[PATCH v2] usb: usbfs: correct kernel->user page attribute mismatch

[PATCH v2] usb: usbfs: correct kernel->user page attribute mismatch

[Jeremy Linton]

On some architectures (e.g. arm64) requests for
IO coherent memory may use non-cachable attributes if
the relevant device isn't cache coherent. If these
pages are then remapped into userspace as cacheable,
they may not be coherent with the non-cacheable mappings.

In particular this happens with libusb, when it attempts
to create zero-copy buffers for use by rtl-sdr
(https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr/). On low end arm
devices with non-coherent USB ports, the application will
be unexpectedly killed, while continuing to work fine on
arm machines with coherent USB controllers.

This bug has been discovered/reported a few times over
the last few years. In the case of rtl-sdr a compile time
option to enable/disable zero copy was implemented to
work around it.

Rather than relaying on application specific workarounds,
dma_mmap_coherent() can be used instead of remap_pfn_range().
The page cache/etc attributes will then be correctly set in
userspace to match the kernel mapping.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
---
v1->v2:
	Update commit message and change to dma_mmap_coherent()
	from dma_mmap_attr(,,,0) which are the same.

 drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 6833c918abce..b9db9812d6c5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static int usbdev_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct usb_memory *usbm = NULL;
 	struct usb_dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
+	struct usb_hcd *hcd = bus_to_hcd(ps->dev->bus);
 	size_t size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 	void *mem;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -250,9 +251,7 @@ static int usbdev_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	usbm->vma_use_count = 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&usbm->memlist);
 
-	if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
-			virt_to_phys(usbm->mem) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-			size, vma->vm_page_prot) < 0) {
+	if (dma_mmap_coherent(hcd->self.sysdev, vma, mem, dma_handle, size)) {
 		dec_usb_memory_use_count(usbm, &usbm->vma_use_count);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
-- 
2.24.1


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Re: [PATCH v2] usb: usbfs: correct kernel->user page attribute mismatch

[Peter Chen]

On 20-05-04 15:13:48, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> On some architectures (e.g. arm64) requests for
> IO coherent memory may use non-cachable attributes if
> the relevant device isn't cache coherent. If these
> pages are then remapped into userspace as cacheable,
> they may not be coherent with the non-cacheable mappings.
> 
> In particular this happens with libusb, when it attempts
> to create zero-copy buffers for use by rtl-sdr
> (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fosmocom%2Frtl-sdr%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cpeter.chen%40nxp.com%7Cb088a6f1a4d5462d65e808d7f067b1b2%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C637242200467457447&sdata=nPbLuHBIWqKSc0h4UGqRBv7W7wcQ0SYwq51ggLVcBVs%3D&reserved=0). On low end arm
> devices with non-coherent USB ports, the application will
> be unexpectedly killed, while continuing to work fine on
> arm machines with coherent USB controllers.
> 
> This bug has been discovered/reported a few times over
> the last few years. In the case of rtl-sdr a compile time
> option to enable/disable zero copy was implemented to
> work around it.
> 
> Rather than relaying on application specific workarounds,
> dma_mmap_coherent() can be used instead of remap_pfn_range().
> The page cache/etc attributes will then be correctly set in
> userspace to match the kernel mapping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> 	Update commit message and change to dma_mmap_coherent()
> 	from dma_mmap_attr(,,,0) which are the same.
> 
>  drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> index 6833c918abce..b9db9812d6c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> @@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static int usbdev_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>  	struct usb_memory *usbm = NULL;
>  	struct usb_dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
> +	struct usb_hcd *hcd = bus_to_hcd(ps->dev->bus);
>  	size_t size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
>  	void *mem;
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -250,9 +251,7 @@ static int usbdev_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	usbm->vma_use_count = 1;
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&usbm->memlist);
>  
> -	if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
> -			virt_to_phys(usbm->mem) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> -			size, vma->vm_page_prot) < 0) {
> +	if (dma_mmap_coherent(hcd->self.sysdev, vma, mem, dma_handle, size)) {
>  		dec_usb_memory_use_count(usbm, &usbm->vma_use_count);
>  		return -EAGAIN;
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.24.1
> 

Tested at NXP imx8qm (ARM64) platform, it fixes mmap issue for using
libusb.

I am not sure if it covers all use cases at hcd_buffer_alloc.

-- 

Thanks,
Peter Chen
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