[PATCH v3 02/10] devicetree: Add generic IOMMU device tree bindings

Varun Sethi
2014-07-04T06:42:48Z

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> From: iommu-bounces at lists.linux-foundation.org [mailto:iommu-
> bounces at lists.linux-foundation.org] On Behalf Of Thierry Reding
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 2:20 AM
> To: Rob Herring; Pawel Moll; Mark Rutland; Ian Campbell; Kumar Gala;
> Stephen Warren; Arnd Bergmann; Will Deacon; Joerg Roedel
> Cc: Olav Haugan; devicetree at vger.kernel.org; Grant Grundler; Rhyland
> Klein; iommu at lists.linux-foundation.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org;
> Marc Zyngier; Allen Martin; Paul Walmsley; linux-tegra at vger.kernel.org;
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> Subject: [PATCH v3 02/10] devicetree: Add generic IOMMU device tree
> bindings
>
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
>
> This commit introduces a generic device tree binding for IOMMU devices.
> Only a very minimal subset is described here, but it is enough to cover
> the requirements of both the Exynos System MMU and Tegra SMMU as
> discussed here:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/27/346
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - use #iommu-cells instead of #address-cells/#size-cells
> - drop optional iommu-names property
>
> Changes in v2:
> - add notes about "dma-ranges" property (drop note from commit message)
> - document priorities of "iommus" property vs. "dma-ranges" property
> - drop #iommu-cells in favour of #address-cells and #size-cells
> - remove multiple-master device example
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt | 156
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f8f03f057156
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
> +This document describes the generic device tree binding for IOMMUs and
> +their master(s).
> +
> +
> +IOMMU device node:
> +==================
> +
> +An IOMMU can provide the following services:
> +
> +* Remap address space to allow devices to access physical memory ranges
> +that
> + they otherwise wouldn't be capable of accessing.
> +
> + Example: 32-bit DMA to 64-bit physical addresses
> +
> +* Implement scatter-gather at page level granularity so that the device
> +does
> + not have to.
> +
> +* Provide system protection against "rogue" DMA by forcing all accesses
> +to go
> + through the IOMMU and faulting when encountering accesses to unmapped
> + address regions.
> +
> +* Provide address space isolation between multiple contexts.
> +
> + Example: Virtualization
> +
> +Device nodes compatible with this binding represent hardware with some
> +of the above capabilities.
> +
> +IOMMUs can be single-master or multiple-master. Single-master IOMMU
> +devices typically have a fixed association to the master device,
> +whereas multiple- master IOMMU devices can translate accesses from more
> than one master.
> +
> +The device tree node of the IOMMU device's parent bus must contain a
> +valid "dma-ranges" property that describes how the physical address
> +space of the IOMMU maps to memory. An empty "dma-ranges" property means
> +that there is a
> +1:1 mapping from IOMMU to memory.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +--------------------
> +- #iommu-cells: The number of cells in an IOMMU specifier needed to
> +encode an
> + address.
> +
> +Typical values for the above include:
> +- #iommu-cells = <0>: Single master IOMMU devices are not configurable
> +and
> + therefore no additional information needs to be encoded in the
> specifier.
> + This may also apply to multiple master IOMMU devices that do not
> +allow the
> + association of masters to be configured.
> +- #iommu-cells = <1>: Multiple master IOMMU devices may need to be
> +configured
> + in order to enable translation for a given master. In such cases the
> +single
> + address cell corresponds to the master device's ID.
> +- #iommu-cells = <4>: Some IOMMU devices allow the DMA window for
> +masters to
> + be configured. The first cell of the address in this may contain the
> +master
> + device's ID for example, while the second cell could contain the
> +start of
> + the DMA window for the given device. The length of the DMA window is
> +given
> + by the third and fourth cells.
> +
> +
> +IOMMU master node:
> +==================
> +
> +Devices that access memory through an IOMMU are called masters. A
> +device can have multiple master interfaces (to one or more IOMMU
> devices).
> +
> +Required properties:
> +--------------------
> +- iommus: A list of phandle and IOMMU specifier pairs that describe the
> +IOMMU
> + master interfaces of the device. One entry in the list describes one
> +master
> + interface of the device.
> +
> +When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU
> +will be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists
> +in the device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this
> +rule is if the referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the
> +"dma-ranges" property of the parent shall take effect.
> +
> +
> +Notes:
> +======
> +
> +One possible extension to the above is to use an "iommus" property
> +along with a "dma-ranges" property in a bus device node (such as PCI
> +host bridges). This can be useful to describe how children on the bus
> +relate to the IOMMU if they are not explicitly listed in the device
> +tree (e.g. PCI devices). However, the requirements of that use-case
> +haven't been fully determined yet. Implementing this is therefore not
> +recommended without further discussion and extension of this binding.
> +
> +
> +Examples:
> +=========
> +
> +Single-master IOMMU:
> +--------------------
> +
> + iommu {
> + #iommu-cells = <0>;
> + };
> +
> + master {
> + iommus = <&/iommu>;
> + };
> +
> +Multiple-master IOMMU with fixed associations:
> +----------------------------------------------
> +
> + /* multiple-master IOMMU */
> + iommu {
> + /*
> + * Masters are statically associated with this IOMMU and
> + * address translation is always enabled.
> + */
> + #iommu-cells = <0>;
> + };
> +
> + /* static association with IOMMU */
> + master at 1 {
> + reg = <1>;
> + iommus = <&/iommu>;
> + };
> +
> + /* static association with IOMMU */
> + master at 2 {
> + reg = <2>;
> + iommus = <&/iommu>;
> + };
> +
> +Multiple-master IOMMU:
> +----------------------
> +
> + iommu {
> + /* the specifier represents the ID of the master */
> + #iommu-cells = <1>;
> + };
> +
> + master {
> + /* device has master ID 42 in the IOMMU */
> + iommus = <&/iommu 42>;
> + };
> +
Master node corresponds to the device node, right? Master ID would correspond to Stream ID? We are already using "iommu-parent" property to link a device to its corresponding IOMMU. We can use the same property instead of using "iommus".

-Varun