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From: Matt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org>
To: "Alex Williamson" <alex@shazbot.org>,
	"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@kernel.org>,
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Cc: "Mahmoud Adam" <mngyadam@amazon.de>,
	"David Matlack" <dmatlack@google.com>,
	"Björn Töpel" <bjorn@kernel.org>,
	"Sumit Semwal" <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>,
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	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 08/10] vfio/pci: Support mmap() of a VFIO DMABUF
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2026 18:12:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701171245.90111-9-matt@ozlabs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701171245.90111-1-matt@ozlabs.org>

A VFIO DMABUF can export a subset of a BAR to userspace by fd; add
support for mmap() of this fd.  This provides another route for a
process to map BARs, in which the process can only map a specific
subset of a BAR represented by the exported DMABUF.

mmap() support enables userspace driver designs that safely delegate
access to BAR sub-ranges to other client processes by sharing a DMABUF
fd, without having to share the (omnipotent) VFIO device fd with them.

Since the main VFIO BAR mmap() is now DMABUF-aware, the new mmap() reuses
the existing vm_ops.

The lifecycle of an exported DMABUF remains decoupled from that of the
device fd it came from, i.e. the device fd could be closed with DMABUF
VMAs present, meaning a fault on a VMA could happen concurrently with
vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup().

To deal with this scenario, the fault handler now temporarily takes a
VFIO device registration to ensure the vdev remains valid, and then
vdev->memory_lock can be taken on it.

Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org>
---
 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c   | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 34 ++++++++++++
 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index d8cd7d752781..cd15b934912b 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/aperture.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-buf.h>
+#include <linux/dma-resv.h>
 #include <linux/eventfd.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -1739,19 +1741,78 @@ static vm_fault_t vfio_pci_mmap_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	/*
-	 * We can rely on the existence of both a DMABUF (priv) and
-	 * the VFIO device it was exported from (vdev).  This fault's
-	 * VMA was established using vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf()
-	 * which transfers ownership of the VFIO device fd to the
-	 * DMABUF, and so the VFIO device is held open because the
-	 * VMA's vm_file (DMABUF) is open.
+	 * The only thing this can rely on is that the DMABUF relating
+	 * to the VMA's vm_file exists (priv).
 	 *
-	 * Since vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() cannot have happened,
-	 * vdev must be valid; we can take memory_lock.
+	 * A DMABUF for a VFIO device fd mmap() holds a reference to
+	 * the original VFIO device fd, but an explicitly-exported
+	 * DMABUF does not.  The original fd might have closed,
+	 * meaning this fault can race with
+	 * vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(), meaning the buffer could have
+	 * been revoked (in which case priv->vdev might be NULL), and
+	 * the VFIO device registration might have been dropped.
+	 *
+	 * With the goal of taking vdev->memory_lock in a world where
+	 * vdev might not still exist:
+	 *
+	 * 1. Take the resv lock on the DMABUF:
+	 *  - If racing cleanup got in first, the buffer is revoked;
+	 *    stop/exit if so.
+	 *  - If we got in first, the buffer is not revoked so vdev is
+	 *    non-NULL, accessible, and cleanup _has not yet put the
+	 *    VFIO device registration_.  So, the device refcount must
+	 *    be >0.
+	 *
+	 * 2. Take vfio_device registration (refcount guaranteed >0
+	 *    hereafter).
+	 *
+	 * 3. Unlock the DMABUF's resv lock:
+	 *  - A racing cleanup can now complete.
+	 *  - But, the device refcount >0, meaning the vfio_device
+	 *    (and vfio_pcie_core device vdev) have not yet been
+	 *    freed.  vdev is accessible, even if the DMABUF has been
+	 *    revoked or cleanup has happened, because
+	 *    vfio_unregister_group_dev() can't complete.
+	 *
+	 * 4. Take the vdev->memory_lock
+	 *  - Either the DMABUF is usable, or has been cleaned up.
+	 *    Whichever, it can no longer change under us.
+	 *  - Test the DMABUF revocation status again: if it was
+	 *    revoked between 1 and 4 return a SIGBUS. Otherwise,
+	 *    return a PFN.
+	 *  - It's not necessary to also take the resv lock, because
+	 *    the status/vdev can't change while memory_lock is held.
+	 *
+	 * 5. Unlock, done.
 	 */
+
+	dma_resv_lock(priv->dmabuf->resv, NULL);
+
+	if (priv->revoked) {
+		pr_debug_ratelimited("%s VA 0x%lx, pgoff 0x%lx: DMABUF revoked/cleaned up\n",
+				     __func__, vmf->address, vma->vm_pgoff);
+		dma_resv_unlock(priv->dmabuf->resv);
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+	}
+
+	/* If the buffer isn't revoked, vdev is valid */
 	vdev = priv->vdev;
 
