Re: [PATCH for-4.18 v3] x86/pvh: fix identity mapping of low 1MB

["Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 05:11:58PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 17.10.2023 10:29, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > The mapping of memory regions below the 1MB mark was all done by the PVH dom0
> > builder code, causing the region to be avoided by the arch specific IOMMU
> > hardware domain initialization code.  That lead to the IOMMU being enabled
> > without reserved regions in the low 1MB identity mapped in the p2m for PVH
> > hardware domains.  Firmware which happens to be missing RMRR/IVMD ranges
> > describing E820 reserved regions in the low 1MB would transiently trigger IOMMU
> > faults until the p2m is populated by the PVH dom0 builder:
> > 
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:13.1 d0 addr 00000000000eb380 flags 0x20 RW
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:13.1 d0 addr 00000000000eb340 flags 0
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:13.2 d0 addr 00000000000ea1c0 flags 0
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:14.5 d0 addr 00000000000eb480 flags 0x20 RW
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:12.0 d0 addr 00000000000eb080 flags 0x20 RW
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:14.5 d0 addr 00000000000eb400 flags 0
> > AMD-Vi: IO_PAGE_FAULT: 0000:00:12.0 d0 addr 00000000000eb040 flags 0
> > 
> > Those errors have been observed on the osstest pinot{0,1} boxes (AMD Fam15h
> > Opteron(tm) Processor 3350 HE).
> > 
> > Rely on the IOMMU arch init code to create any identity mappings for reserved
> > regions in the low 1MB range (like it already does for reserved regions
> > elsewhere), and leave the mapping of any holes to be performed by the dom0
> > builder code.
> > 
> > Fixes: 6b4f6a31ace1 ('x86/PVH: de-duplicate mappings for first Mb of Dom0 memory')
> > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
> with one suggestion:
> 
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int __init pvh_populate_p2m(struct domain *d)
> >          }
> >      }
> >  
> > -    /* Non-RAM regions of space below 1MB get identity mapped. */
> > +    /* Identity map everything below 1MB that's not already mapped. */
> >      for ( i = rc = 0; i < MB1_PAGES; ++i )
> >      {
> >          p2m_type_t p2mt;
> > @@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ static int __init pvh_populate_p2m(struct domain *d)
> >              rc = set_mmio_p2m_entry(d, _gfn(i), _mfn(i), PAGE_ORDER_4K);
> >          else
> >              /*
> > -             * If the p2m entry is already set it must belong to a RMRR and
> > -             * already be identity mapped, or be a RAM region.
> > +             * If the p2m entry is already set it must belong to a RMRR/IVMD or
> > +             * reserved region and be identity mapped, or else be a RAM region.
> >               */
> >              ASSERT(p2mt == p2m_ram_rw || mfn_eq(mfn, _mfn(i)));
> 
> Would you mind wording the comment slightly differently, e.g.
> 
> "If the p2m entry is already set it must belong to a reserved region
>  (e.g. RMRR/IVMD) and be identity mapped, or else be a RAM region."
> 
> This is because such RMRR/IVMD regions are required to be in reserved
> ranges anyway.

IIRC there's an option to provide extra RMRR/IVMD regions on the
command line, and those are not required to be on reserved regions?

Otherwise LGTM, so would you mind adjusting at commit?

Thanks, Roger.