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* [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
@ 2020-06-05  1:32 Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] " Sai Praneeth Prakhya
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Sai Praneeth Prakhya @ 2020-06-05  1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: iommu; +Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

Presently, the default domain of an iommu group is allocated during boot time
and it cannot be changed later. So, the device would typically be either in
identity (pass_through) mode or the device would be in DMA mode as long as the
system is up and running. There is no way to change the default domain type
dynamically i.e. after booting, a device cannot switch between identity mode and
DMA mode.

Assume a use case wherein the privileged user would want to use the device in
pass-through mode when the device is used for host so that it would be high
performing. Presently, this is not supported. Hence add support to change the
default domain of an iommu group dynamically.

Support this by writing to a sysfs file, namely
"/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type".

Testing:
--------
Tested by dynamically changing storage device (nvme) from
1. identity mode to DMA and making sure file transfer works
2. DMA mode to identity mode and making sure file transfer works
Tested only for intel_iommu/vt-d. Would appreciate if someone could test on AMD
and ARM based machines.

Based on iommu maintainer's 'next' branch.

Changes from V3:
----------------
1. Made changes to commit message as suggested by Baolu.
2. Don't pass "prev_dom" and "dev" as parameters to
   iommu_change_dev_def_domain(). Instead get them from group.
3. Sanitize the logic to validate user default domain type request. The logic
   remains same but is implmented differently.
4. Push lot of error checking into iommu_change_dev_def_domain() from
   iommu_group_store_type().
5. iommu_change_dev_def_domain() takes/releases group mutex as needed. So, it
   shouldn't be called holding a group mutex.
6. Use pr_err_ratelimited() instead of pr_err() to avoid DOS attack.

Changes from V2:
----------------
1. Change the logic of updating default domain from V2 because
   ops->probe_finalize() could be used to update dma_ops.
2. Drop 1st and 2nd patch of V2 series because they are no longer needed on
   iommu maintainer's 'next' branch.
3. Limit this feature to iommu groups with only one device.
4. Hold device_lock and group mutex until the default domain is changed.

Changes from V1:
----------------
1. V1 patch set wasn't updating dma_ops for some vendors (Eg: AMD), hence,
   change the logic of updating default domain as below (because adding a device
   to iommu_group automatically updates dma_ops)
   a. Allocate a new domain
   b. For every device in the group
	i. Remove the device from the group
	ii. Add the device back to the group
   c. Free previous domain
2. Drop 1st patch of V1 (iommu/vt-d: Modify device_def_domain_type() to use at
   runtime) because "iommu=pt" has no effect on this function anymore.
3. Added a patch to take/release lock while reading iommu_group->default_domain->type
   because it can be changed any time by user.
4. Before changing default domain type of a group, check if the group is
   directly assigned for user level access. If so, abort.
5. Sanitize return path (using ternary operator) in iommu_group_store_type()
6. Split 2nd patch of V1 (iommu: Add device_def_domain_type() call back function
   to iommu_ops) into two patches such that iommu generic changes are now in 1st
   patch of V2 and vt-d specific changes are in 2nd patch of V2.
7. Rename device_def_domain_type() to dev_def_domain_type()
8. Remove example from documentation
9. Change the value written to file "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type"
   from "dma" to "DMA".

Changes from RFC:
-----------------
1. Added support for "auto" type, so that kernel selects one among identity or
   dma mode.
2. Use "system_state" in device_def_domain_type() instead of an argument.

Sai Praneeth Prakhya (3):
  iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu_group
  iommu: Take lock before reading iommu_group default domain type
  iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file

 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups     |  30 +++
 drivers/iommu/iommu.c                         | 217 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 246 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>

-- 
2.19.1

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* [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-06-05  1:32 [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-05  1:32 ` Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-08  1:49   ` Lu Baolu
  2020-06-30  9:16   ` Joerg Roedel
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 2/3] iommu: Take lock before reading iommu group default domain type Sai Praneeth Prakhya
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  3 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Sai Praneeth Prakhya @ 2020-06-05  1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: iommu; +Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

Presently, the default domain of an iommu group is allocated during boot
time and it cannot be changed later. So, the device would typically be
either in identity (also known as pass_through) mode or the device would be
in DMA mode as long as the machine is up and running. There is no way to
change the default domain type dynamically i.e. after booting, a device
cannot switch between identity mode and DMA mode.

But, assume a use case wherein the user trusts the device and believes that
the OS is secure enough and hence wants *only* this device to bypass IOMMU
(so that it could be high performing) whereas all the other devices to go
through IOMMU (so that the system is protected). Presently, this use case
is not supported. It will be helpful if there is some way to change the
default domain of an iommu group dynamically. Hence, add such support.

A privileged user could request the kernel to change the default domain
type of a iommu group by writing to
"/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file. Presently, only three values
are supported
1. identity: all the DMA transactions from the device in this group are
             *not* translated by the iommu
2. DMA: all the DMA transactions from the device in this group are
        translated by the iommu
3. auto: change to the type the device was booted with

Note:
1. Default domain of an iommu group with two or more devices cannot be
   changed.
2. The device in the iommu group shouldn't be bound to any driver.
3. The device shouldn't be assigned to user for direct access.
4. The vendor iommu driver is required to add def_domain_type() callback.
   The change request will fail if the request type conflicts with that
   returned from the callback.

Please see "Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups" for more
information.

