[PATCH v2 10/22] iommufd/viommmu: Add IOMMUFD_CMD_VCMDQ_ALLOC ioctl

[Pranjal Shrivastava]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 03:44:08PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 09:34:05PM +0000, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:58:05PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > > @@ -501,6 +504,9 @@ static const struct iommufd_object_ops iommufd_object_ops[] = {
> > >  	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_IOAS] = {
> > >  		.destroy = iommufd_ioas_destroy,
> > >  	},
> > > +	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_VCMDQ] = {
> > > +		.destroy = iommufd_vcmdq_destroy,
> > > +	},
> > >  	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_VDEVICE] = {
> > >  		.destroy = iommufd_vdevice_destroy,
> > >  	},
> > 
> > When do we expect the VMM to use this ioctl? While it's spawning a new
> > VM?
> 
> When guest OS clears the VCMDQ's base address register, or when
> guest OS reboots or shuts down.
> 

Ack. So, basically any write to VCMDQ_BASE is trapped?

> > IIUC, one vintf can have multiple lvcmdqs and looking at the series
> > it looks like the vcmdq_alloc allocates a single lvcmdq. Is the plan to
> > dedicate one lvcmdq to per VM? Which means VMs can share a vintf?
> 
> VINTF is a vSMMU instance per SMMU. Each VINTF can have multiple
> LVCMDQs. Each vCMDQ is allocated per IOMMUFD_CMD_VCMDQ_ALLOC. In
> other word, VM can issue multiple IOMMUFD_CMD_VCMDQ_ALLOC calls
> for each VTINF/vSMMU.
> 

Ack. I'm just wondering why would a single VM want more than one vCMDQ
per vSMMU?

> > Or do we plan to trap access to trap the access everytime the VM
> > accesses an lvcmdq base register?
> 
> Yes. That's the only place the VMM can trap. All other register
> accesses are going to the HW directly without trappings.
> 

Got it.

> > > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
> > > index a65153458a26..02a111710ffe 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/viommu.c
> > > @@ -170,3 +170,97 @@ int iommufd_vdevice_alloc_ioctl(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
> > >  	iommufd_put_object(ucmd->ictx, &viommu->obj);
> > >  	return rc;
> > >  }
> > > +
> > > +void iommufd_vcmdq_destroy(struct iommufd_object *obj)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct iommufd_vcmdq *vcmdq =
> > > +		container_of(obj, struct iommufd_vcmdq, obj);
> > > +	struct iommufd_viommu *viommu = vcmdq->viommu;
> > > +
> > > +	if (viommu->ops->vcmdq_destroy)
> > > +		viommu->ops->vcmdq_destroy(vcmdq);
> > > +	iopt_unpin_pages(&viommu->hwpt->ioas->iopt, vcmdq->addr, vcmdq->length);
> > > +	refcount_dec(&viommu->obj.users);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +int iommufd_vcmdq_alloc_ioctl(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct iommu_vcmdq_alloc *cmd = ucmd->cmd;
> > > +	struct iommufd_viommu *viommu;
> > > +	struct iommufd_vcmdq *vcmdq;
> > > +	struct page **pages;
> > > +	int max_npages, i;
> > > +	dma_addr_t end;
> > > +	int rc;
> > > +
> > > +	if (cmd->flags || cmd->type == IOMMU_VCMDQ_TYPE_DEFAULT)
> > > +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > 
> > The cmd->type check is a little confusing here, I think we could
> > re-order the series and add this check when we have the CMDQV type.
> 
> This is the patch that introduces the IOMMU_VCMDQ_TYPE_DEFAULT.
> So, it's natural we check it here. The thing is that we have to
> introduce something to fill the enum iommu_vcmdq_type, so that
> it wouldn't be empty.
> 
> An unsupported DEFAULT type is what we have for vIOMMU/vEVENTQ
> also.
> 
> A driver patch should define its own type along with the driver
> patch. And it's what this series does. I think it's pretty clear?
> 

Alright. Agreed.

> > Alternatively, we could keep this in place and
> [..]
> > add the driver-specific
> > vcmdq_alloc op calls when it's added/available for Tegra CMDQV while
> > stubbing out the rest of this function accordingly.
> 
> Why?
> 
> The vcmdq_alloc op is already introduced in the prior patch. It
> is cleaner to keep all core code in one patch. And then another
> tegra patch to add driver type and its support.
> 

Alright.

> Thanks
> Nicolin

Thanks,
Praan