[PATCH v4 04/13] dma: swiotlb: track pool encryption state and honor DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED

Alexey Kardashevskiy aik at amd.com
Mon May 18 01:19:00 PDT 2026


On 12/5/26 19:03, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
> Teach swiotlb to distinguish between encrypted and decrypted bounce
> buffer pools, and make allocation and mapping paths select a pool whose
> state matches the requested DMA attributes.
> 
> Add a decrypted flag to io_tlb_mem, initialize it for the default and
> restricted pools, and propagate DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED into swiotlb pool
> allocation. Reject swiotlb alloc/map requests when the selected pool does
> not match the required encrypted/decrypted state.
> 
> Also return DMA addresses with the matching phys_to_dma_{encrypted,
> unencrypted} helper so the DMA address encoding stays consistent with the
> chosen pool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar at kernel.org>
> ---
>   include/linux/dma-direct.h |  10 ++++
>   include/linux/swiotlb.h    |   8 ++-
>   kernel/dma/direct.c        |  14 +++--
>   kernel/dma/swiotlb.c       | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   4 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-direct.h b/include/linux/dma-direct.h
> index c249912456f9..94fad4e7c11e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-direct.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-direct.h
> @@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ static inline dma_addr_t dma_range_map_max(const struct bus_dma_region *map)
>   #ifndef phys_to_dma_unencrypted
>   #define phys_to_dma_unencrypted		phys_to_dma
>   #endif
> +
> +#ifndef phys_to_dma_encrypted
> +#define phys_to_dma_encrypted		phys_to_dma
> +#endif
>   #else
>   static inline dma_addr_t __phys_to_dma(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr)
>   {
> @@ -90,6 +94,12 @@ static inline dma_addr_t phys_to_dma_unencrypted(struct device *dev,
>   {
>   	return dma_addr_unencrypted(__phys_to_dma(dev, paddr));
>   }
> +
> +static inline dma_addr_t phys_to_dma_encrypted(struct device *dev,
> +		phys_addr_t paddr)
> +{
> +	return dma_addr_encrypted(__phys_to_dma(dev, paddr));
> +}
>   /*
>    * If memory encryption is supported, phys_to_dma will set the memory encryption
>    * bit in the DMA address, and dma_to_phys will clear it.
> diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
> index 3dae0f592063..b3fa3c6e0169 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct io_tlb_pool {
>   	struct list_head node;
>   	struct rcu_head rcu;
>   	bool transient;
> +	bool unencrypted;
>   #endif
>   };
>   
> @@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ struct io_tlb_mem {
>   	struct dentry *debugfs;
>   	bool force_bounce;
>   	bool for_alloc;
> +	bool unencrypted;
>   #ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC
>   	bool can_grow;
>   	u64 phys_limit;
> @@ -282,7 +284,8 @@ static inline void swiotlb_sync_single_for_cpu(struct device *dev,
>   extern void swiotlb_print_info(void);
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL
> -struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size);
> +struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> +		unsigned long attrs);
>   bool swiotlb_free(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size);
>   
>   static inline bool is_swiotlb_for_alloc(struct device *dev)
> @@ -290,7 +293,8 @@ static inline bool is_swiotlb_for_alloc(struct device *dev)
>   	return dev->dma_io_tlb_mem->for_alloc;
>   }
>   #else
> -static inline struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size)
> +static inline struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> +		unsigned long attrs)
>   {
>   	return NULL;
>   }
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> index dc2907439b3d..97ae4fa10521 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> @@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ static void __dma_direct_free_pages(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
>   	dma_free_contiguous(dev, page, size);
>   }
>   
> -static struct page *dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(struct device *dev, size_t size)
> +static struct page *dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> +		unsigned long attrs)
>   {
> -	struct page *page = swiotlb_alloc(dev, size);
> +	struct page *page = swiotlb_alloc(dev, size, attrs);
>   
>   	if (page && !dma_coherent_ok(dev, page_to_phys(page), size)) {
>   		swiotlb_free(dev, page, size);
> @@ -266,8 +267,12 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>   						  gfp, attrs);
>   
>   	if (is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {

here we know it is shared so ...