+	if (!vfio_device_try_get_registration(&vdev->vdev)) {
+		/*
+		 * If vdev != NULL (above), the registration should
+		 * already be >0 and so this try_get should never
+		 * fail.
+		 */
+		dev_warn(&vdev->pdev->dev, "%s: Unexpected registration failure\n",
+			 __func__);
+		dma_resv_unlock(priv->dmabuf->resv);
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+	}
+	dma_resv_unlock(priv->dmabuf->resv);
+
 	scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &vdev->memory_lock) {
+		/* Revocation status must be re-read, under memory_lock */
 		if (!priv->revoked) {
 			int pres = vfio_pci_dma_buf_find_pfn(priv, vma,
 							     vmf->address,
@@ -1770,6 +1831,7 @@ static vm_fault_t vfio_pci_mmap_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			    __func__, order, pfn, vmf->address,
 			    vma->vm_pgoff, (unsigned int)ret);
 
+	vfio_device_put_registration(&vdev->vdev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1785,6 +1847,11 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct vfio_pci_mmap_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+void vfio_pci_set_vma_ops(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	vma->vm_ops = &vfio_pci_mmap_ops;
+}
+
 int vfio_pci_core_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev =
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
index 08c56e2803ad..50b713249341 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,39 @@ static int vfio_pci_dma_buf_attach(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int vfio_pci_dma_buf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct vfio_pci_dma_buf *priv = dmabuf->priv;
+
+	/*
+	 * dma_buf_mmap_internal() has asserted that the VMA is
+	 * contained within the DMABUF size before calling this.
+	 *
+	 * Also, if we observe that the buffer is revoked now then
+	 * refuse the mmap().  This is a belt-and-braces early failure
+	 * to ease debugging a revoked buffer being used.  Userspace
+	 * might also race an mmap() against an explicit revocation,
+	 * or an action doing a temporary revoke; race scenarios are
+	 * still safe because the fault handler ultimately prevents
+	 * access to a revoked buffer if it isn't caught here.
+	 */
+	if (READ_ONCE(priv->revoked))
+		return -ENODEV;
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
+	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_decrypted(vma->vm_page_prot);
+
+	/* See comments in vfio_pci_core_mmap() re VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED. */
+	vm_flags_set(vma, VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED | VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP |
+		     VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP);
+	vma->vm_private_data = priv;
+	vfio_pci_set_vma_ops(vma);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF */
 
 static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_done(struct kref *kref)
@@ -94,6 +127,7 @@ static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_release(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
 static const struct dma_buf_ops vfio_pci_dmabuf_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
 	.attach = vfio_pci_dma_buf_attach,
+	.mmap = vfio_pci_dma_buf_mmap,
 #endif
 	.map_dma_buf = vfio_pci_dma_buf_map,
 	.unmap_dma_buf = vfio_pci_dma_buf_unmap,
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
index a8671d63b9ca..c3fa35381679 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ int vfio_pci_core_mmap_prep_dmabuf(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
 				   unsigned int res_index);
 void vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev);
 void vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, bool revoked);
+void vfio_pci_set_vma_ops(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF
 int vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, u32 flags,
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01 17:12 [PATCH v4 00/10] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] PCI/P2PDMA: Split pool-related cleanup out of pci_p2pdma_release() Matt Evans
2026-07-01 21:15   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-07-02 15:13   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] PCI/P2PDMA: Add CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA_CORE Matt Evans
2026-07-01 21:16   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-07-02 15:45   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-07-02 16:44     ` Matt Evans
2026-07-02 20:34       ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] vfio/pci: Add a helper to look up PFNs for DMABUFs Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] vfio/pci: Add a helper to create a DMABUF for a BAR-map VMA Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] vfio/pci: Provide a user-facing name for BAR mappings Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` Matt Evans [this message]
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] vfio/pci: Permanently revoke a DMABUF on request Matt Evans
2026-07-01 17:12 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] vfio/pci: Add mmap() attributes to DMABUF feature Matt Evans

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