[PATCH v15 21/25] bus/fslmc: use the new VFIO IOMMU mode API

Anatoly Burakov anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Tue Sep 1 18:15:27 CEST 2026


FSLMC bus only supports operating in group mode, and relies on no-IOMMU
mode checks. Use the new VFIO API's to query no-IOMMU status as well as to
protect the bus from initializing in non-group mode.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
---
 drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c  | 10 +++++++++-
 drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_vfio.c |  2 +-
 lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c       | 18 ++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
index d55c414ead..aeef49a5ff 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@ rte_fslmc_scan(void)
 		goto scan_fail;
 	}
 
+	/* for container groups to work, VFIO must be in group mode */
+	if (dev_vfio_get_mode() != DEV_VFIO_MODE_GROUP) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("DPAA2: VFIO not in group mode");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto scan_fail;
+	}
+
 	ret = fslmc_get_container_group(group_name, &groupid);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto scan_fail;
@@ -500,7 +507,8 @@ rte_dpaa2_get_iommu_class(void)
 		return RTE_IOVA_DC;
 
 	/* check if all devices on the bus support Virtual addressing or not */
-	if (fslmc_all_device_support_iova() != 0 && dev_vfio_noiommu_is_enabled() == 0)
+	if (fslmc_all_device_support_iova() != 0 &&
+			dev_vfio_get_iommu_mode() == DEV_VFIO_IOMMU_MODE_UNSAFE)
 		return RTE_IOVA_VA;
 
 	return RTE_IOVA_PA;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_vfio.c b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_vfio.c
index c2b6ac1f3f..0926ec9349 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_vfio.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fslmc_vfio_add_group(int vfio_group_fd,
 	group->fd = vfio_group_fd;
 	group->groupid = iommu_group_num;
 	rte_strscpy(group->group_name, group_name, sizeof(group->group_name));
-	if (dev_vfio_noiommu_is_enabled() > 0)
+	if (dev_vfio_get_iommu_mode() == DEV_VFIO_IOMMU_MODE_UNSAFE)
 		group->iommu_type = VFIO_NOIOMMU_IOMMU;
 	else
 		group->iommu_type = VFIO_TYPE1_IOMMU;
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c
index 3d3a6c6bb0..f35bf77730 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal_vfio.c
@@ -589,20 +589,22 @@ vfio_group_assign_device(struct vfio_container *cfg, const char *sysfs_base,
 		return VFIO_EXISTS;
 	}
 
+	/* allocate new device in config */
+	dev = vfio_device_create(cfg, vfio_global_cfg.mode);
+	if (dev == NULL) {
+		EAL_LOG(ERR, "No space to track new VFIO device");
+		return VFIO_NO_SPACE;
+	}
+
+	/* allocate strings for sysfs path and device address */
 	sysfs_dup = strdup(sysfs_base);
 	dev_dup = strdup(dev_addr);
 	if (sysfs_dup == NULL || dev_dup == NULL) {
 		EAL_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate memory for device %s", dev_addr);
 		free(sysfs_dup);
 		free(dev_dup);
-		return VFIO_NO_MEM;
-	}
-
-	/* allocate new device in config */
-	dev = vfio_device_create(cfg, vfio_global_cfg.mode);
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		EAL_LOG(ERR, "No space to track new VFIO device");
-		return VFIO_NO_SPACE;
+		ret = VFIO_NO_MEM;
+		goto device_erase;
 	}
 
 	/* store sysfs path and device address */
-- 
2.52.0



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