[PATCH RFC v3 1/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Support shared SIDs in insert/remove_master

[Peng Fan]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:11:51AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 07:25:01PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
>> @@ -4115,7 +4128,10 @@ static int arm_smmu_insert_master(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu,
>>  
>>  		new_stream->id = fwspec->ids[i];
>>  		new_stream->master = master;
>> +		new_stream->ste_installed = false;
>
>ste_installed is zero-ed.

Fix in V4.

>
>> @@ -4136,23 +4152,29 @@ static int arm_smmu_insert_master(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu,
>>  		existing = rb_find_add(&new_stream->node, &smmu->streams,
....
>>  
>>  	kfree(master->streams);
>
>.. when the owner stream gets freed with the master_a, the shared
>stream would UAF:
>
>  master_b->stream[0] --> new shared stream (SID=X) {shared_masters}
>           |
>           ---------------- shared_masters_elm ----------|
>                                                         v
>                                                      {freed}
>
>This should be changed to the model that I suggested in v2:
>
>      |---------------------------------------------------------|
>      |                                                         |
>      |     |----------- shared_masters_elm --------|           |
>      v     |                                       |           |
>  master_a->stream[0] --|                           v           |
>                        |--> stream (SID=X) {shared_masters; master;}
>  master_b->stream[0] --|                           ^
>            |                                       |
>            |----------- shared_masters_elm --------|
>
>When any master is removed:
> * Delink its shared_masters_elm
> * Free the shared stream when its shared_masters is empty
>
>If shared_masters isn't empty but the owner is removed:
> * Give the ownership (stream->master pointer) to the next master

Thanks for detailed explanation. I just posted out v4, hope v4
is well following your suggestion if I not miss-understand anything.

Thanks,
Peng

>
>Nicolin
>
>