[PATCH] xen-blkback: only attach blkback if the required features are met

From: Roger Pau Monne
Date: Fri Apr 04 2014 - 10:41:27 EST


Blkback cannot work properly on auto-translated guests if Xen doesn't
update the IOMMU when performing grant maps/unmaps, so only attach if
the newly introduced XENFEAT_hvm_gntmap_supports_iommu is found.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c | 12 ++++++++++++
include/xen/interface/features.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 64c60ed..4c23ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -1381,6 +1381,18 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
if (!xen_domain())
return -ENODEV;

+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+ if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap) &&
+ !xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_gntmap_supports_iommu)) {
+ /*
+ * blkback cannot work properly on auto-translated guests
+ * if grant table mappings don't update the IOMMU entries.
+ */
+ pr_debug(DRV_PFX "Disabling blkback because Xen is missing feature XENFEAT_hvm_gntmap_supports_iommu\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86 */
+
rc = xen_blkif_interface_init();
if (rc)
goto failed_init;
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/features.h b/include/xen/interface/features.h
index 131a6cc..d1e0f23 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/features.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/features.h
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
/* operation as Dom0 is supported */
#define XENFEAT_dom0 11

+/*
+ * If set, GNTTABOP_map_grant_ref sets the proper IOMMU mappings so the
+ * resulting mapped page can be used for IO with hardware devices.
+ */
+#define XENFEAT_hvm_gntmap_supports_iommu 12
+
#define XENFEAT_NR_SUBMAPS 1

#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_FEATURES_H__ */
--
1.7.7.5 (Apple Git-26)

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