From: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
To: Abdifatah Suruur <suruurism@gmail.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>,
Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@google.com>,
Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/platform: keep logical vm_pgoff in MMIO region mmap
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 15:52:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <882503c8-6993-452a-98e5-2eb72faff58b@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903092927.502-1-suruurism@gmail.com>
Hi Abdifatah,
On 9/3/26 11:29 AM, Abdifatah Suruur wrote:
> vfio_platform_mmap_mmio() overwrites vma->vm_pgoff with the physical
> frame number of the MMIO region and passes it to remap_pfn_range().
> The VMA is inserted into the device file's mapping->i_mmap interval
> tree keyed by vm_pgoff, which VFIO expects to be the logical file
> offset: the core links every device mmap to the device inode's
> i_mapping precisely so that unmap_mapping_range() can revoke all
> mappings associated with a device (see vfio_device_cdev_open()).
>
> With a raw PFN in vm_pgoff the interval tree entry lands in the wrong
> coordinate space and unmap_mapping_range() cannot find the VMA,
> leaving stale MMIO mappings behind any revocation attempt. Keep
> vm_pgoff in the logical VFIO offset space, as vfio-pci does, and pass
> the physical PFN to remap_pfn_range() explicitly.
>
> Fixes: fad4d5b1f042a ("vfio/platform: support MMAP of MMIO regions")
> Signed-off-by: Abdifatah Suruur <suruurism@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> --- a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c
> @@ -559,6 +559,5 @@
> vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> - vma->vm_pgoff = (region.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff;
> -
> - return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_pgoff,
> + return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
> + (region.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff,
> req_len, vma->vm_page_prot);
> }
>
While at it, don't you want to fix the same pattern in cdx/main.c,
fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c?
Thanks
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 13:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 9:29 [PATCH] vfio/platform: keep logical vm_pgoff in MMIO region mmap Abdifatah Suruur
2026-09-04 13:52 ` Eric Auger [this message]
2026-09-06 12:33 ` Abdifatah Suruur
2026-09-07 5:00 ` Eric Auger
2026-09-07 14:10 ` Eric Auger
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