Re: [PATCH 2/2 v4] vfio-cdx: add ioctl support for bus master enable

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jul 26 2023 - 07:25:24 EST


On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 04:32:20PM +0530, Nipun Gupta wrote:
> add VFIO_DEVICE_CDX_CTRL IOCTL to expose control operations for CDX
> devices to VFIO users. Support Bus master enable and Bus master disable
> on CDX bus control.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shubham Rohila <shubham.rohila@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@xxxxxxx>

Who wrote this? The signed-off-by ordering seems odd.


> ---
>
> Changes in v4:
> - This patch is newly added which uses cdx_set_master() and
> cdx_clear_master() APIs.
>
> drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c b/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
> index c376a69d2db2..c39a965716f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
> @@ -98,6 +98,30 @@ static int vfio_cdx_ioctl_get_region_info(struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev,
> return copy_to_user(arg, &info, minsz) ? -EFAULT : 0;
> }
>
> +static int vfio_cdx_ioctl_ctrl(struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev,
> + struct vfio_device_cdx_ctrl __user *arg)
> +{
> + unsigned long minsz = offsetofend(struct vfio_device_cdx_ctrl, op);
> + struct cdx_device *cdx_dev = to_cdx_device(vdev->vdev.dev);
> + struct vfio_device_cdx_ctrl ops;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(&ops, arg, minsz))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + if (ops.argsz < minsz)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + switch (ops.op) {
> + case VFIO_CDX_CTRL_CLEAR_MASTER:
> + cdx_clear_master(cdx_dev);
> + return 0;
> + case VFIO_CDX_CTRL_SET_MASTER:
> + return cdx_set_master(cdx_dev);
> + default:
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +}
> +
> static long vfio_cdx_ioctl(struct vfio_device *core_vdev,
> unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> {
> @@ -112,6 +136,8 @@ static long vfio_cdx_ioctl(struct vfio_device *core_vdev,
> return vfio_cdx_ioctl_get_region_info(vdev, uarg);
> case VFIO_DEVICE_RESET:
> return cdx_dev_reset(core_vdev->dev);
> + case VFIO_DEVICE_CDX_CTRL:
> + return vfio_cdx_ioctl_ctrl(vdev, uarg);
> default:
> return -ENOTTY;
> }
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> index 20c804bdc09c..5f6a58f9f8e2 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> @@ -1649,6 +1649,20 @@ struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_remove {
> };
> #define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 20)
>
> +/**
> + * VFIO_DEVICE_CDX_CTRL - _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 21)
> + *
> + * Control CDX device.
> + * Variable op is set as per the operation required

But what is argsz set to?

> + */
> +struct vfio_device_cdx_ctrl {
> + __u32 argsz;
> + __u32 op;
> +#define VFIO_CDX_CTRL_SET_MASTER 0 /* Set Bus Master */
> +#define VFIO_CDX_CTRL_CLEAR_MASTER 1 /* Clear Bus Master */
> +};
> +#define VFIO_DEVICE_CDX_CTRL _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 21)
> +

Doesn't vfio stuff require a spec and agreement on the interface
somewhere? Has that happened here already?

And why an ioctl? Why would userspace care about this type of control?

thanks,

greg k-h