> -		page = dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(dev, size);
> +		page = dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(dev, size, attrs);
>   		if (page) {
> +			/*
> +			 * swiotlb allocations comes from pool already marked
> +			 * decrypted
> +			 */

... is not this needed here
attrs |= DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED;

?

and then the setup_page label below can do the right thing, which I tried, with enforcing io_tlb_default_mem.for_alloc=1, it works - accepted device can still do DMA to shared memory. Thanks,



>   			mark_mem_decrypt = false;
>   			goto setup_page;
>   		}
> @@ -374,6 +379,7 @@ void dma_direct_free(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>   		return;
>   
>   	if (swiotlb_find_pool(dev, dma_to_phys(dev, dma_addr)))
> +		/* Swiotlb doesn't need a page attribute update on free */
>   		mark_mem_encrypted = false;
>   
>   	if (is_vmalloc_addr(cpu_addr)) {
> @@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ struct page *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>   						  gfp, attrs);
>   
>   	if (is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {
> -		page = dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(dev, size);
> +		page = dma_direct_alloc_swiotlb(dev, size, attrs);
>   		if (!page)
>   			return NULL;
>   
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> index ab4eccbaa076..065663be282c 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> @@ -259,10 +259,21 @@ void __init swiotlb_update_mem_attributes(void)
>   	struct io_tlb_pool *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem.defpool;
>   	unsigned long bytes;
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * if platform support memory encryption, swiotlb buffers are
> +	 * decrypted by default.
> +	 */
> +	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
> +		io_tlb_default_mem.unencrypted = true;
> +	else
> +		io_tlb_default_mem.unencrypted = false;
> +
>   	if (!mem->nslabs || mem->late_alloc)
>   		return;
>   	bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(mem->nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
> -	set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)mem->vaddr, bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	if (io_tlb_default_mem.unencrypted)
> +		set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)mem->vaddr, bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>   }
>   
>   static void swiotlb_init_io_tlb_pool(struct io_tlb_pool *mem, phys_addr_t start,
> @@ -505,8 +516,10 @@ int swiotlb_init_late(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>   	if (!mem->slots)
>   		goto error_slots;
>   
> -	set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)vstart,
> -			     (nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	if (io_tlb_default_mem.unencrypted)
> +		set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)vstart,
> +				     (nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
>   	swiotlb_init_io_tlb_pool(mem, virt_to_phys(vstart), nslabs, true,
>   				 nareas);
>   	add_mem_pool(&io_tlb_default_mem, mem);
> @@ -539,7 +552,9 @@ void __init swiotlb_exit(void)
>   	tbl_size = PAGE_ALIGN(mem->end - mem->start);
>   	slots_size = PAGE_ALIGN(array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), mem->nslabs));
>   
> -	set_memory_encrypted(tbl_vaddr, tbl_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	if (io_tlb_default_mem.unencrypted)
> +		set_memory_encrypted(tbl_vaddr, tbl_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
>   	if (mem->late_alloc) {
>   		area_order = get_order(array_size(sizeof(*mem->areas),
>   			mem->nareas));
> @@ -563,6 +578,7 @@ void __init swiotlb_exit(void)
>    * @gfp:	GFP flags for the allocation.
>    * @bytes:	Size of the buffer.
>    * @phys_limit:	Maximum allowed physical address of the buffer.
> + * @unencrypted: true to allocate unencrypted memory, false for encrypted memory
>    *
>    * Allocate pages from the buddy allocator. If successful, make the allocated
>    * pages decrypted that they can be used for DMA.
> @@ -570,7 +586,8 @@ void __init swiotlb_exit(void)
>    * Return: Decrypted pages, %NULL on allocation failure, or ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)
>    * if the allocated physical address was above @phys_limit.
>    */
> -static struct page *alloc_dma_pages(gfp_t gfp, size_t bytes, u64 phys_limit)
> +static struct page *alloc_dma_pages(gfp_t gfp, size_t bytes,
> +		u64 phys_limit, bool unencrypted)
>   {
>   	unsigned int order = get_order(bytes);
>   	struct page *page;
> @@ -588,13 +605,13 @@ static struct page *alloc_dma_pages(gfp_t gfp, size_t bytes, u64 phys_limit)
>   	}
>   
>   	vaddr = phys_to_virt(paddr);
> -	if (set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
> +	if (unencrypted && set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
>   		goto error;
>   	return page;
>   
>   error:
>   	/* Intentional leak if pages cannot be encrypted again. */
