something ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you suggesting that a DMA mapping for hugepage-backed memory will be
>>>>> made at system page size granularity? E.g. will a 1GB page-backed segment be
>>>>> mapped for DMA as a contiguous 4K-based block?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not suggesting anything. My only thought is how to solve below problem.
>>>> Say application does the following.
>>>>
>>>> #1 Allocate 1GB memory from huge page or some external mem.
>>>> #2 Do rte_vfio_container_dma_map(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD, mem, mem, 1GB)
>>>>      In linux/eal_vfio.c, we map it is as single VFIO DMA entry of 1 GB as we
>>>>      don't know where this memory is coming from or backed by what.
>>>> #3 After a while call rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap(RTE_VFIO_DEFAULT_CONTAINER_FD, mem+4KB, mem+4KB, 4KB)
>>>> Though rte_vfio_container_dma_unmap() supports #3 by splitting entry as shown below,
>>>> In VFIO type1 iommu, #3 cannot be supported by current kernel interface. So how
>>>> can we allow #3 ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> static int
>>>> container_dma_unmap(struct vfio_config *vfio_cfg, uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t iova,
>>>>                   uint64_t len)
>>>> {
>>>>           struct user_mem_map *map, *new_map = NULL;
>>>>           struct user_mem_maps *user_mem_maps;
>>>>           int ret = 0;
>>>>
>>>>           user_mem_maps = &vfio_cfg->mem_maps;
>>>>           rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(&user_mem_maps->lock);
>>>>
>>>>           /* find our mapping */
>>>>           map = find_user_mem_map(user_mem_maps, vaddr, iova, len);
>>>>           if (!map) {
>>>>                   RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Couldn't find previously mapped region\n");
>>>>                   rte_errno = EINVAL;
>>>>                   ret = -1;
>>>>                   goto out;
>>>>           }
>>>>           if (map->addr != vaddr || map->iova != iova || map->len != len) {
>>>>                   /* we're partially unmapping a previously mapped region, so we
>>>>                    * need to split entry into two.
>>>>                    */
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Apologies, i was on vacation.
>>
>> Yes, I can see the problem now. Does VFIO even support non-system page
>> sizes? Like, if i allocated a 1GB page, would i be able to map *this page*
>> for DMA, as opposed to first 4K of this page? I suspect that the mapping
>> doesn't support page sizes other than the system page size.
> 
> It does support mapping any multiple of system page size.
> See vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c vfio_pin_map_dma(). Also
> ./driver-api/vfio.rst doesn't mention any such restrictions even in its
> example.
> 
> Also my test case is passing so that confirms the behavior.

Can we perhaps make it so that the API mandates mapping/unmapping the 
same chunks? That would be the easiest solution here.

> 
> 
>>
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> Anatoly


-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly


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