On 8/2/17 7:13 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> (CC Andrew)
>
> On 08/03/17 01:01, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>>
>> On 8/2/17 4:24 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>>
>> [Snip]
>>> At the moment, we have the foll+    // The buffer at 
>>> MapInfo->CryptedAddress comes from AllocateBuffer().
>>>      //
>>>      MapInfo->PlainTextAddress = MapInfo->CryptedAddress;
>>> -
>>>      //
>>> -    // Therefore no mapping is necessary.
>>> +    // Stash the crypted data.
>>>      //
>>> -    *DeviceAddress = MapInfo->PlainTextAddress;
>>> -    *Mapping       = NO_MAPPING;
>>> -    FreePool (MapInfo);
>>> -    return EFI_SUCCESS;
>>> +    CommonBufferHeader = (COMMON_BUFFER_HEADER *)(
>>> +                           (UINTN)MapInfo->CryptedAddress - EFI_PAGE_SIZE
>>> +                           );
>> One question, per spec, is it legal for client to call Map() at some
>> offset within allocated buffer ?
>>
>> e.g something like this:
>>
>> * AllocateBuffer (, 1, &Buffer);
>> * MapBuffer = Buffer + 10;
>> * Map (, BusMasterCommonBuffer, MappedBuffer, 10, ..) // Bascially Map
>> 10 bytes from offset 10
> The input/output parameter names seem to counter-indicate such use.
> Namely, AllocateBuffer() outputs a "HostAddress" param, and Map() takes
> a "HostAddress" param. Plus we have sentences like this:
>
> Under PciIo.Map():
>
>> ... only memory allocated via the AllocateBuffer() interface can be
>> mapped for this type of operation ...
> Under PciIo.AllocateBuffer():
>
>> The AllocateBuffer() function allocates pages that are suitable for an
>> EfiPciOperationBusMasterCommonBuffer or
>> EfiPciOperationBusMasterCommonBuffer64 mapping. This means that the
>> buffer allocated by this function must support simultaneous access by
>> both the processor and a PCI Bus Master. The device address that the
>> PCI Bus Master uses to access *the* buffer can be retrieved with a
>> call to Map().
> This second passage says *the* buffer. (Emphasis mine above.)
>
>> If this is legal then we may need to build MapInfo during
>> AllocateBuffer() to locate the "StashBuffer".
> Right, in that case we'd have to build a list of allocated ranges (an
> interval tree of sorts) in AllocateBuffer, and convert any
> CommonBuffer[64] Map() call to its containing allocation with a search.
>
> It would be worse than that, actually... The pattern you have raised
> could be taken one step further: do one AllocateBuffer(), and several
> CommonBuffer[64] Map()s into it :) What should happen if those maps are
> distinct? What should happen if they overlap? :) I can't even imagine
> what this would mean for SEV.
>
> ... There are guide-like sections in the generic description of
> EFI_PCI_IO_PROTOCOL; Andrew quoted them earlier:
>
>   [email protected]">http://mid.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
>
>> DMA Bus Master Common Buffer Operation
>> ======================================
>> * Call AllocateBuffer() to allocate a common buffer.
>> * Call Map() for EfiPciIoOperationBusMasterCommonBuffer.
>> * Program the DMA Bus Master with the DeviceAddress returned by Map().
>> * The common buffer can now be accessed equally by the processor and
>>   the DMA bus master.
>> * Call Unmap().
>> * Call FreeBuffer().
> Look at page 854 (printed page number: 784) in UEFI 2.7.
>
> Thus, I don't think the usage you raise is permitted.

Sounds good. I did a quick test on SEV hardware, everything seems to be
working well. I have started my stresstest and report the result tomorrow.

-Brijesh
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