> -	if (!set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
> +	if (unencrypted && !set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
>   		__free_pages(page, order);
>   	return NULL;
>   }
> @@ -604,30 +621,26 @@ static struct page *alloc_dma_pages(gfp_t gfp, size_t bytes, u64 phys_limit)
>    * @dev:	Device for which a memory pool is allocated.
>    * @bytes:	Size of the buffer.
>    * @phys_limit:	Maximum allowed physical address of the buffer.
> + * @attrs:	DMA attributes for the allocation.
>    * @gfp:	GFP flags for the allocation.
>    *
>    * Return: Allocated pages, or %NULL on allocation failure.
>    */
>   static struct page *swiotlb_alloc_tlb(struct device *dev, size_t bytes,
> -		u64 phys_limit, gfp_t gfp)
> +		u64 phys_limit, unsigned long attrs, gfp_t gfp)
>   {
>   	struct page *page;
> -	unsigned long attrs = 0;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * Allocate from the atomic pools if memory is encrypted and
>   	 * the allocation is atomic, because decrypting may block.
>   	 */
> -	if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp) && dev && force_dma_unencrypted(dev)) {
> +	if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp) && (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)) {
>   		void *vaddr;
>   
>   		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_COHERENT_POOL))
>   			return NULL;
>   
> -		/* swiotlb considered decrypted by default */
> -		if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
> -			attrs = DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED;
> -
>   		return dma_alloc_from_pool(dev, bytes, &vaddr, gfp,
>   					   attrs, dma_coherent_ok);
>   	}
> @@ -638,7 +651,8 @@ static struct page *swiotlb_alloc_tlb(struct device *dev, size_t bytes,
>   	else if (phys_limit <= DMA_BIT_MASK(32))
>   		gfp |= __GFP_DMA32;
>   
> -	while (IS_ERR(page = alloc_dma_pages(gfp, bytes, phys_limit))) {
> +	while (IS_ERR(page = alloc_dma_pages(gfp, bytes, phys_limit,
> +					     !!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)))) {
>   		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32) &&
>   		    phys_limit < DMA_BIT_MASK(64) &&
>   		    !(gfp & (__GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_DMA)))
> @@ -657,15 +671,18 @@ static struct page *swiotlb_alloc_tlb(struct device *dev, size_t bytes,
>    * swiotlb_free_tlb() - free a dynamically allocated IO TLB buffer
>    * @vaddr:	Virtual address of the buffer.
>    * @bytes:	Size of the buffer.
> + * @unencrypted: true if @vaddr was allocated decrypted and must be
> + *	re-encrypted before being freed
>    */
> -static void swiotlb_free_tlb(void *vaddr, size_t bytes)
> +static void swiotlb_free_tlb(void *vaddr, size_t bytes, bool unencrypted)
>   {
>   	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_COHERENT_POOL) &&
>   	    dma_free_from_pool(NULL, vaddr, bytes))
>   		return;
>   
>   	/* Intentional leak if pages cannot be encrypted again. */
> -	if (!set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
> +	if (!unencrypted ||
> +	    !set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)vaddr, PFN_UP(bytes)))
>   		__free_pages(virt_to_page(vaddr), get_order(bytes));
>   }
>   
> @@ -676,6 +693,7 @@ static void swiotlb_free_tlb(void *vaddr, size_t bytes)
>    * @nslabs:	Desired (maximum) number of slabs.
>    * @nareas:	Number of areas.
>    * @phys_limit:	Maximum DMA buffer physical address.
> + * @attrs:	DMA attributes for the allocation.
>    * @gfp:	GFP flags for the allocations.
>    *
>    * Allocate and initialize a new IO TLB memory pool. The actual number of
> @@ -686,7 +704,8 @@ static void swiotlb_free_tlb(void *vaddr, size_t bytes)
>    */
>   static struct io_tlb_pool *swiotlb_alloc_pool(struct device *dev,
>   		unsigned long minslabs, unsigned long nslabs,
> -		unsigned int nareas, u64 phys_limit, gfp_t gfp)
> +		unsigned int nareas, u64 phys_limit, unsigned long attrs,
> +		gfp_t gfp)
>   {
>   	struct io_tlb_pool *pool;
>   	unsigned int slot_order;
> @@ -704,9 +723,10 @@ static struct io_tlb_pool *swiotlb_alloc_pool(struct device *dev,
>   	if (!pool)
>   		goto error;
>   	pool->areas = (void *)pool + sizeof(*pool);
> +	pool->unencrypted = !!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED);
>   
>   	tlb_size = nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
> -	while (!(tlb = swiotlb_alloc_tlb(dev, tlb_size, phys_limit, gfp))) {
> +	while (!(tlb = swiotlb_alloc_tlb(dev, tlb_size, phys_limit, attrs, gfp))) {
>   		if (nslabs <= minslabs)
>   			goto error_tlb;
>   		nslabs = ALIGN(nslabs >> 1, IO_TLB_SEGSIZE);
> @@ -724,7 +744,8 @@ static struct io_tlb_pool *swiotlb_alloc_pool(struct device *dev,
>   	return pool;
>   
>   error_slots:
> -	swiotlb_free_tlb(page_address(tlb), tlb_size);
> +	swiotlb_free_tlb(page_address(tlb), tlb_size,
> +			 !!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED));
>   error_tlb:
>   	kfree(pool);
>   error:
> @@ -742,7 +763,9 @@ static void swiotlb_dyn_alloc(struct work_struct *work)
