Re: [PATCH v3 14/17] KVM: arm64: FFA: Remove access of endpoint memory access descriptor array

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 06:08:30 EST


On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:03:03 +0100,
Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> FF-A v1.1 removes the fixed location of endpoint memory access descriptor
> array within the memory transaction descriptor structure. In preparation
> to remove the ep_mem_access member from the ffa_mem_region structure,
> provide the accessor to fetch the offset and use the same in FF-A proxy
> implementation.
>
> The accessor take the boolean argument that indicates if the memory access
> descriptor versions is v1(old format) or not. Currently it is set true as
> FF-A proxy supports only v1.0
>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c | 8 ++++++--
> include/linux/arm_ffa.h | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
> index 6e4dba9eadef..5f956f53e6bf 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c
> @@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ static __always_inline void do_ffa_mem_xfer(const u64 func_id,
> DECLARE_REG(u32, fraglen, ctxt, 2);
> DECLARE_REG(u64, addr_mbz, ctxt, 3);
> DECLARE_REG(u32, npages_mbz, ctxt, 4);
> + struct ffa_mem_region_attributes *ep_mem_access;
> struct ffa_composite_mem_region *reg;
> struct ffa_mem_region *buf;
> u32 offset, nr_ranges;
> @@ -452,7 +453,8 @@ static __always_inline void do_ffa_mem_xfer(const u64 func_id,
> buf = hyp_buffers.tx;
> memcpy(buf, host_buffers.tx, fraglen);
>
> - offset = buf->ep_mem_access[0].composite_off;
> + ep_mem_access = (void *)buf + ffa_mem_desc_offset(buf, 0, true);
> + offset = ep_mem_access->composite_off;
> if (!offset || buf->ep_count != 1 || buf->sender_id != HOST_FFA_ID) {
> ret = FFA_RET_INVALID_PARAMETERS;
> goto out_unlock;
> @@ -504,6 +506,7 @@ static void do_ffa_mem_reclaim(struct arm_smccc_res *res,
> DECLARE_REG(u32, handle_lo, ctxt, 1);
> DECLARE_REG(u32, handle_hi, ctxt, 2);
> DECLARE_REG(u32, flags, ctxt, 3);
> + struct ffa_mem_region_attributes *ep_mem_access;
> struct ffa_composite_mem_region *reg;
> u32 offset, len, fraglen, fragoff;
> struct ffa_mem_region *buf;
> @@ -528,7 +531,8 @@ static void do_ffa_mem_reclaim(struct arm_smccc_res *res,
> len = res->a1;
> fraglen = res->a2;
>
> - offset = buf->ep_mem_access[0].composite_off;
> + ep_mem_access = (void *)buf + ffa_mem_desc_offset(buf, 0, true);
> + offset = ep_mem_access->composite_off;
> /*
> * We can trust the SPMD to get this right, but let's at least
> * check that we end up with something that doesn't look _completely_
> diff --git a/include/linux/arm_ffa.h b/include/linux/arm_ffa.h
> index 748d0a83a4bc..7be240e37f36 100644
> --- a/include/linux/arm_ffa.h
> +++ b/include/linux/arm_ffa.h
> @@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ struct ffa_mem_region {
> #define CONSTITUENTS_OFFSET(x) \
> (offsetof(struct ffa_composite_mem_region, constituents[x]))
>
> +static inline u32
> +ffa_mem_desc_offset(struct ffa_mem_region *buf, int count, bool mem_desc_v1)
> +{
> + return COMPOSITE_OFFSET(0);
> +}

If the goal of this patch is to introduce some versioning, why not
define this last parameter as an actual version number, PSCI style
(with a minor and major, each on a 16bit field)?

Even the name is pretty misleading, as both FFA versions are v1 (v1.0
vs v1.1...).

Thanks,

M.

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