Re: [PATCH] s390: protvirt: virtio: Refuse device without IOMMU

From: Mauricio Tavares
Date: Fri Jun 12 2020 - 09:45:57 EST


On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:32 PM Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Protected Virtualisation protects the memory of the guest and
> do not allow a the host to access all of its memory.
>
> Let's refuse a VIRTIO device which does not use IOMMU
> protected access.
>
Stupid questions:

1. Do all CPU families we care about (which are?) support IOMMU? Ex:
would it recognize an ARM thingie with SMMU? [1]
2. Would it make sense to have some kind of
yes-I-know-the-consequences-but-I-need-to-have-a-virtio-device-without-iommu-in-this-guest
flag?

> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
> index 5730572b52cd..06ffbc96587a 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c
> @@ -986,6 +986,11 @@ static void virtio_ccw_set_status(struct virtio_device *vdev, u8 status)
> if (!ccw)
> return;
>
> + /* Protected Virtualisation guest needs IOMMU */
> + if (is_prot_virt_guest() &&
> + !__virtio_test_bit(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
> + status &= ~VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FEATURES_OK;
> +
> /* Write the status to the host. */
> vcdev->dma_area->status = status;
> ccw->cmd_code = CCW_CMD_WRITE_STATUS;
> --
> 2.25.1
>

[1] https://developer.arm.com/architectures/system-architectures/system-components/system-mmu-support