On Wed, 27 May 2026 03:23:07 -0700
Matt Evans <[email protected]> wrote:

> Convert the VFIO device fd fops->mmap to create a DMABUF representing
> the BAR mapping, and make the VMA fault handler look up PFNs from the
> corresponding DMABUF.  This supports future code mmap()ing BAR
> DMABUFs, and iommufd work to support Type1 P2P.
> 
> First, vfio_pci_core_mmap() uses the new
> vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf() helper to export a DMABUF
> representing a single BAR range.  Then, the vfio_pci_mmap_huge_fault()
> callback is updated to understand revoked buffers, and uses the new
> vfio_pci_dma_buf_find_pfn() helper to determine the PFN for a given
> fault address.
> 
> Now that the VFIO DMABUFs can be mmap()ed, vfio_pci_dma_buf_move()
> zaps PTEs (used on the revocation and cleanup paths).
> 
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_CORE now unconditionally depends on
> CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER and CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA_CORE.  The
> CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF feature conditionally includes support for
> VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_DMA_BUF, depending on the availability of
> CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig           |  4 +-
>  drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile          |  3 +-
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c   | 79 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 12 +++++
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h   | 11 +----
>  5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> index 296bf01e185e..9197343a7301 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ config VFIO_PCI_CORE
>       tristate
>       select VFIO_VIRQFD
>       select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER
> +     select PCI_P2PDMA_CORE
> +     select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
>  
>  config VFIO_PCI_INTX
>       def_bool y if !S390
> @@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ config VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM
>         To enable s390x KVM vfio-pci extensions, say Y.
>  
>  config VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
> -     def_bool y if VFIO_PCI_CORE && PCI_P2PDMA && DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
> +     def_bool y if PCI_P2PDMA

This largely only breaks consistency, but should VFIO_PCI_CORE become a
'depends on' rather than dropped entirely?

>  
>  source "drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/Kconfig"
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile b/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
> index 6138f1bf241d..881452ea89be 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
> @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  
> -vfio-pci-core-y := vfio_pci_core.o vfio_pci_intrs.o vfio_pci_rdwr.o 
> vfio_pci_config.o
> +vfio-pci-core-y := vfio_pci_core.o vfio_pci_intrs.o vfio_pci_rdwr.o 
> vfio_pci_config.o vfio_pci_dmabuf.o
>  vfio-pci-core-$(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM) += vfio_pci_zdev.o
> -vfio-pci-core-$(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF) += vfio_pci_dmabuf.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_CORE) += vfio-pci-core.o
>  
>  vfio-pci-y := vfio_pci.o
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c 
> b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> index 041243a84d81..c5f934905ce0 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
> @@ -1683,18 +1683,6 @@ void vfio_pci_memory_unlock_and_restore(struct 
> vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u16 c
>       up_write(&vdev->memory_lock);
>  }
>  
> -static unsigned long vma_to_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> -{
> -     struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev = vma->vm_private_data;
> -     int index = vma->vm_pgoff >> (VFIO_PCI_OFFSET_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
> -     u64 pgoff;
> -
> -     pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff &
> -             ((1U << (VFIO_PCI_OFFSET_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1);
> -
> -     return (pci_resource_start(vdev->pdev, index) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff;
> -}
> -
>  vm_fault_t vfio_pci_vmf_insert_pfn(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>                                  struct vm_fault *vmf,
>                                  unsigned long pfn,
> @@ -1722,23 +1710,42 @@ static vm_fault_t vfio_pci_mmap_huge_fault(struct 
> vm_fault *vmf,
>                                          unsigned int order)
>  {
>       struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> -     struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev = vma->vm_private_data;
> -     unsigned long addr = vmf->address & ~((PAGE_SIZE << order) - 1);
> -     unsigned long pgoff = (addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -     unsigned long pfn = vma_to_pfn(vma) + pgoff;
> -     vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
> -
> -     if (is_aligned_for_order(vma, addr, pfn, order)) {
> -             scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &vdev->memory_lock)
> -                     ret = vfio_pci_vmf_insert_pfn(vdev, vmf, pfn, order);
> -     }
> +     struct vfio_pci_dma_buf *priv = vma->vm_private_data;
> +     struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
> +     unsigned long pfn = 0;
> +     vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>  
> -     dev_dbg_ratelimited(&vdev->pdev->dev,
> -                        "%s(,order = %d) BAR %ld page offset 0x%lx: 0x%x\n",
> -                         __func__, order,
> -                         vma->vm_pgoff >>
> -                             (VFIO_PCI_OFFSET_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT),
> -                         pgoff, (unsigned int)ret);
> +     /*
> +      * We can rely on the existence of both a DMABUF (priv) and
> +      * the VFIO device it was exported from (vdev).  This fault's
> +      * VMA was established using vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf()
> +      * which transfers ownership of the VFIO device fd to the
> +      * DMABUF, and so the VFIO device is held open because the
> +      * VMA's vm_file (DMABUF) is open.
> +      *
> +      * Since vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() cannot have happened,
> +      * vdev must be valid; we can take memory_lock.
> +      */
> +     vdev = READ_ONCE(priv->vdev);

The above comment argues that vdev is stable, so why do we need to
access it with READ_ONCE()?

