[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vfio: use contiguous mapping for IOVA as VA mode

[Anatoly Burakov]

When using IOVA as VA mode, there is no need to map segments
page by page. This normally isn't a problem, but it becomes one
when attempting to use DPDK in no-huge mode, where VFIO subsystem
simply runs out of space to store mappings.

Fix this for x86 by triggering different callbacks based on whether
IOVA as VA mode is enabled.

Fixes: 73a639085938 ("vfio: allow to map other memory regions")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
index ed04231b1..501c74f23 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal_vfio.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,19 @@ rte_vfio_get_group_num(const char *sysfs_base,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int
+type1_map_contig(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
+		size_t len, void *arg)
+{
+	int *vfio_container_fd = arg;
+
+	if (msl->external)
+		return 0;
+
+	return vfio_type1_dma_mem_map(*vfio_container_fd, ms->addr_64, ms->iova,
+			len, 1);
+}
+
 static int
 type1_map(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 		void *arg)
@@ -1300,6 +1313,13 @@ vfio_type1_dma_mem_map(int vfio_container_fd, uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t iova,
 static int
 vfio_type1_dma_map(int vfio_container_fd)
 {
+	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA) {
+		/* with IOVA as VA mode, we can get away with mapping contiguous
+		 * chunks rather than going page-by-page.
+		 */
+		return rte_memseg_contig_walk(type1_map_contig,
+				&vfio_container_fd);
+	}
 	return rte_memseg_walk(type1_map, &vfio_container_fd);
 }
 
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