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 215 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 214 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index d43120eb1dc5..b023f06f12d6 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static void __iommu_detach_group(struct iommu_domain *domain,
 static int iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(struct iommu_group *group,
 					       struct device *dev);
 static struct iommu_group *iommu_group_get_for_dev(struct device *dev);
+static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
+				      const char *buf, size_t count);
 
 #define IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)		\
 struct iommu_group_attribute iommu_group_attr_##_name =		\
@@ -525,7 +527,8 @@ static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, iommu_group_show_name, NULL);
 static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(reserved_regions, 0444,
 			iommu_group_show_resv_regions, NULL);
 
-static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(type, 0444, iommu_group_show_type, NULL);
+static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(type, 0644, iommu_group_show_type,
+			iommu_group_store_type);
 
 static void iommu_group_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -2838,3 +2841,213 @@ int iommu_sva_get_pasid(struct iommu_sva *handle)
 	return ops->sva_get_pasid(handle);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_sva_get_pasid);
+
+/*
+ * Changes the default domain of an iommu group
+ *
+ * @group: The group for which the default domain should be changed
+ * @type: The type of the new default domain that gets associated with the group
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and error code on failure
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * 1. Presently, this function is called only when user requests to change the
+ *    group's default domain type through /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type
+ *    Please take a closer look if intended to use for other purposes.
+ */
+static int iommu_change_dev_def_domain(struct iommu_group *group, int type)
+{
+	struct iommu_domain *prev_dom;
+	struct group_device *grp_dev;
+	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
+	int ret, dev_def_dom;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	if (!group)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
+
+	if (group->default_domain != group->domain) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("Group assigned to user level for direct access\n");
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * iommu group wasn't locked while acquiring device lock in
+	 * iommu_group_store_type(). So, make sure that the device count hasn't
+	 * changed while acquiring device lock.
+	 *
+	 * Changing default domain of an iommu group with two or more devices
+	 * isn't supported because there could be a potential deadlock. Consider
+	 * the following scenario. T1 is trying to acquire device locks of all
+	 * the devices in the group and before it could acquire all of them,
+	 * there could be another thread T2 (from different sub-system and use
+	 * case) that has already acquired some of the device locks and might be
+	 * waiting for T1 to release other device locks.
+	 */
+	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Since group has only one device */
+	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
+		dev = grp_dev->dev;
+
+	prev_dom = group->default_domain;
+	if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("'def_domain_type' call back isn't registered\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ops = prev_dom->ops;
+	dev_def_dom = ops->def_domain_type(dev);
+
+	/* Check if user requested domain is supported by the device or not */
+	if (!type) {
+		/*
+		 * If the user hasn't requested any specific type of domain and
+		 * if the device supports both the domains, then default to the
+		 * domain the device was booted with
+		 */
+		type = dev_def_dom ?: iommu_def_domain_type;
+	} else if (dev_def_dom && type != dev_def_dom) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("Device cannot be in %s domain\n",
+				   iommu_domain_type_str(type));
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Switch to a new domain only if the requested domain type is different
+	 * from the existing default domain type
+	 */
+	if (prev_dom->type == type) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Sets group->default_domain to the newly allocated domain */
+	ret = iommu_group_alloc_default_domain(dev->bus, group, type);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = __iommu_attach_device(group->default_domain, dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_new_domain;
+
+	group->domain = group->default_domain;
+
+	ret = iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(group, dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_new_domain;
+
+	/*
+	 * Release the mutex here because ops->probe_finalize() call-back of
+	 * some vendor IOMMU drivers calls arm_iommu_attach_device() which
+	 * in-turn might call back into IOMMU core code, where it tries to take
+	 * group->mutex, resulting in a deadlock.
+	 */
+	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
+
+	/* Make sure dma_ops is appropriatley set */
+	iommu_group_do_probe_finalize(dev, group->default_domain);
+	iommu_domain_free(prev_dom);
+	return 0;
+
+free_new_domain:
+	iommu_domain_free(group->default_domain);
+	group->default_domain = prev_dom;
+	group->domain = prev_dom;
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
+				      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct group_device *grp_dev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int ret, req_type;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!group))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "identity"))
+		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
+		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
+		req_type = 0;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Lock/Unlock the group mutex here before device lock to
+	 * 1. Make sure that the iommu group has only one device (this is a
+	 *    prerequisite for step 2)
+	 * 2. Get struct *dev which is needed to lock device
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
+	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
+		mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
+		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Since group has only one device */
+	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
+		dev = grp_dev->dev;
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't hold the group mutex because taking group mutex first and then
+	 * the device lock could potentially cause a deadlock as below. Assume
+	 * two threads T1 and T2. T1 is trying to change default domain of an
+	 * iommu group and T2 is trying to hot unplug a device or release [1] VF
+	 * of a PCIe device which is in the same iommu group. T1 takes group
+	 * mutex and before it could take device lock assume T2 has taken device
+	 * lock and is yet to take group mutex. Now, both the threads will be
+	 * waiting for the other thread to release lock. Below, lock order was
+	 * suggested.
+	 * device_lock(dev);
+	 *	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
+	 *		iommu_change_dev_def_domain();
+	 *	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
+	 * device_unlock(dev);
+	 *
+	 * [1] Typical device release path
+	 * device_lock() from device/driver core code
+	 *  -> bus_notifier()
+	 *   -> iommu_bus_notifier()
+	 *    -> iommu_release_device()
+	 *     -> ops->release_device() vendor driver calls back iommu core code
+	 *      -> mutex_lock() from iommu core code
+	 */
+	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
+
+	/* Check if the device in the group still has a driver bound to it */
+	device_lock(dev);
+	if (device_is_bound(dev)) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("Device is still bound to driver\n");
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = iommu_change_dev_def_domain(group, req_type);
+	ret = ret ?: count;
+
+out:
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
-- 
2.19.1

