Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] vfio: fix DMA mapping granularity for type1 iova as va

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 05-Nov-20 9:04 AM, Nithin Dabilpuram wrote:
> Partial unmapping is not supported for VFIO IOMMU type1
> by kernel. Though kernel gives return as zero, the unmapped size
> returned will not be same as expected. So check for
> returned unmap size and return error.
> 
> For IOVA as PA, DMA mapping is already at memseg size
> granularity. Do the same even for IOVA as VA mode as
> DMA map/unmap triggered by heap allocations,
> maintain granularity of memseg page size so that heap
> expansion and contraction does not have this issue.
> 
> For user requested DMA map/unmap disallow partial unmapping
> for VFIO type1.
> 
> Fixes: 73a639085938 ("vfio: allow to map other memory regions")
> Cc: anatoly.burakov@intel.com
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>
> ---

<snip>

> @@ -525,12 +528,19 @@ vfio_mem_event_callback(enum rte_mem_event type, const void *addr, size_t len,
>   	/* for IOVA as VA mode, no need to care for IOVA addresses */
>   	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA && msl->external == 0) {
>   		uint64_t vfio_va = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)addr;
> -		if (type == RTE_MEM_EVENT_ALLOC)
> -			vfio_dma_mem_map(default_vfio_cfg, vfio_va, vfio_va,
> -					len, 1);
> -		else
> -			vfio_dma_mem_map(default_vfio_cfg, vfio_va, vfio_va,
> -					len, 0);
> +		uint64_t page_sz = msl->page_sz;
> +
> +		/* Maintain granularity of DMA map/unmap to memseg size */
> +		for (; cur_len < len; cur_len += page_sz) {
> +			if (type == RTE_MEM_EVENT_ALLOC)
> +				vfio_dma_mem_map(default_vfio_cfg, vfio_va,
> +						 vfio_va, page_sz, 1);
> +			else
> +				vfio_dma_mem_map(default_vfio_cfg, vfio_va,
> +						 vfio_va, page_sz, 0);

I think you're mapping the same address here, over and over. Perhaps you 
meant `vfio_va + cur_len` for the mapping addresses?

-- 
Thanks,
Anatoly