> +
> +     scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &vdev->memory_lock) {
> +             if (!priv->revoked) {
> +                     int pres = vfio_pci_dma_buf_find_pfn(priv, vma,
> +                                                          vmf->address,
> +                                                          order, &pfn);
> +
> +                     if (pres == 0)
> +                             ret = vfio_pci_vmf_insert_pfn(vdev, vmf,
> +                                                           pfn, order);
> +                     else if (pres == -EAGAIN)
> +                             ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
> +             }
> +
> +             dev_dbg_ratelimited(&vdev->pdev->dev,
> +                                 "%s(order = %d) PFN 0x%lx, VA 0x%lx, pgoff 
> 0x%lx: 0x%x\n",
> +                                 __func__, order, pfn, vmf->address,
> +                                 vma->vm_pgoff, (unsigned int)ret);

Looks like this should still be outside the scope of the memory_lock.
Thanks,

Alex

> +     }
>  
>       return ret;
>  }
> @@ -1763,6 +1770,7 @@ int vfio_pci_core_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev, 
> struct vm_area_struct *vma
>       unsigned int index;
>       u64 phys_len, req_len, pgoff, req_start;
>       void __iomem *bar_io;
> +     int ret;
>  
>       index = vma->vm_pgoff >> (VFIO_PCI_OFFSET_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
>  
> @@ -1802,7 +1810,20 @@ int vfio_pci_core_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev, 
> struct vm_area_struct *vma
>       if (IS_ERR(bar_io))
>               return PTR_ERR(bar_io);
>  
> -     vma->vm_private_data = vdev;
> +     /*
> +      * Create a DMABUF with a single range corresponding to this
> +      * mapping, and wire it into vma->vm_private_data.  The VMA's
> +      * vm_file becomes that of the DMABUF, and the DMABUF takes
> +      * ownership of the VFIO device file (put upon DMABUF
> +      * release).  This maintains the behaviour of a live VMA
> +      * mapping holding the VFIO device file open.
> +      */
> +     ret = vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf(vdev, vma,
> +                                          pci_resource_start(pdev, index),
> +                                          req_len, index);
> +     if (ret)
> +             return ret;
> +
>       vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
>       vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_decrypted(vma->vm_page_prot);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c 
> b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> index 782408c08a5e..f7797f58d44b 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS("DMA_BUF");
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
>  static int vfio_pci_dma_buf_attach(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
>                                  struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment)
>  {
> @@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_dma_buf_attach(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
>  
>       return 0;
>  }
> +#endif /* CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF */
>  
>  static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_done(struct kref *kref)
>  {
> @@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_release(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
>  }
>  
>  static const struct dma_buf_ops vfio_pci_dmabuf_ops = {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
>       .attach = vfio_pci_dma_buf_attach,
> +#endif
>       .map_dma_buf = vfio_pci_dma_buf_map,
>       .unmap_dma_buf = vfio_pci_dma_buf_unmap,
>       .release = vfio_pci_dma_buf_release,
> @@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_dmabuf_export(struct 
> vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>       return 0;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
>  /*
>   * This is a temporary "private interconnect" between VFIO DMABUF and 
> iommufd.
>   * It allows the two co-operating drivers to exchange the physical address of
> @@ -461,6 +466,7 @@ int vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf(struct 
> vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u32 flags,
>       kfree(dma_ranges);
>       return ret;
>  }
> +#endif /* CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF */
>  
>  int vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>                                  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> @@ -535,6 +541,10 @@ void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device 
> *vdev, bool revoked)
>       struct vfio_pci_dma_buf *tmp;
>  
>       lockdep_assert_held_write(&vdev->memory_lock);
> +     /*
> +      * Holding memory_lock ensures a racing VMA fault observes
> +      * priv->revoked properly.
> +      */
>  
>       list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tmp, &vdev->dmabufs, dmabufs_elm) {
>               if (!get_file_active(&priv->dmabuf->file))
> @@ -552,6 +562,8 @@ void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device 
> *vdev, bool revoked)
>                       if (revoked) {
>                               kref_put(&priv->kref, vfio_pci_dma_buf_done);
>                               wait_for_completion(&priv->comp);
> +                             
> unmap_mapping_range(priv->dmabuf->file->f_mapping,
> +                                                 0, priv->size, 1);
>                               /*
>                                * Re-arm the registered kref reference and the
>                                * completion so the post-revoke state matches 
> the
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h 
> b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
> index 06dc0fd3e230..d38e1b98b2e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
> @@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ int vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf(struct 
> vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
>                                  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>                                  u64 phys_start, u64 req_len,
>                                  unsigned int res_index);
> +void vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev);
> +void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, bool revoked);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
>  int vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u32 
> flags,
>                                 struct vfio_device_feature_dma_buf __user 
> *arg,
>                                 size_t argsz);
> -void vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev);
> -void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, bool revoked);
>  #else
>  static inline int
>  vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u32 flags,
> @@ -153,13 +153,6 @@ vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf(struct 
> vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u32 flags,
>  {
>       return -ENOTTY;
>  }
> -static inline void vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(struct vfio_pci_core_device 
> *vdev)
> -{
> -}
> -static inline void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
> -                                      bool revoked)
> -{
> -}
>  #endif
>  
>  #endif

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