[PATCH v5 2/2] dma-buf: heaps: system: add system_cc_shared heap for explicitly shared memory

Jiri Pirko
2026-03-25T19:24:04Z

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>

Add a new "system_cc_shared" dma-buf heap to allow userspace to
allocate shared (decrypted) memory for confidential computing (CoCo)
VMs.

On CoCo VMs, guest memory is private by default. The hardware uses an
encryption bit in page table entries (C-bit on AMD SEV, "shared" bit on
Intel TDX) to control whether a given memory access is private or
shared. The kernel's direct map is set up as private,
so pages returned by alloc_pages() are private in the direct map
by default. To make this memory usable for devices that do not support
DMA to private memory (no TDISP support), it has to be explicitly
shared. A couple of things are needed to properly handle
shared memory for the dma-buf use case:

- set_memory_decrypted() on the direct map after allocation:
Besides clearing the encryption bit in the direct map PTEs, this
also notifies the hypervisor about the page state change. On free,
the inverse set_memory_encrypted() must be called before returning
pages to the allocator. If re-encryption fails, pages
are intentionally leaked to prevent shared memory from being
reused as private.

- pgprot_decrypted() for userspace and kernel virtual mappings:
Any new mapping of the shared pages, be it to userspace via
mmap or to kernel vmalloc space via vmap, creates PTEs independent
of the direct map. These must also have the encryption bit cleared,
otherwise accesses through them would see encrypted (garbage) data.

- DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED for DMA mapping:
Since the pages are already shared, the DMA API needs to be
informed via DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED so it can map them correctly
as unencrypted for device access.

On non-CoCo VMs, the system_cc_shared heap is not registered
to prevent misuse by userspace that does not understand
the security implications of explicitly shared memory.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
---
v4->v5:
- bools renamed: s/decrypted/cc_decrypted/
- other renames: s/decrypted/decrypted/ - this included name of the heap
v2->v3:
- removed couple of leftovers from headers
v1->v2:
- fixed build errors on s390 by including mem_encrypt.h
- converted system heap flag implementation to a separate heap
---
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
index b3650d8fd651..03c2b87cb111 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
@@ -10,17 +10,25 @@
* Andrew F. Davis <afd@ti.com>
*/

+#include <linux/cc_platform.h>
#include <linux/dma-buf.h>
#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/dma-heap.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/mem_encrypt.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/pgtable.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>

+struct system_heap_priv {
+ bool cc_shared;
+};
+
struct system_heap_buffer {
struct dma_heap *heap;
struct list_head attachments;
@@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ struct system_heap_buffer {
struct sg_table sg_table;
int vmap_cnt;
void *vaddr;
+ bool cc_shared;
};

struct dma_heap_attachment {
@@ -36,6 +45,7 @@ struct dma_heap_attachment {
struct sg_table table;
struct list_head list;
bool mapped;
+ bool cc_shared;
};

#define LOW_ORDER_GFP (GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO)
@@ -52,6 +62,34 @@ static gfp_t order_flags[] = {HIGH_ORDER_GFP, HIGH_ORDER_GFP, LOW_ORDER_GFP};
static const unsigned int orders[] = {8, 4, 0};
#define NUM_ORDERS ARRAY_SIZE(orders)

+static int system_heap_set_page_decrypted(struct page *page)
+{
+ unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+ unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << compound_order(page);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = set_memory_decrypted(addr, nr_pages);
+ if (ret)
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("dma-buf system heap: failed to decrypt page at %p\n",
+ page_address(page));
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int system_heap_set_page_encrypted(struct page *page)
+{
+ unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+ unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << compound_order(page);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = set_memory_encrypted(addr, nr_pages);
+ if (ret)
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("dma-buf system heap: failed to re-encrypt page at %p, leaking memory\n",
+ page_address(page));
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int dup_sg_table(struct sg_table *from, struct sg_table *to)
{
struct scatterlist *sg, *new_sg;
@@ -90,6 +128,7 @@ static int system_heap_attach(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
a->dev = attachment->dev;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&a->list);
a->mapped = false;
+ a->cc_shared = buffer->cc_shared;

attachment->priv = a;

@@ -119,9 +158,11 @@ static struct sg_table *system_heap_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attac
{
struct dma_heap_attachment *a = attachment->priv;
struct sg_table *table = &a->table;
+ unsigned long attrs;
int ret;

