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-rw-r--r--drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c15
-rw-r--r--include/linux/virtio_config.h13
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h10
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index ca6bfddaacad..114a0c88afb8 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
#define to_vvq(_vq) container_of(_vq, struct vring_virtqueue, vq)
/*
- * The interaction between virtio and a possible IOMMU is a mess.
+ * Modern virtio devices have feature bits to specify whether they need a
+ * quirk and bypass the IOMMU. If not there, just use the DMA API.
+ *
+ * If there, the interaction between virtio and DMA API is messy.
*
* On most systems with virtio, physical addresses match bus addresses,
* and it doesn't particularly matter whether we use the DMA API.
@@ -133,10 +136,18 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
*
* For the time being, we preserve historic behavior and bypass the DMA
* API.
+ *
+ * TODO: install a per-device DMA ops structure that does the right thing
+ * taking into account all the above quirks, and use the DMA API
+ * unconditionally on data path.
*/
static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev)
{
+ if (!virtio_has_iommu_quirk(vdev))
+ return true;
+
+ /* Otherwise, we are left to guess. */
/*
* In theory, it's possible to have a buggy QEMU-supposed
* emulated Q35 IOMMU and Xen enabled at the same time. On
@@ -1099,6 +1110,8 @@ void vring_transport_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
break;
case VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1:
break;
+ case VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM:
+ break;
default:
/* We don't understand this bit. */
__virtio_clear_bit(vdev, i);
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 6e6cb0c9d7cb..26c155bb639b 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ static inline bool virtio_has_feature(const struct virtio_device *vdev,
return __virtio_test_bit(vdev, fbit);
}
+/**
+ * virtio_has_iommu_quirk - determine whether this device has the iommu quirk
+ * @vdev: the device
+ */
+static inline bool virtio_has_iommu_quirk(const struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+ /*
+ * Note the reverse polarity of the quirk feature (compared to most
+ * other features), this is for compatibility with legacy systems.
+ */
+ return !virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
+}
+
static inline
struct virtqueue *virtio_find_single_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
vq_callback_t *c, const char *n)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
index 4cb65bbfa654..308e2096291f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
* transport being used (eg. virtio_ring), the rest are per-device feature
* bits. */
#define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_START 28
-#define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_END 33
+#define VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_END 34
#ifndef VIRTIO_CONFIG_NO_LEGACY
/* Do we get callbacks when the ring is completely used, even if we've
@@ -63,4 +63,12 @@
/* v1.0 compliant. */
#define VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 32
+/*
+ * If clear - device has the IOMMU bypass quirk feature.
+ * If set - use platform tools to detect the IOMMU.
+ *
+ * Note the reverse polarity (compared to most other features),
+ * this is for compatibility with legacy systems.
+ */
+#define VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM 33
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H */