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VFIO - "Virtual Function I/O"[1]
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==================================
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VFIO - "Virtual Function I/O" [1]_
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==================================
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Many modern system now provide DMA and interrupt remapping facilities
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to help ensure I/O devices behave within the boundaries they've been
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allotted. This includes x86 hardware with AMD-Vi and Intel VT-d,
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@ -7,14 +9,14 @@ POWER systems with Partitionable Endpoints (PEs) and embedded PowerPC
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systems such as Freescale PAMU. The VFIO driver is an IOMMU/device
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agnostic framework for exposing direct device access to userspace, in
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a secure, IOMMU protected environment. In other words, this allows
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safe[2], non-privileged, userspace drivers.
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safe [2]_, non-privileged, userspace drivers.
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Why do we want that? Virtual machines often make use of direct device
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access ("device assignment") when configured for the highest possible
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I/O performance. From a device and host perspective, this simply
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turns the VM into a userspace driver, with the benefits of
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significantly reduced latency, higher bandwidth, and direct use of
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bare-metal device drivers[3].
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bare-metal device drivers [3]_.
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Some applications, particularly in the high performance computing
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field, also benefit from low-overhead, direct device access from
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@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ KVM PCI specific device assignment code as well as provide a more
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secure, more featureful userspace driver environment than UIO.
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Groups, Devices, and IOMMUs
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------
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Devices are the main target of any I/O driver. Devices typically
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create a programming interface made up of I/O access, interrupts,
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notifications.
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VFIO Usage Example
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------
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Assume user wants to access PCI device 0000:06:0d.0
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Assume user wants to access PCI device 0000:06:0d.0::
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$ readlink /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/iommu_group
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../../../../kernel/iommu_groups/26
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$ readlink /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/iommu_group
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../../../../kernel/iommu_groups/26
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This device is therefore in IOMMU group 26. This device is on the
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pci bus, therefore the user will make use of vfio-pci to manage the
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group:
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group::
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# modprobe vfio-pci
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# modprobe vfio-pci
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Binding this device to the vfio-pci driver creates the VFIO group
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character devices for this group:
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character devices for this group::
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$ lspci -n -s 0000:06:0d.0
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06:0d.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 08)
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# echo 0000:06:0d.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/driver/unbind
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# echo 1102 0002 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id
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$ lspci -n -s 0000:06:0d.0
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06:0d.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 08)
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# echo 0000:06:0d.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/driver/unbind
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# echo 1102 0002 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id
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Now we need to look at what other devices are in the group to free
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it for use by VFIO:
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it for use by VFIO::
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$ ls -l /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/iommu_group/devices
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total 0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:00:1e.0 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:06:0d.0 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:0d.0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:06:0d.1 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:0d.1
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$ ls -l /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/iommu_group/devices
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total 0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:00:1e.0 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:06:0d.0 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:0d.0
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lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Apr 23 16:13 0000:06:0d.1 ->
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../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:0d.1
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This device is behind a PCIe-to-PCI bridge[4], therefore we also
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This device is behind a PCIe-to-PCI bridge [4]_, therefore we also
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need to add device 0000:06:0d.1 to the group following the same
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procedure as above. Device 0000:00:1e.0 is a bridge that does
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not currently have a host driver, therefore it's not required to
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The final step is to provide the user with access to the group if
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unprivileged operation is desired (note that /dev/vfio/vfio provides
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no capabilities on its own and is therefore expected to be set to
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mode 0666 by the system).
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mode 0666 by the system)::
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# chown user:user /dev/vfio/26
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# chown user:user /dev/vfio/26
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The user now has full access to all the devices and the iommu for this
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group and can access them as follows:
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group and can access them as follows::
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int container, group, device, i;
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struct vfio_group_status group_status =
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VFIO bus drivers, such as vfio-pci make use of only a few interfaces
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into VFIO core. When devices are bound and unbound to the driver,
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the driver should call vfio_add_group_dev() and vfio_del_group_dev()
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respectively:
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respectively::
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extern int vfio_add_group_dev(struct iommu_group *iommu_group,
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struct device *dev,
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const struct vfio_device_ops *ops,
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void *device_data);
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extern int vfio_add_group_dev(struct iommu_group *iommu_group,
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struct device *dev,
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const struct vfio_device_ops *ops,
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void *device_data);
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extern void *vfio_del_group_dev(struct device *dev);
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extern void *vfio_del_group_dev(struct device *dev);
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vfio_add_group_dev() indicates to the core to begin tracking the
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specified iommu_group and register the specified dev as owned by
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a VFIO bus driver. The driver provides an ops structure for callbacks
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similar to a file operations structure:
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similar to a file operations structure::
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struct vfio_device_ops {
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int (*open)(void *device_data);
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void (*release)(void *device_data);
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ssize_t (*read)(void *device_data, char __user *buf,
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size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
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ssize_t (*write)(void *device_data, const char __user *buf,
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size_t size, loff_t *ppos);
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long (*ioctl)(void *device_data, unsigned int cmd,
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unsigned long arg);
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int (*mmap)(void *device_data, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
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};
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struct vfio_device_ops {
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int (*open)(void *device_data);
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void (*release)(void *device_data);
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ssize_t (*read)(void *device_data, char __user *buf,
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size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
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ssize_t (*write)(void *device_data, const char __user *buf,
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size_t size, loff_t *ppos);
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long (*ioctl)(void *device_data, unsigned int cmd,
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unsigned long arg);
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int (*mmap)(void *device_data, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
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};
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Each function is passed the device_data that was originally registered
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in the vfio_add_group_dev() call above. This allows the bus driver
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PPC64 sPAPR implementation note
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------
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This implementation has some specifics:
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1) On older systems (POWER7 with P5IOC2/IODA1) only one IOMMU group per
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container is supported as an IOMMU table is allocated at the boot time,
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one table per a IOMMU group which is a Partitionable Endpoint (PE)
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(PE is often a PCI domain but not always).
