[PATCH v7 04/15] iommupt: Add the AMD IOMMU v1 page table format
Vasant Hegde
vasant.hegde at amd.com
Fri Oct 31 02:44:42 PDT 2025
On 10/23/2025 11:50 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> AMD IOMMU v1 is unique in supporting contiguous pages with a variable size
> and it can decode the full 64 bit VA space. Unlike other x86 page tables
> this explicitly does not do sign extension as part of allowing the entire
> 64 bit VA space to be supported.
>
> The general design is quite similar to the x86 PAE format, except with a
> 6th level and quite different PTE encoding.
>
> This format is the only one that uses the PT_FEAT_DYNAMIC_TOP feature in
> the existing code as the existing AMDv1 code starts out with a 3 level
> table and adds levels on the fly if more IOVA is needed.
>
> Comparing the performance of several operations to the existing version:
>
> iommu_map()
> pgsz ,avg new,old ns, min new,old ns , min % (+ve is better)
> 2^12, 65,64 , 62,61 , -1.01
> 2^13, 70,66 , 67,62 , -8.08
> 2^14, 73,69 , 71,65 , -9.09
> 2^15, 78,75 , 75,71 , -5.05
> 2^16, 89,89 , 86,84 , -2.02
> 2^17, 128,121 , 124,112 , -10.10
> 2^18, 175,175 , 170,163 , -4.04
> 2^19, 264,306 , 261,279 , 6.06
> 2^20, 444,525 , 438,489 , 10.10
> 2^21, 60,62 , 58,59 , 1.01
> 256*2^12, 381,1833 , 367,1795 , 79.79
> 256*2^21, 375,1623 , 356,1555 , 77.77
> 256*2^30, 356,1338 , 349,1277 , 72.72
>
> iommu_unmap()
> pgsz ,avg new,old ns, min new,old ns , min % (+ve is better)
> 2^12, 76,89 , 71,86 , 17.17
> 2^13, 79,89 , 75,86 , 12.12
> 2^14, 78,90 , 74,86 , 13.13
> 2^15, 82,89 , 74,86 , 13.13
> 2^16, 79,89 , 74,86 , 13.13
> 2^17, 81,89 , 77,87 , 11.11
> 2^18, 90,92 , 87,89 , 2.02
> 2^19, 91,93 , 88,90 , 2.02
> 2^20, 96,95 , 91,92 , 1.01
> 2^21, 72,88 , 68,85 , 20.20
> 256*2^12, 372,6583 , 364,6251 , 94.94
> 256*2^21, 398,6032 , 392,5758 , 93.93
> 256*2^30, 396,5665 , 389,5258 , 92.92
>
> The ~5-17x speedup when working with mutli-PTE map/unmaps is because the
> AMD implementation rewalks the entire table on every new PTE while this
> version retains its position. The same speedup will be seen with dirtys as
> well.
>
> The old implementation triggers a compiler optimization that ends up
> generating a "rep stos" memset for contiguous PTEs. Since AMD can have
> contiguous PTEs that span 2Kbytes of table this is a huge win compared to
> a normal movq loop. It is why the unmap side has a fairly flat runtime as
> the contiguous PTE sides increases. This version makes it explicit with a
> memset64() call.
>
> Tested-by: Alejandro Jimenez <alejandro.j.jimenez at oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasant Hegde <vasant.hegde at amd.com>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/Kconfig | 12 +
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/Makefile | 11 +
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/amdv1.h | 391 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/defs_amdv1.h | 21 ++
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/iommu_amdv1.c | 15 +
> include/linux/generic_pt/common.h | 19 +
> include/linux/generic_pt/iommu.h | 12 +
> 8 files changed, 482 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/amdv1.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/defs_amdv1.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/iommu_amdv1.c
>
.../...
> +$(eval $(foreach fmt,$(iommu_pt_fmt-m),$(call create_format,$(fmt),m)))
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/amdv1.h b/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/amdv1.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000000..1f46e4ab4aea51
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/amdv1.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2024-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
> + *
> + * AMD IOMMU v1 page table
> + *
> + * This is described in Section "2.2.3 I/O Page Tables for Host Translations"
> + * of the "AMD I/O Virtualization Technology (IOMMU) Specification"
> + *
> + * Note the level numbering here matches the core code, so level 0 is the same
> + * as mode 1.
> + *
> + */
> +#ifndef __GENERIC_PT_FMT_AMDV1_H
> +#define __GENERIC_PT_FMT_AMDV1_H
> +
> +#include "defs_amdv1.h"
> +#include "../pt_defs.h"
> +
> +#include <asm/page.h>
> +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> +#include <linux/container_of.h>
> +#include <linux/mem_encrypt.h>
> +#include <linux/minmax.h>
> +#include <linux/sizes.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +
> +enum {
> + PT_MAX_OUTPUT_ADDRESS_LG2 = 52,
> + PT_MAX_VA_ADDRESS_LG2 = 64,
> + PT_ITEM_WORD_SIZE = sizeof(u64),
> + PT_MAX_TOP_LEVEL = 5,
> + PT_GRANULE_LG2SZ = 12,
> + PT_TABLEMEM_LG2SZ = 12,
> +
> + /* The DTE only has these bits for the top phyiscal address */
> + PT_TOP_PHYS_MASK = GENMASK_ULL(51, 12),
> +};
> +
> +/* PTE bits */
> +enum {
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_PR = BIT(0),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_D = BIT(6),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_NEXT_LEVEL = GENMASK_ULL(11, 9),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_OA = GENMASK_ULL(51, 12),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_FC = BIT_ULL(60),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_IR = BIT_ULL(61),
> + AMDV1PT_FMT_IW = BIT_ULL(62),
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * gcc 13 has a bug where it thinks the output of FIELD_GET() is an enum, make
> + * these defines to avoid it.
> + */
> +#define AMDV1PT_FMT_NL_DEFAULT 0
> +#define AMDV1PT_FMT_NL_SIZE 7
> +
> +#define common_to_amdv1pt(common_ptr) \
> + container_of_const(common_ptr, struct pt_amdv1, common)
> +#define to_amdv1pt(pts) common_to_amdv1pt((pts)->range->common)
Unused macros?
-Vasant
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