>   	struct io_tlb_pool *pool;
>   
>   	pool = swiotlb_alloc_pool(NULL, IO_TLB_MIN_SLABS, default_nslabs,
> -				  default_nareas, mem->phys_limit, GFP_KERNEL);
> +				  default_nareas, mem->phys_limit,
> +				  mem->unencrypted ? DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED : 0,
> +				  GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!pool) {
>   		pr_warn_ratelimited("Failed to allocate new pool");
>   		return;
> @@ -762,7 +785,7 @@ static void swiotlb_dyn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
>   	size_t tlb_size = pool->end - pool->start;
>   
>   	free_pages((unsigned long)pool->slots, get_order(slots_size));
> -	swiotlb_free_tlb(pool->vaddr, tlb_size);
> +	swiotlb_free_tlb(pool->vaddr, tlb_size, pool->unencrypted);
>   	kfree(pool);
>   }
>   
> @@ -1232,6 +1255,7 @@ static int swiotlb_find_slots(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
>   	nslabs = nr_slots(alloc_size);
>   	phys_limit = min_not_zero(*dev->dma_mask, dev->bus_dma_limit);
>   	pool = swiotlb_alloc_pool(dev, nslabs, nslabs, 1, phys_limit,
> +				  mem->unencrypted ? DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED : 0,
>   				  GFP_NOWAIT);
>   	if (!pool)
>   		return -1;
> @@ -1394,6 +1418,7 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
>   		enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
>   {
>   	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = dev->dma_io_tlb_mem;
> +	bool require_decrypted = false;
>   	unsigned int offset;
>   	struct io_tlb_pool *pool;
>   	unsigned int i;
> @@ -1411,6 +1436,16 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
>   	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
>   		pr_warn_once("Memory encryption is active and system is using DMA bounce buffers\n");
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * if we are trying to swiotlb map a decrypted paddr or the paddr is encrypted
> +	 * but the device is forcing decryption, use decrypted io_tlb_mem
> +	 */
> +	if ((attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED) || force_dma_unencrypted(dev))
> +		require_decrypted = true;
> +
> +	if (require_decrypted != mem->unencrypted)
> +		return (phys_addr_t)DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> +
>   	/*
>   	 * The default swiotlb memory pool is allocated with PAGE_SIZE
>   	 * alignment. If a mapping is requested with larger alignment,
> @@ -1608,8 +1643,14 @@ dma_addr_t swiotlb_map(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size,
>   	if (swiotlb_addr == (phys_addr_t)DMA_MAPPING_ERROR)
>   		return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
>   
> -	/* Ensure that the address returned is DMA'ble */
> -	dma_addr = phys_to_dma_unencrypted(dev, swiotlb_addr);
> +	/*
> +	 * Use the allocated io_tlb_mem encryption type to determine dma addr.
> +	 */
> +	if (dev->dma_io_tlb_mem->unencrypted)
> +		dma_addr = phys_to_dma_unencrypted(dev, swiotlb_addr);
> +	else
> +		dma_addr = phys_to_dma_encrypted(dev, swiotlb_addr);
> +
>   	if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, true))) {
>   		__swiotlb_tbl_unmap_single(dev, swiotlb_addr, size, dir,
>   			attrs | DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC,
> @@ -1773,7 +1814,8 @@ static inline void swiotlb_create_debugfs_files(struct io_tlb_mem *mem,
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL
>   
> -struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size)
> +struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> +		unsigned long attrs)
>   {
>   	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = dev->dma_io_tlb_mem;
>   	struct io_tlb_pool *pool;
> @@ -1784,6 +1826,9 @@ struct page *swiotlb_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size)
>   	if (!mem)
>   		return NULL;
>   
> +	if (mem->unencrypted != !!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED))
> +		return NULL;
> +
>   	align = (1 << (get_order(size) + PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1;
>   	index = swiotlb_find_slots(dev, 0, size, align, &pool);
>   	if (index == -1)
> @@ -1853,9 +1898,18 @@ static int rmem_swiotlb_device_init(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
>   			kfree(mem);
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>   		}
> +		/*
> +		 * if platform supports memory encryption,
> +		 * restricted mem pool is decrypted by default
> +		 */
> +		if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT)) {
> +			mem->unencrypted = true;
> +			set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(rmem->base),
> +					     rmem->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +		} else {
> +			mem->unencrypted = false;
> +		}
>   
> -		set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(rmem->base),
> -				     rmem->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>   		swiotlb_init_io_tlb_pool(pool, rmem->base, nslabs,
>   					 false, nareas);
>   		mem->force_bounce = true;

-- 
Alexey




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