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* [PATCH V4 2/3] iommu: Take lock before reading iommu group default domain type
  2020-06-05  1:32 [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] " Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-05  1:32 ` Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-08  1:50   ` Lu Baolu
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 3/3] iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-26 21:34 ` [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Sai Praneeth Prakhya @ 2020-06-05  1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: iommu; +Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

"/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file could be read to find out the
default domain type of an iommu group. The default domain of an iommu group
doesn't change after booting and hence could be read directly. But,
after addding support to dynamically change iommu group default domain, the
above assumption no longer stays valid.

iommu group default domain type could be changed at any time by writing to
"/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type". So, take group mutex before
reading iommu group default domain type so that the user wouldn't see stale
values or iommu_group_show_type() doesn't try to derefernce stale pointers.

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index b023f06f12d6..eb133ee5c13a 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_show_type(struct iommu_group *group,
 {
 	char *type = "unknown\n";
 
+	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
 	if (group->default_domain) {
 		switch (group->default_domain->type) {
 		case IOMMU_DOMAIN_BLOCKED:
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_show_type(struct iommu_group *group,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
 	strcpy(buf, type);
 
 	return strlen(type);
-- 
2.19.1

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* [PATCH V4 3/3] iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file
  2020-06-05  1:32 [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] " Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 2/3] iommu: Take lock before reading iommu group default domain type Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-05  1:32 ` Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-08  1:50   ` Lu Baolu
  2020-06-26 21:34 ` [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Sai Praneeth Prakhya @ 2020-06-05  1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: iommu; +Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

The default domain type of an iommu group can be changed by writing to
"/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file. Hence, document it's usage
and more importantly spell out its limitations.

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
---
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups     | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
index 017f5bc3920c..a498daffeb0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
@@ -33,3 +33,33 @@ Description:    In case an RMRR is used only by graphics or USB devices
 		it is now exposed as "direct-relaxable" instead of "direct".
 		In device assignment use case, for instance, those RMRR
 		are considered to be relaxable and safe.
+
+What:		/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type
+Date:		June 2020
+KernelVersion:	v5.8
+Contact:	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
+Description:	Let the user know the type of default domain in use by iommu
+		for this group. A privileged user could request kernel to change
+		the group type by writing to this file. Presently, only three
+		types are supported
+		1. DMA: All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
+			are translated by the iommu.
+		2. identity: All the DMA transactions from the device in this
+			     group are *not* translated by the iommu.
+		3. auto: Change to the type the device was booted with. When the
+			 user reads the file he would never see "auto". This is
+			 just a write only value.
+		Note:
+		-----
+		A group type could be modified only when
+		1. The group has *only* one device
+		2. The device in the group is not bound to any device driver.
+		   So, the user must first unbind the appropriate driver and
+		   then change the default domain type.
+		Caution:
+		--------
+		Unbinding a device driver will take away the driver's control
+		over the device and if done on devices that host root file
+		system could lead to catastrophic effects (the user might
+		need to reboot the machine to get it to normal state). So, it's
+		expected that the user understands what he is doing.
-- 
2.19.1

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* Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] " Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-08  1:49   ` Lu Baolu
  2020-06-30  9:16   ` Joerg Roedel
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Lu Baolu @ 2020-06-08  1:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sai Praneeth Prakhya, iommu
  Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

On 6/5/20 9:32 AM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> Presently, the default domain of an iommu group is allocated during boot
> time and it cannot be changed later. So, the device would typically be
> either in identity (also known as pass_through) mode or the device would be
> in DMA mode as long as the machine is up and running. There is no way to
> change the default domain type dynamically i.e. after booting, a device
> cannot switch between identity mode and DMA mode.
> 
> But, assume a use case wherein the user trusts the device and believes that
> the OS is secure enough and hence wants *only* this device to bypass IOMMU
> (so that it could be high performing) whereas all the other devices to go
> through IOMMU (so that the system is protected). Presently, this use case
> is not supported. It will be helpful if there is some way to change the
> default domain of an iommu group dynamically. Hence, add such support.
> 
> A privileged user could request the kernel to change the default domain
> type of a iommu group by writing to
> "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file. Presently, only three values
> are supported
> 1. identity: all the DMA transactions from the device in this group are
>               *not* translated by the iommu
> 2. DMA: all the DMA transactions from the device in this group are
>          translated by the iommu
> 3. auto: change to the type the device was booted with
> 
> Note:
> 1. Default domain of an iommu group with two or more devices cannot be
>     changed.
> 2. The device in the iommu group shouldn't be bound to any driver.
> 3. The device shouldn't be assigned to user for direct access.
> 4. The vendor iommu driver is required to add def_domain_type() callback.
>     The change request will fail if the request type conflicts with that
>     returned from the callback.
> 
> Please see "Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups" for more
> information.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

This patch looks good to me now.

Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Best regards,
baolu

> Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 215 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 214 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index d43120eb1dc5..b023f06f12d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static void __iommu_detach_group(struct iommu_domain *domain,
>   static int iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(struct iommu_group *group,
>   					       struct device *dev);
>   static struct iommu_group *iommu_group_get_for_dev(struct device *dev);
> +static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
> +				      const char *buf, size_t count);
>   
>   #define IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)		\
>   struct iommu_group_attribute iommu_group_attr_##_name =		\
> @@ -525,7 +527,8 @@ static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, iommu_group_show_name, NULL);
>   static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(reserved_regions, 0444,
>   			iommu_group_show_resv_regions, NULL);
>   
> -static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(type, 0444, iommu_group_show_type, NULL);
> +static IOMMU_GROUP_ATTR(type, 0644, iommu_group_show_type,
> +			iommu_group_store_type);
>   
>   static void iommu_group_release(struct kobject *kobj)
>   {
> @@ -2838,3 +2841,213 @@ int iommu_sva_get_pasid(struct iommu_sva *handle)
>   	return ops->sva_get_pasid(handle);
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_sva_get_pasid);
> +
> +/*
> + * Changes the default domain of an iommu group
> + *
> + * @group: The group for which the default domain should be changed
> + * @type: The type of the new default domain that gets associated with the group
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success and error code on failure
> + *
> + * Note:
> + * 1. Presently, this function is called only when user requests to change the
> + *    group's default domain type through /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type
> + *    Please take a closer look if intended to use for other purposes.
> + */
> +static int iommu_change_dev_def_domain(struct iommu_group *group, int type)
> +{
> +	struct iommu_domain *prev_dom;
> +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> +	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
> +	int ret, dev_def_dom;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +
> +	if (!group)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> +
> +	if (group->default_domain != group->domain) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Group assigned to user level for direct access\n");
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * iommu group wasn't locked while acquiring device lock in
> +	 * iommu_group_store_type(). So, make sure that the device count hasn't
> +	 * changed while acquiring device lock.
> +	 *
> +	 * Changing default domain of an iommu group with two or more devices
> +	 * isn't supported because there could be a potential deadlock. Consider
> +	 * the following scenario. T1 is trying to acquire device locks of all
> +	 * the devices in the group and before it could acquire all of them,
> +	 * there could be another thread T2 (from different sub-system and use
> +	 * case) that has already acquired some of the device locks and might be
> +	 * waiting for T1 to release other device locks.
> +	 */
> +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Since group has only one device */
> +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> +
> +	prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> +	if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("'def_domain_type' call back isn't registered\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	ops = prev_dom->ops;
> +	dev_def_dom = ops->def_domain_type(dev);
> +
> +	/* Check if user requested domain is supported by the device or not */
> +	if (!type) {
> +		/*
> +		 * If the user hasn't requested any specific type of domain and
> +		 * if the device supports both the domains, then default to the
> +		 * domain the device was booted with
> +		 */
> +		type = dev_def_dom ?: iommu_def_domain_type;
> +	} else if (dev_def_dom && type != dev_def_dom) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Device cannot be in %s domain\n",
> +				   iommu_domain_type_str(type));
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Switch to a new domain only if the requested domain type is different
> +	 * from the existing default domain type
> +	 */
> +	if (prev_dom->type == type) {
> +		ret = 0;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Sets group->default_domain to the newly allocated domain */
> +	ret = iommu_group_alloc_default_domain(dev->bus, group, type);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	ret = __iommu_attach_device(group->default_domain, dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto free_new_domain;
> +
> +	group->domain = group->default_domain;
> +
> +	ret = iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(group, dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto free_new_domain;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Release the mutex here because ops->probe_finalize() call-back of
> +	 * some vendor IOMMU drivers calls arm_iommu_attach_device() which
> +	 * in-turn might call back into IOMMU core code, where it tries to take
> +	 * group->mutex, resulting in a deadlock.
> +	 */
> +	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +
> +	/* Make sure dma_ops is appropriatley set */
> +	iommu_group_do_probe_finalize(dev, group->default_domain);
> +	iommu_domain_free(prev_dom);
> +	return 0;
> +
> +free_new_domain:
> +	iommu_domain_free(group->default_domain);
> +	group->default_domain = prev_dom;
> +	group->domain = prev_dom;
> +
> +out:
> +	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
> +				      const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +	int ret, req_type;
> +
> +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> +		return -EACCES;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON(!group))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "identity"))
> +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
> +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
> +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
> +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
> +		req_type = 0;
> +	else
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Lock/Unlock the group mutex here before device lock to
> +	 * 1. Make sure that the iommu group has only one device (this is a
> +	 *    prerequisite for step 2)
> +	 * 2. Get struct *dev which is needed to lock device
> +	 */
> +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> +		mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Since group has only one device */
> +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't hold the group mutex because taking group mutex first and then
> +	 * the device lock could potentially cause a deadlock as below. Assume
> +	 * two threads T1 and T2. T1 is trying to change default domain of an
> +	 * iommu group and T2 is trying to hot unplug a device or release [1] VF
> +	 * of a PCIe device which is in the same iommu group. T1 takes group
> +	 * mutex and before it could take device lock assume T2 has taken device
> +	 * lock and is yet to take group mutex. Now, both the threads will be
> +	 * waiting for the other thread to release lock. Below, lock order was
> +	 * suggested.
> +	 * device_lock(dev);
> +	 *	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> +	 *		iommu_change_dev_def_domain();
> +	 *	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +	 * device_unlock(dev);
> +	 *
> +	 * [1] Typical device release path
> +	 * device_lock() from device/driver core code
> +	 *  -> bus_notifier()
> +	 *   -> iommu_bus_notifier()
> +	 *    -> iommu_release_device()
> +	 *     -> ops->release_device() vendor driver calls back iommu core code
> +	 *      -> mutex_lock() from iommu core code
> +	 */
> +	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +
> +	/* Check if the device in the group still has a driver bound to it */
> +	device_lock(dev);
> +	if (device_is_bound(dev)) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Device is still bound to driver\n");
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = iommu_change_dev_def_domain(group, req_type);
> +	ret = ret ?: count;
> +
> +out:
> +	device_unlock(dev);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> 
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* Re: [PATCH V4 2/3] iommu: Take lock before reading iommu group default domain type
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 2/3] iommu: Take lock before reading iommu group default domain type Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-08  1:50   ` Lu Baolu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Lu Baolu @ 2020-06-08  1:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sai Praneeth Prakhya, iommu
  Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