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Newer systems (POWER8 with IODA2) have improved hardware design which allows
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to remove this limitation and have multiple IOMMU groups per a VFIO container.
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container is supported as an IOMMU table is allocated at the boot time,
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one table per a IOMMU group which is a Partitionable Endpoint (PE)
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(PE is often a PCI domain but not always).
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Newer systems (POWER8 with IODA2) have improved hardware design which allows
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to remove this limitation and have multiple IOMMU groups per a VFIO
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container.
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2) The hardware supports so called DMA windows - the PCI address range
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within which DMA transfer is allowed, any attempt to access address space
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out of the window leads to the whole PE isolation.
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within which DMA transfer is allowed, any attempt to access address space
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out of the window leads to the whole PE isolation.
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3) PPC64 guests are paravirtualized but not fully emulated. There is an API
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to map/unmap pages for DMA, and it normally maps 1..32 pages per call and
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currently there is no way to reduce the number of calls. In order to make things
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faster, the map/unmap handling has been implemented in real mode which provides
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an excellent performance which has limitations such as inability to do
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locked pages accounting in real time.
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to map/unmap pages for DMA, and it normally maps 1..32 pages per call and
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currently there is no way to reduce the number of calls. In order to make
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things faster, the map/unmap handling has been implemented in real mode
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which provides an excellent performance which has limitations such as
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inability to do locked pages accounting in real time.
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4) According to sPAPR specification, A Partitionable Endpoint (PE) is an I/O
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subtree that can be treated as a unit for the purposes of partitioning and
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error recovery. A PE may be a single or multi-function IOA (IO Adapter), a
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function of a multi-function IOA, or multiple IOAs (possibly including switch
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and bridge structures above the multiple IOAs). PPC64 guests detect PCI errors
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and recover from them via EEH RTAS services, which works on the basis of
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additional ioctl commands.
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subtree that can be treated as a unit for the purposes of partitioning and
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error recovery. A PE may be a single or multi-function IOA (IO Adapter), a
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function of a multi-function IOA, or multiple IOAs (possibly including
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switch and bridge structures above the multiple IOAs). PPC64 guests detect
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PCI errors and recover from them via EEH RTAS services, which works on the
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basis of additional ioctl commands.
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So 4 additional ioctls have been added:
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So 4 additional ioctls have been added:
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO - returns the size and the start
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of the DMA window on the PCI bus.
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO
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returns the size and the start of the DMA window on the PCI bus.
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VFIO_IOMMU_ENABLE - enables the container. The locked pages accounting
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VFIO_IOMMU_ENABLE
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enables the container. The locked pages accounting
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is done at this point. This lets user first to know what
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the DMA window is and adjust rlimit before doing any real job.
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VFIO_IOMMU_DISABLE - disables the container.
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VFIO_IOMMU_DISABLE
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disables the container.
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VFIO_EEH_PE_OP - provides an API for EEH setup, error detection and recovery.
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VFIO_EEH_PE_OP
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provides an API for EEH setup, error detection and recovery.
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The code flow from the example above should be slightly changed:
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The code flow from the example above should be slightly changed::
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struct vfio_eeh_pe_op pe_op = { .argsz = sizeof(pe_op), .flags = 0 };
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....
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5) There is v2 of SPAPR TCE IOMMU. It deprecates VFIO_IOMMU_ENABLE/
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VFIO_IOMMU_DISABLE and implements 2 new ioctls:
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY and VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_UNREGISTER_MEMORY
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(which are unsupported in v1 IOMMU).
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VFIO_IOMMU_DISABLE and implements 2 new ioctls:
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY and VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_UNREGISTER_MEMORY
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(which are unsupported in v1 IOMMU).
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PPC64 paravirtualized guests generate a lot of map/unmap requests,
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and the handling of those includes pinning/unpinning pages and updating
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mm::locked_vm counter to make sure we do not exceed the rlimit.
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The v2 IOMMU splits accounting and pinning into separate operations:
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PPC64 paravirtualized guests generate a lot of map/unmap requests,
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and the handling of those includes pinning/unpinning pages and updating
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mm::locked_vm counter to make sure we do not exceed the rlimit.
