[PATCH v4 07/13] dma-direct: make dma_direct_map_phys() honor DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED
Christian Borntraeger
borntraeger at linux.ibm.com
Mon May 18 03:04:25 PDT 2026
cc Halil, Matt, Jaehoon.
Can you have a look what this means for virtio on secure execution?
Am 12.05.26 um 11:04 schrieb Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm):
> Teach dma_direct_map_phys() to select the DMA address encoding based on
> DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED.
>
> Use phys_to_dma_unencrypted() for decrypted mappings and
> phys_to_dma_encrypted() otherwise. If a device requires unencrypted DMA
> but the source physical address is still encrypted, force the mapping
> through swiotlb so the DMA address and backing memory attributes remain
> consistent.
>
> Update the arm64, x86, s390 and powerpc secure-guest setup to not use
> swiotlb force option
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar at kernel.org>
> ---
> Changes from v3:
> * Handle DMA_ATTR_MMIO
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 4 +--
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c | 2 +-
> arch/s390/mm/init.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c | 4 +--
> kernel/dma/direct.c | 4 ++-
> kernel/dma/direct.h | 38 +++++++++++++---------------
> 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> index 97987f850a33..acf67c7064db 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> @@ -338,10 +338,8 @@ void __init arch_mm_preinit(void)
> unsigned int flags = SWIOTLB_VERBOSE;
> bool swiotlb = max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(arm64_dma_phys_limit);
>
> - if (is_realm_world()) {
> + if (is_realm_world())
> swiotlb = true;
> - flags |= SWIOTLB_FORCE;
> - }
>
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC) && !swiotlb) {
> /*
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
> index 384c9dc1899a..7a403dbd35ee 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/svm.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int __init init_svm(void)
> * need to use the SWIOTLB buffer for DMA even if dma_capable() says
> * otherwise.
> */
> - ppc_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_ANY | SWIOTLB_FORCE;
> + ppc_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_ANY;
>
> /* Share the SWIOTLB buffer with the host. */
> swiotlb_update_mem_attributes();
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> index 1f72efc2a579..843dbd445124 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void __init pv_init(void)
> virtio_set_mem_acc_cb(virtio_require_restricted_mem_acc);
>
> /* make sure bounce buffers are shared */
> - swiotlb_init(true, SWIOTLB_FORCE | SWIOTLB_VERBOSE);
> + swiotlb_init(true, SWIOTLB_VERBOSE);
> swiotlb_update_mem_attributes();
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
> index 6267363e0189..75cf8f6ae8cd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
> @@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ static void __init pci_swiotlb_detect(void)
> * bounce buffers as the hypervisor can't access arbitrary VM memory
> * that is not explicitly shared with it.
> */
> - if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT)) {
> + if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
> x86_swiotlb_enable = true;
> - x86_swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_FORCE;
> - }
> }
> #else
> static inline void __init pci_swiotlb_detect(void)
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> index ac315dd046c4..5aaa813c5509 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> @@ -691,8 +691,10 @@ size_t dma_direct_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev)
> {
> /* If SWIOTLB is active, use its maximum mapping size */
> if (is_swiotlb_active(dev) &&
> - (dma_addressing_limited(dev) || is_swiotlb_force_bounce(dev)))
> + (dma_addressing_limited(dev) || is_swiotlb_force_bounce(dev) ||
> + force_dma_unencrypted(dev)))
> return swiotlb_max_mapping_size(dev);
> +
> return SIZE_MAX;
> }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.h b/kernel/dma/direct.h
> index e05dc7649366..4e35264ab6f8 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/direct.h
> +++ b/kernel/dma/direct.h
> @@ -89,36 +89,32 @@ static inline dma_addr_t dma_direct_map_phys(struct device *dev,
> dma_addr_t dma_addr;
>
> if (is_swiotlb_force_bounce(dev)) {
> - if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)) {
> - if (attrs & (DMA_ATTR_MMIO | DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
> - return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> + if (attrs & (DMA_ATTR_MMIO | DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
> + return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
>
> - return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
> - }
> - } else if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED) {
> - return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> + return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
> }
>
> - if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO) {
> - dma_addr = phys;
> - if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, false, attrs)))
> - goto err_overflow;
> - } else if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED) {
> + if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)
> dma_addr = phys_to_dma_unencrypted(dev, phys);
> + else
> + dma_addr = phys_to_dma_encrypted(dev, phys);
> +
> + if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO) {
> if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, false, attrs)))
> goto err_overflow;
> - } else {
> - dma_addr = phys_to_dma(dev, phys);
> - if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, true, attrs)) ||
> - dma_kmalloc_needs_bounce(dev, size, dir)) {
> - if (is_swiotlb_active(dev) &&
> - !(attrs & DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
> - return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
> + goto dma_mapped;
> + }
>
> - goto err_overflow;
> - }
> + if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, true, attrs)) ||
> + dma_kmalloc_needs_bounce(dev, size, dir)) {
> + if (is_swiotlb_active(dev) &&
> + !(attrs & DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
> + return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
> + goto err_overflow;
> }
>
> +dma_mapped:
> if (!dev_is_dma_coherent(dev) &&
> !(attrs & (DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC | DMA_ATTR_MMIO))) {
> arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys, size, dir);
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