On 6/5/20 9:32 AM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file could be read to find out the
> default domain type of an iommu group. The default domain of an iommu group
> doesn't change after booting and hence could be read directly. But,
> after addding support to dynamically change iommu group default domain, the
> above assumption no longer stays valid.
> 
> iommu group default domain type could be changed at any time by writing to
> "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type". So, take group mutex before
> reading iommu group default domain type so that the user wouldn't see stale
> values or iommu_group_show_type() doesn't try to derefernce stale pointers.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Best regards,
baolu

> Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/iommu/iommu.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index b023f06f12d6..eb133ee5c13a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_show_type(struct iommu_group *group,
>   {
>   	char *type = "unknown\n";
>   
> +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
>   	if (group->default_domain) {
>   		switch (group->default_domain->type) {
>   		case IOMMU_DOMAIN_BLOCKED:
> @@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_show_type(struct iommu_group *group,
>   			break;
>   		}
>   	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
>   	strcpy(buf, type);
>   
>   	return strlen(type);
> 
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* Re: [PATCH V4 3/3] iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 3/3] iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-08  1:50   ` Lu Baolu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Lu Baolu @ 2020-06-08  1:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sai Praneeth Prakhya, iommu
  Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

On 6/5/20 9:32 AM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> The default domain type of an iommu group can be changed by writing to
> "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file. Hence, document it's usage
> and more importantly spell out its limitations.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Best regards,
baolu

> Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> ---
>   .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups     | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> index 017f5bc3920c..a498daffeb0c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> @@ -33,3 +33,33 @@ Description:    In case an RMRR is used only by graphics or USB devices
>   		it is now exposed as "direct-relaxable" instead of "direct".
>   		In device assignment use case, for instance, those RMRR
>   		are considered to be relaxable and safe.
> +
> +What:		/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type
> +Date:		June 2020
> +KernelVersion:	v5.8
> +Contact:	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> +Description:	Let the user know the type of default domain in use by iommu
> +		for this group. A privileged user could request kernel to change
> +		the group type by writing to this file. Presently, only three
> +		types are supported
> +		1. DMA: All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
> +			are translated by the iommu.
> +		2. identity: All the DMA transactions from the device in this
> +			     group are *not* translated by the iommu.
> +		3. auto: Change to the type the device was booted with. When the
> +			 user reads the file he would never see "auto". This is
> +			 just a write only value.
> +		Note:
> +		-----
> +		A group type could be modified only when
> +		1. The group has *only* one device
> +		2. The device in the group is not bound to any device driver.
> +		   So, the user must first unbind the appropriate driver and
> +		   then change the default domain type.
> +		Caution:
> +		--------
> +		Unbinding a device driver will take away the driver's control
> +		over the device and if done on devices that host root file
> +		system could lead to catastrophic effects (the user might
> +		need to reboot the machine to get it to normal state). So, it's
> +		expected that the user understands what he is doing.
> 
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* RE: [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-06-05  1:32 [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group Sai Praneeth Prakhya
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 3/3] iommu: Document usage of "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type" file Sai Praneeth Prakhya
@ 2020-06-26 21:34 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth @ 2020-06-26 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: iommu, Joerg Roedel
  Cc: Raj, Ashok, Will Deacon, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

Hi Joerg,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2020 6:32 PM
> To: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>; Christoph Hellwig
> <hch@lst.de>; Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>; Raj, Ashok
> <ashok.raj@intel.com>; Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>; Lu Baolu
> <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>; Mehta, Sohil <sohil.mehta@intel.com>; Robin
> Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>; Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH V4 0/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an
> iommu group
> 
> Presently, the default domain of an iommu group is allocated during boot time
> and it cannot be changed later. So, the device would typically be either in
> identity (pass_through) mode or the device would be in DMA mode as long as
> the system is up and running. There is no way to change the default domain type
> dynamically i.e. after booting, a device cannot switch between identity mode
> and DMA mode.
> 
> Assume a use case wherein the privileged user would want to use the device in
> pass-through mode when the device is used for host so that it would be high
> performing. Presently, this is not supported. Hence add support to change the
> default domain of an iommu group dynamically.
> 
> Support this by writing to a sysfs file, namely
> "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type".
> 
> Testing:
> --------
> Tested by dynamically changing storage device (nvme) from 1. identity mode to
> DMA and making sure file transfer works 2. DMA mode to identity mode and
> making sure file transfer works Tested only for intel_iommu/vt-d. Would
> appreciate if someone could test on AMD and ARM based machines.
> 
> Based on iommu maintainer's 'next' branch.
> 
> Changes from V3:
> ----------------
> 1. Made changes to commit message as suggested by Baolu.
> 2. Don't pass "prev_dom" and "dev" as parameters to
>    iommu_change_dev_def_domain(). Instead get them from group.
> 3. Sanitize the logic to validate user default domain type request. The logic
>    remains same but is implmented differently.
> 4. Push lot of error checking into iommu_change_dev_def_domain() from
>    iommu_group_store_type().
> 5. iommu_change_dev_def_domain() takes/releases group mutex as needed.
> So, it
>    shouldn't be called holding a group mutex.
> 6. Use pr_err_ratelimited() instead of pr_err() to avoid DOS attack.