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The v2 IOMMU splits accounting and pinning into separate operations:
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- VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY/VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_UNREGISTER_MEMORY ioctls
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receive a user space address and size of the block to be pinned.
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Bisecting is not supported and VFIO_IOMMU_UNREGISTER_MEMORY is expected to
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be called with the exact address and size used for registering
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the memory block. The userspace is not expected to call these often.
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The ranges are stored in a linked list in a VFIO container.
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- VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY/VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_UNREGISTER_MEMORY ioctls
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receive a user space address and size of the block to be pinned.
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Bisecting is not supported and VFIO_IOMMU_UNREGISTER_MEMORY is expected to
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be called with the exact address and size used for registering
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the memory block. The userspace is not expected to call these often.
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The ranges are stored in a linked list in a VFIO container.
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- VFIO_IOMMU_MAP_DMA/VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA ioctls only update the actual
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IOMMU table and do not do pinning; instead these check that the userspace
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address is from pre-registered range.
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- VFIO_IOMMU_MAP_DMA/VFIO_IOMMU_UNMAP_DMA ioctls only update the actual
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IOMMU table and do not do pinning; instead these check that the userspace
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address is from pre-registered range.
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This separation helps in optimizing DMA for guests.
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This separation helps in optimizing DMA for guests.
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6) sPAPR specification allows guests to have an additional DMA window(s) on
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a PCI bus with a variable page size. Two ioctls have been added to support
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this: VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE and VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE.
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The platform has to support the functionality or error will be returned to
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the userspace. The existing hardware supports up to 2 DMA windows, one is
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2GB long, uses 4K pages and called "default 32bit window"; the other can
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be as big as entire RAM, use different page size, it is optional - guests
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create those in run-time if the guest driver supports 64bit DMA.
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a PCI bus with a variable page size. Two ioctls have been added to support
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this: VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE and VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE.
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The platform has to support the functionality or error will be returned to
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the userspace. The existing hardware supports up to 2 DMA windows, one is
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2GB long, uses 4K pages and called "default 32bit window"; the other can
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be as big as entire RAM, use different page size, it is optional - guests
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create those in run-time if the guest driver supports 64bit DMA.
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE receives a page shift, a DMA window size and
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a number of TCE table levels (if a TCE table is going to be big enough and
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the kernel may not be able to allocate enough of physically contiguous memory).
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It creates a new window in the available slot and returns the bus address where
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the new window starts. Due to hardware limitation, the user space cannot choose
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the location of DMA windows.
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE receives a page shift, a DMA window size and
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a number of TCE table levels (if a TCE table is going to be big enough and
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the kernel may not be able to allocate enough of physically contiguous
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memory). It creates a new window in the available slot and returns the bus
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address where the new window starts. Due to hardware limitation, the user
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space cannot choose the location of DMA windows.
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE receives the bus start address of the window
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and removes it.
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VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE receives the bus start address of the window
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and removes it.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[1] VFIO was originally an acronym for "Virtual Function I/O" in its
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initial implementation by Tom Lyon while as Cisco. We've since
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outgrown the acronym, but it's catchy.
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.. [1] VFIO was originally an acronym for "Virtual Function I/O" in its
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initial implementation by Tom Lyon while as Cisco. We've since
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outgrown the acronym, but it's catchy.
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[2] "safe" also depends upon a device being "well behaved". It's
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possible for multi-function devices to have backdoors between
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functions and even for single function devices to have alternative
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access to things like PCI config space through MMIO registers. To
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guard against the former we can include additional precautions in the
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IOMMU driver to group multi-function PCI devices together
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(iommu=group_mf). The latter we can't prevent, but the IOMMU should
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still provide isolation. For PCI, SR-IOV Virtual Functions are the
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best indicator of "well behaved", as these are designed for
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virtualization usage models.
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.. [2] "safe" also depends upon a device being "well behaved". It's
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possible for multi-function devices to have backdoors between
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functions and even for single function devices to have alternative
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access to things like PCI config space through MMIO registers. To
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guard against the former we can include additional precautions in the
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IOMMU driver to group multi-function PCI devices together
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(iommu=group_mf). The latter we can't prevent, but the IOMMU should
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still provide isolation. For PCI, SR-IOV Virtual Functions are the
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best indicator of "well behaved", as these are designed for
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virtualization usage models.
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[3] As always there are trade-offs to virtual machine device
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assignment that are beyond the scope of VFIO. It's expected that
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future IOMMU technologies will reduce some, but maybe not all, of
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these trade-offs.
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.. [3] As always there are trade-offs to virtual machine device
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assignment that are beyond the scope of VFIO. It's expected that
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future IOMMU technologies will reduce some, but maybe not all, of
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these trade-offs.
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[4] In this case the device is below a PCI bridge, so transactions
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from either function of the device are indistinguishable to the iommu:
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.. [4] In this case the device is below a PCI bridge, so transactions
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from either function of the device are indistinguishable to the iommu::
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-[0000:00]-+-1e.0-[06]--+-0d.0
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\-0d.1
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-[0000:00]-+-1e.0-[06]--+-0d.0
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\-0d.1
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00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
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