- ret = dma_map_sgtable(attachment->dev, table, direction, 0);
+ attrs = a->cc_shared ? DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED : 0;
+ ret = dma_map_sgtable(attachment->dev, table, direction, attrs);
if (ret)
return ERR_PTR(ret);

@@ -188,8 +229,13 @@ static int system_heap_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
unsigned long addr = vma->vm_start;
unsigned long pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
struct scatterlist *sg;
+ pgprot_t prot;
int i, ret;

+ prot = vma->vm_page_prot;
+ if (buffer->cc_shared)
+ prot = pgprot_decrypted(prot);
+
for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
unsigned long n = sg->length >> PAGE_SHIFT;

@@ -206,8 +252,7 @@ static int system_heap_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
if (addr + size > vma->vm_end)
size = vma->vm_end - addr;

- ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page),
- size, vma->vm_page_prot);
+ ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page), size, prot);
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -225,6 +270,7 @@ static void *system_heap_do_vmap(struct system_heap_buffer *buffer)
struct page **pages = vmalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * npages);
struct page **tmp = pages;
struct sg_page_iter piter;
+ pgprot_t prot;
void *vaddr;

if (!pages)
@@ -235,7 +281,10 @@ static void *system_heap_do_vmap(struct system_heap_buffer *buffer)
*tmp++ = sg_page_iter_page(&piter);
}

- vaddr = vmap(pages, npages, VM_MAP, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
+ if (buffer->cc_shared)
+ prot = pgprot_decrypted(prot);
+ vaddr = vmap(pages, npages, VM_MAP, prot);
vfree(pages);

if (!vaddr)
@@ -296,6 +345,14 @@ static void system_heap_dma_buf_release(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
struct page *page = sg_page(sg);

+ /*
+ * Intentionally leak pages that cannot be re-encrypted
+ * to prevent shared memory from being reused.
+ */
+ if (buffer->cc_shared &&
+ system_heap_set_page_encrypted(page))
+ continue;
+
__free_pages(page, compound_order(page));
}
sg_free_table(table);
@@ -347,6 +404,8 @@ static struct dma_buf *system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO(exp_info);
unsigned long size_remaining = len;
unsigned int max_order = orders[0];
+ struct system_heap_priv *priv = dma_heap_get_drvdata(heap);
+ bool cc_shared = priv->cc_shared;
struct dma_buf *dmabuf;
struct sg_table *table;
struct scatterlist *sg;
@@ -362,6 +421,7 @@ static struct dma_buf *system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
mutex_init(&buffer->lock);
buffer->heap = heap;
buffer->len = len;
+ buffer->cc_shared = cc_shared;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pages);
i = 0;
@@ -396,6 +456,14 @@ static struct dma_buf *system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
list_del(&page->lru);
}

+ if (cc_shared) {
+ for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
+ ret = system_heap_set_page_decrypted(sg_page(sg));
+ if (ret)
+ goto free_pages;
+ }
+ }
+
/* create the dmabuf */
exp_info.exp_name = dma_heap_get_name(heap);
exp_info.ops = &system_heap_buf_ops;
@@ -413,6 +481,13 @@ static struct dma_buf *system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap,
for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
struct page *p = sg_page(sg);

+ /*
+ * Intentionally leak pages that cannot be re-encrypted
+ * to prevent shared memory from being reused.
+ */
+ if (buffer->cc_shared &&
+ system_heap_set_page_encrypted(p))
+ continue;
__free_pages(p, compound_order(p));
}
sg_free_table(table);
@@ -428,6 +503,14 @@ static const struct dma_heap_ops system_heap_ops = {
.allocate = system_heap_allocate,
};

+static struct system_heap_priv system_heap_priv = {
+ .cc_shared = false,
+};
+
+static struct system_heap_priv system_heap_cc_shared_priv = {
+ .cc_shared = true,
+};
+
static int __init system_heap_create(void)
{
struct dma_heap_export_info exp_info;
@@ -435,8 +518,18 @@ static int __init system_heap_create(void)

exp_info.name = "system";
exp_info.ops = &system_heap_ops;
- exp_info.priv = NULL;
+ exp_info.priv = &system_heap_priv;
+
+ sys_heap = dma_heap_add(&exp_info);
+ if (IS_ERR(sys_heap))
+ return PTR_ERR(sys_heap);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) ||
+ !cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
+ return 0;

+ exp_info.name = "system_cc_shared";
+ exp_info.priv = &system_heap_cc_shared_priv;
sys_heap = dma_heap_add(&exp_info);
if (IS_ERR(sys_heap))
return PTR_ERR(sys_heap);
--
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