Could you please review this patch set and let me know if you have any comments?

Regards,
Sai
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* Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-06-05  1:32 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] " Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  2020-06-08  1:49   ` Lu Baolu
@ 2020-06-30  9:16   ` Joerg Roedel
  2020-07-01  3:04     ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joerg Roedel @ 2020-06-30  9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sai Praneeth Prakhya
  Cc: Ashok Raj, Will Deacon, iommu, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 06:32:06PM -0700, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> +static int iommu_change_dev_def_domain(struct iommu_group *group, int type)
> +{
> +	struct iommu_domain *prev_dom;
> +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> +	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
> +	int ret, dev_def_dom;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +
> +	if (!group)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> +
> +	if (group->default_domain != group->domain) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Group assigned to user level for direct access\n");

Make this message: "Group not assigned to default domain\n".

> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * iommu group wasn't locked while acquiring device lock in
> +	 * iommu_group_store_type(). So, make sure that the device count hasn't
> +	 * changed while acquiring device lock.
> +	 *
> +	 * Changing default domain of an iommu group with two or more devices
> +	 * isn't supported because there could be a potential deadlock. Consider
> +	 * the following scenario. T1 is trying to acquire device locks of all
> +	 * the devices in the group and before it could acquire all of them,
> +	 * there could be another thread T2 (from different sub-system and use
> +	 * case) that has already acquired some of the device locks and might be
> +	 * waiting for T1 to release other device locks.
> +	 */
> +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");

"Can not change default domain: Group has more than one device\n"

> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Since group has only one device */
> +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> +
> +	prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> +	if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type) {
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("'def_domain_type' call back isn't registered\n");

This message isn't needed.

> +	ret = __iommu_attach_device(group->default_domain, dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto free_new_domain;
> +
> +	group->domain = group->default_domain;
> +
> +	ret = iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(group, dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto free_new_domain;

You need to create the direct mappings before you attach the device to
the new domain. Otherwise there might be a short time-window where RMRR
regions are not mapped.

> +static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
> +				      const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +	int ret, req_type;
> +
> +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> +		return -EACCES;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON(!group))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "identity"))
> +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
> +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
> +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
> +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
> +		req_type = 0;
> +	else
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Lock/Unlock the group mutex here before device lock to
> +	 * 1. Make sure that the iommu group has only one device (this is a
> +	 *    prerequisite for step 2)
> +	 * 2. Get struct *dev which is needed to lock device
> +	 */
> +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> +		mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group with two or more devices\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Since group has only one device */
> +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> +		dev = grp_dev->dev;

Please use list_first_entry().
       
You also need to take a reference with get_device() and then drop the
group->mutex.

After device_lock() you need to verify that the device is still in the
same group and that the group has still only one device in it. Then you
can call down to iommu_change_dev_def_domain() which does not need to
take the group-mutex by itself.

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* RE: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-06-30  9:16   ` Joerg Roedel
@ 2020-07-01  3:04     ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  2020-07-14 18:23       ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth @ 2020-07-01  3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joerg Roedel
  Cc: Raj, Ashok, Will Deacon, iommu, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig

Hi Joerg,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 2:16 AM
> To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> Cc: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org; Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>; Raj,
> Ashok <ashok.raj@intel.com>; Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>; Lu Baolu
> <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>; Mehta, Sohil <sohil.mehta@intel.com>; Robin
> Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>; Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of
> an iommu group
> 
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 06:32:06PM -0700, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> > +static int iommu_change_dev_def_domain(struct iommu_group *group, int
> > +type) {
> > +	struct iommu_domain *prev_dom;
> > +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> > +	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
> > +	int ret, dev_def_dom;
> > +	struct device *dev;
> > +
> > +	if (!group)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> > +
> > +	if (group->default_domain != group->domain) {
> > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Group assigned to user level for direct
> > +access\n");
> 
> Make this message: "Group not assigned to default domain\n".

Sure! I will change it

> > +		ret = -EBUSY;
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * iommu group wasn't locked while acquiring device lock in
> > +	 * iommu_group_store_type(). So, make sure that the device count
> hasn't
> > +	 * changed while acquiring device lock.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * Changing default domain of an iommu group with two or more
> devices
> > +	 * isn't supported because there could be a potential deadlock. Consider
> > +	 * the following scenario. T1 is trying to acquire device locks of all
> > +	 * the devices in the group and before it could acquire all of them,
> > +	 * there could be another thread T2 (from different sub-system and use
> > +	 * case) that has already acquired some of the device locks and might be
> > +	 * waiting for T1 to release other device locks.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group
> with
> > +two or more devices\n");
> 
> "Can not change default domain: Group has more than one device\n"

Ok.. make sense. I will change this.

> > +		ret = -EINVAL;
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Since group has only one device */
> > +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> > +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> > +
> > +	prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> > +	if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops-
> >def_domain_type) {
> > +		pr_err_ratelimited("'def_domain_type' call back isn't
> > +registered\n");
> 
> This message isn't needed.

Ok. I will remove it.

> > +	ret = __iommu_attach_device(group->default_domain, dev);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		goto free_new_domain;
> > +
> > +	group->domain = group->default_domain;
> > +
> > +	ret = iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(group, dev);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		goto free_new_domain;
> 
> You need to create the direct mappings before you attach the device to the new
> domain. Otherwise there might be a short time-window where RMRR regions
> are not mapped.

