Re: [PATCH v2 19/24] iommu: Expose DMA domain strictness via sysfs

2021-07-30 Thread John Garry

On 28/07/2021 16:58, Robin Murphy wrote:

The sysfs interface for default domain types exists primarily so users
can choose the performance/security tradeoff relevant to their own
workload. As such, the choice between the policies for DMA domains fits
perfectly as an additional point on that scale - downgrading a
particular device from a strict default to non-strict may be enough to
let it reach the desired level of performance, while still retaining
more peace of mind than with a wide-open identity domain. Now that we've
abstracted non-strict mode as a distinct type of DMA domain, allow it to
be chosen through the user interface as well.

Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy
---


Reviewed-by: John Garry 
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Re: [PATCH v2 19/24] iommu: Expose DMA domain strictness via sysfs

2021-07-30 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 04:58:40PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
> The sysfs interface for default domain types exists primarily so users
> can choose the performance/security tradeoff relevant to their own
> workload. As such, the choice between the policies for DMA domains fits
> perfectly as an additional point on that scale - downgrading a
> particular device from a strict default to non-strict may be enough to
> let it reach the desired level of performance, while still retaining
> more peace of mind than with a wide-open identity domain. Now that we've
> abstracted non-strict mode as a distinct type of DMA domain, allow it to
> be chosen through the user interface as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy 
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups | 2 ++
>  drivers/iommu/iommu.c   | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups 
> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> index eae2f1c1e11e..43ba764ba5b7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
> @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Description:/sys/kernel/iommu_groups//type 
> shows the type of default
>     ==
>   DMA   All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
> are translated by the iommu.
> + DMA-FQAs above, but using batched invalidation to lazily
> +   remove translations after use.

It might be useful to desribe the security/performance tradeoff here as
well. I guess a normal user is more likely to look at the doc for this
sysfs knob than the kernel config or parameters.

Thanks,
Jean

>   identity  All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
> are not translated by the iommu.
>   auto  Change to the type the device was booted with.
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> index eecb5657de69..5a08e0806cbb 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> @@ -3265,6 +3265,8 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct 
> iommu_group *group,
>   req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
>   else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
>   req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
> + else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA-FQ"))
> + req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA_FQ;
>   else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
>   req_type = 0;
>   else
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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Re: [PATCH v2 19/24] iommu: Expose DMA domain strictness via sysfs

2021-07-30 Thread Lu Baolu

On 7/28/21 11:58 PM, Robin Murphy wrote:

The sysfs interface for default domain types exists primarily so users
can choose the performance/security tradeoff relevant to their own
workload. As such, the choice between the policies for DMA domains fits
perfectly as an additional point on that scale - downgrading a
particular device from a strict default to non-strict may be enough to
let it reach the desired level of performance, while still retaining
more peace of mind than with a wide-open identity domain. Now that we've
abstracted non-strict mode as a distinct type of DMA domain, allow it to
be chosen through the user interface as well.

Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy 
---
  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups | 2 ++
  drivers/iommu/iommu.c   | 2 ++
  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups 
b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
index eae2f1c1e11e..43ba764ba5b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Description:  /sys/kernel/iommu_groups//type shows 
the type of default
  ==
DMA   All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
  are translated by the iommu.
+   DMA-FQAs above, but using batched invalidation to lazily
+ remove translations after use.
identity  All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
  are not translated by the iommu.
auto  Change to the type the device was booted with.
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index eecb5657de69..5a08e0806cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -3265,6 +3265,8 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group 
*group,
req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
+   else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA-FQ"))
+   req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA_FQ;
else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
req_type = 0;
else




Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu 

Best regards,
baolu
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[PATCH v2 19/24] iommu: Expose DMA domain strictness via sysfs

2021-07-28 Thread Robin Murphy
The sysfs interface for default domain types exists primarily so users
can choose the performance/security tradeoff relevant to their own
workload. As such, the choice between the policies for DMA domains fits
perfectly as an additional point on that scale - downgrading a
particular device from a strict default to non-strict may be enough to
let it reach the desired level of performance, while still retaining
more peace of mind than with a wide-open identity domain. Now that we've
abstracted non-strict mode as a distinct type of DMA domain, allow it to
be chosen through the user interface as well.

Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy 
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups | 2 ++
 drivers/iommu/iommu.c   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups 
b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
index eae2f1c1e11e..43ba764ba5b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-iommu_groups
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Description:  /sys/kernel/iommu_groups//type shows 
the type of default
  ==
DMA   All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
  are translated by the iommu.
+   DMA-FQAs above, but using batched invalidation to lazily
+ remove translations after use.
identity  All the DMA transactions from the device in this group
  are not translated by the iommu.
auto  Change to the type the device was booted with.
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
index eecb5657de69..5a08e0806cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
@@ -3265,6 +3265,8 @@ static ssize_t iommu_group_store_type(struct iommu_group 
*group,
req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_IDENTITY;
else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA"))
req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA;
+   else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "DMA-FQ"))
+   req_type = IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA_FQ;
else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "auto"))
req_type = 0;
else
-- 
2.25.1

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