Ok.. makes sense. I will change this accordingly.

> > +static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
> > +				      const char *buf, size_t count) {
> > +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> > +	struct device *dev;
> > +	int ret, req_type;
> > +
> > +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> > +		return -EACCES;
> > +
> > +	if (WARN_ON(!group))
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "identity"))
> > +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
> > +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
> > +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
> > +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
> > +		req_type = 0;
> > +	else
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Lock/Unlock the group mutex here before device lock to
> > +	 * 1. Make sure that the iommu group has only one device (this is a
> > +	 *    prerequisite for step 2)
> > +	 * 2. Get struct *dev which is needed to lock device
> > +	 */
> > +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> > +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> > +		mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group
> with two or more devices\n");
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Since group has only one device */
> > +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> > +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> 
> Please use list_first_entry().

Ok.

> You also need to take a reference with get_device() and then drop the
> group->mutex.

Sure! I will change it.

> After device_lock() you need to verify that the device is still in the same group
> and that the group has still only one device in it.

Presently, iommu_change_dev_def_domain() checks if the iommu group still has
only one device or not. Hence, checking if iommu group has one device or not is done
twice, once before taking device_lock() and the other, after taking device_lock().

I agree that the code isn't checking if the iommu group still has the _same_ device or not.
One way, I could think of doing it is by storing "dev" temporarily and checking for it.
Do you think that's ok? Or would you rather suggest something else?

> Then you can call down to
> iommu_change_dev_def_domain() which does not need to take the group-
> mutex by itself.

The reason for taking iommu_group->mutex in the beginning of
iommu_change_dev_def_domain() is that the function

1. Checks if the group is being directly used by user level drivers
(i.e. if (group->default_domain != group->domain))

2. Uses iommu_ops
(prev_dom = group->default_domain;
if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type))

3. Sets iomu_group->domain to iommu_group->default_domain

I wanted to make sure that iommu_group->domain and
iommu_group->default_domain aren't changed by some other thread
while this thread is working on it. So, please let me know if I misunderstood something.

Regards,
Sai
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* RE: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-07-01  3:04     ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
@ 2020-07-14 18:23       ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  2020-07-22 13:52         ` Joerg Roedel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth @ 2020-07-14 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth, Joerg Roedel
  Cc: Robin Murphy, iommu, Will Deacon, Raj, Ashok, Christoph Hellwig

Hi Joerg,

Replying again because I noticed that I couldn't find this mail in the external iommu mailing list while I was able to find your comments on my patch. Also, could you please answer my two questions below?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: iommu <iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org> On Behalf Of
> Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 8:04 PM
> To: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Cc: Raj, Ashok <ashok.raj@intel.com>; Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>;
> iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org; Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>;
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of
> an iommu group
> 
> Hi Joerg,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 2:16 AM
> > To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> > Cc: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org; Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>;
> > Raj, Ashok <ashok.raj@intel.com>; Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>;
> > Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>; Mehta, Sohil
> > <sohil.mehta@intel.com>; Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>; Jacob
> > Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default
> > domain of an iommu group
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 06:32:06PM -0700, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> > > +static int iommu_change_dev_def_domain(struct iommu_group *group,
> > > +int
> > > +type) {
> > > +	struct iommu_domain *prev_dom;
> > > +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> > > +	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
> > > +	int ret, dev_def_dom;
> > > +	struct device *dev;
> > > +
> > > +	if (!group)
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> > > +
> > > +	if (group->default_domain != group->domain) {
> > > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Group assigned to user level for direct
> > > +access\n");
> >
> > Make this message: "Group not assigned to default domain\n".
> 
> Sure! I will change it
> 
> > > +		ret = -EBUSY;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * iommu group wasn't locked while acquiring device lock in
> > > +	 * iommu_group_store_type(). So, make sure that the device count
> > hasn't
> > > +	 * changed while acquiring device lock.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * Changing default domain of an iommu group with two or more
> > devices
> > > +	 * isn't supported because there could be a potential deadlock. Consider
> > > +	 * the following scenario. T1 is trying to acquire device locks of all
> > > +	 * the devices in the group and before it could acquire all of them,
> > > +	 * there could be another thread T2 (from different sub-system and use
> > > +	 * case) that has already acquired some of the device locks and might be
> > > +	 * waiting for T1 to release other device locks.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> > > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group
> > with
> > > +two or more devices\n");
> >
> > "Can not change default domain: Group has more than one device\n"
> 
> Ok.. make sense. I will change this.
> 
> > > +		ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/* Since group has only one device */
> > > +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> > > +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> > > +
> > > +	prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> > > +	if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops-
> > >def_domain_type) {
> > > +		pr_err_ratelimited("'def_domain_type' call back isn't
> > > +registered\n");
> >
> > This message isn't needed.
> 
> Ok. I will remove it.
> 
> > > +	ret = __iommu_attach_device(group->default_domain, dev);
> > > +	if (ret)
> > > +		goto free_new_domain;
> > > +
> > > +	group->domain = group->default_domain;
> > > +
> > > +	ret = iommu_create_device_direct_mappings(group, dev);
> > > +	if (ret)
> > > +		goto free_new_domain;
> >
> > You need to create the direct mappings before you attach the device to
> > the new domain. Otherwise there might be a short time-window where
> > RMRR regions are not mapped.
> 
> Ok.. makes sense. I will change this accordingly.
> 
> > > +static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group *group,
> > > +				      const char *buf, size_t count) {
> > > +	struct group_device *grp_dev;
> > > +	struct device *dev;
> > > +	int ret, req_type;
> > > +
> > > +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> > > +		return -EACCES;
> > > +
> > > +	if (WARN_ON(!group))
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "identity"))
> > > +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
> > > +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
> > > +		req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
> > > +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
> > > +		req_type = 0;
> > > +	else
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Lock/Unlock the group mutex here before device lock to
> > > +	 * 1. Make sure that the iommu group has only one device (this is a
> > > +	 *    prerequisite for step 2)
> > > +	 * 2. Get struct *dev which is needed to lock device
> > > +	 */
> > > +	mutex_lock(&group->mutex);
> > > +	if (iommu_group_device_count(group) != 1) {
> > > +		mutex_unlock(&group->mutex);
> > > +		pr_err_ratelimited("Cannot change default domain of a group
> > with two or more devices\n");
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/* Since group has only one device */
> > > +	list_for_each_entry(grp_dev, &group->devices, list)
> > > +		dev = grp_dev->dev;
> >
> > Please use list_first_entry().
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > You also need to take a reference with get_device() and then drop the
> > group->mutex.
> 
> Sure! I will change it.
> 
> > After device_lock() you need to verify that the device is still in the
> > same group and that the group has still only one device in it.

Q1:
> Presently, iommu_change_dev_def_domain() checks if the iommu group still has
> only one device or not. Hence, checking if iommu group has one device or not is
> done twice, once before taking device_lock() and the other, after taking
> device_lock().
> 
> I agree that the code isn't checking if the iommu group still has the _same_
> device or not.
> One way, I could think of doing it is by storing "dev" temporarily and checking
> for it.
> Do you think that's ok? Or would you rather suggest something else?
> 
> > Then you can call down to
> > iommu_change_dev_def_domain() which does not need to take the group-
> > mutex by itself.

Q2:
> The reason for taking iommu_group->mutex in the beginning of
> iommu_change_dev_def_domain() is that the function
> 
> 1. Checks if the group is being directly used by user level drivers (i.e. if (group-
> >default_domain != group->domain))
> 
> 2. Uses iommu_ops
> (prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type))
> 
> 3. Sets iomu_group->domain to iommu_group->default_domain
> 
> I wanted to make sure that iommu_group->domain and iommu_group-
> >default_domain aren't changed by some other thread while this thread is
> working on it. So, please let me know if I misunderstood something.
> 
> Regards,
> Sai
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* Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-07-14 18:23       ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
@ 2020-07-22 13:52         ` Joerg Roedel
  2020-07-22 17:14           ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joerg Roedel @ 2020-07-22 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  Cc: Robin Murphy, iommu, Will Deacon, Raj, Ashok, Christoph Hellwig

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 06:23:54PM +0000, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> Q1:
> > Presently, iommu_change_dev_def_domain() checks if the iommu group still has
> > only one device or not. Hence, checking if iommu group has one device or not is
> > done twice, once before taking device_lock() and the other, after taking
> > device_lock().
> > 
> > I agree that the code isn't checking if the iommu group still has the _same_
> > device or not.
> > One way, I could think of doing it is by storing "dev" temporarily and checking
> > for it.
> > Do you think that's ok? Or would you rather suggest something else?

That sounds reasonable, get the device from the group, lock it, take
group->mutex, and check whether the same device is still alone in the
group.


> Q2:
> > The reason for taking iommu_group->mutex in the beginning of
> > iommu_change_dev_def_domain() is that the function
> > 
> > 1. Checks if the group is being directly used by user level drivers (i.e. if (group-
> > >default_domain != group->domain))
> > 
> > 2. Uses iommu_ops
> > (prev_dom = group->default_domain;
> > if (!prev_dom || !prev_dom->ops || !prev_dom->ops->def_domain_type))
> > 
> > 3. Sets iomu_group->domain to iommu_group->default_domain
> > 
> > I wanted to make sure that iommu_group->domain and iommu_group-
> > >default_domain aren't changed by some other thread while this thread is
> > working on it. So, please let me know if I misunderstood something.

This looks correct as well.

Regards,

	Joerg
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* RE: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group
  2020-07-22 13:52         ` Joerg Roedel
@ 2020-07-22 17:14           ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth @ 2020-07-22 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joerg Roedel, iommu
  Cc: Robin Murphy, Will Deacon, Raj, Ashok, Christoph Hellwig

Hi Joerg,

Thanks for the reply. I will spin another version of the patch addressing your comments.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:53 AM
> To: Prakhya, Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
> Cc: Raj, Ashok <ashok.raj@intel.com>; Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>;
> iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org; Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>;
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] iommu: Add support to change default domain of
> an iommu group
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 06:23:54PM +0000, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> > Q1:
> > > Presently, iommu_change_dev_def_domain() checks if the iommu group
> > > still has only one device or not. Hence, checking if iommu group has
> > > one device or not is done twice, once before taking device_lock()
> > > and the other, after taking device_lock().
> > >
> > > I agree that the code isn't checking if the iommu group still has
> > > the _same_ device or not.
> > > One way, I could think of doing it is by storing "dev" temporarily
> > > and checking for it.
> > > Do you think that's ok? Or would you rather suggest something else?
> 
> That sounds reasonable, get the device from the group, lock it, take
> group->mutex, and check whether the same device is still alone in the
> group.

Sounds good! I will implement this.

Regards,
Sai
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