From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com>
To: <will@kernel.org>, <robin.murphy@arm.com>, <jgg@nvidia.com>
Cc: <joro@8bytes.org>, <praan@google.com>, <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
<smostafa@google.com>, <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
<iommu@lists.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<jamien@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 0/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Adopt the crashed kernel's stream table for kdump
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:52:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1783729633.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com> (raw)
When transitioning to a kdump kernel, the primary kernel might have crashed
while endpoint devices were actively bus-mastering DMA. Currently, the SMMU
driver aggressively resets the hardware during probe by clearing CR0_SMMUEN
and setting the Global Bypass Attribute (GBPA) to ABORT.
In a kdump scenario, this aggressive reset is highly destructive:
a) If GBPA is set to ABORT, in-flight DMA will be aborted, generating fatal
PCIe AER or SErrors that may panic the kdump kernel
b) If GBPA is set to BYPASS, in-flight DMA targeting some IOVAs will bypass
the SMMU and corrupt the physical memory at those 1:1 mapped IOVAs.
To safely absorb in-flight DMA, the kdump kernel must leave SMMUEN=1 intact
and avoid modifying STRTAB_BASE. This allows HW to continue translating in-
flight DMA using the crashed kernel's page tables until the endpoint device
drivers probe and quiesce their respective hardware.
However, the ARM SMMUv3 architecture specification states that updating the
SMMU_STRTAB_BASE register while SMMUEN == 1 is UNPREDICTABLE or ignored.
This leaves a kdump kernel no choice but to adopt the stream table from the
crashed kernel.
In this series:
- Introduce an ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT
- Skip SMMUEN and STRTAB_BASE resets in arm_smmu_device_reset()
- Skip EVENTQ/PRIQ setup including interrupts and their handlers
- Memremap the crashed kernel's stream tables into the kdump kernel [*]
- Reserve the crashed kernel's in-use ASIDs and VMIDs, preventing any TLB
aliasing with the kdump kernel's own domains
- Defer any default domain attachment to retain STEs until device drivers
explicitly request it.
Most of the kdump code is added to a new arm-smmu-v3-kdump.c that is only
built when CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is enabled.
[*] For verification reasons, this series only fixes coherent SMMUs.
For non-ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT cases, keep a status quo since the commit
3f54c447df34f ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Don't disable SMMU in kdump kernel"):
full reset followed by driver-initiated reattach, potentially rejecting any
in-flight DMA.
Note that this series is no longer treated as a bug fix, since it has grown
fairly big and most of the kdump code now resides in a separate file. For
folks interested in back-porting the change: a v6.12+ kernel (since commit
85196f54743d ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Reorganize struct arm_smmu_strtab_cfg"))
would be still compatible with this series.
This is on Github:
https://github.com/nicolinc/iommufd/commits/smmuv3_kdump-v8
Changelog
v8
* Move the kdump code into a new arm-smmu-v3-kdump.c
* Move the EVTQ/PRIQ patches to the front of the series
* Prefix "kdump: " to prints via dev_fmt in the new file
* Add a prep patch destroying the vmid_map ida via devres
* Reject valid-span L1 descriptors with a null L2 pointer
* Document notes/limitations at the top of arm-smmu-v3-kdump.c
* Rename arm_smmu_kdump_adopt_l2_strtab() to a deferred variant
* Add a new patch reserving the crashed kernel's ASIDs and VMIDs
* Make arm_smmu_get_step_for_sid() a static inline in the header
* Validate alignments of the adopted stream table base addresses
* Retarget to the merge window; drop the Fixes and Cc-stable tags
* Rename the kdump probe function to arm_smmu_device_kdump_probe()
* Document that a disabled event queue discards new events silently
* Add a common arm_smmu_is_attach_deferred() calling a kdump helper
* Document that acking SFM_ERR is defined but does not exit the SFM
* Document that CR0 queue enables can be cleared while SMMUEN is set
* Clear only the CR0 queue enables in kdump reset, keeping other fields
v7
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1782799827.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* Rebase v7.2-rc1
* Add Reviewed-by from Pranjal
* Reword the linear stream table adoption comment
* Use dev_dbg for the stream table adoption message
* Document why the lazy L2 adoption uses devm_memremap()
* Drop redundant FEAT_COHERENCY checks in the adopt functions
* Use feature bit instead of STRTAB_BASE_CFG in adopt cleanup
* Skip CR0_ATSCHK update in adopt mode to retain the crashed policy
* Restore FEAT_2_LVL_STRTAB if the cleanup action fails to register
v6
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1779265413.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* Rebase v7.1-rc3
* Add Reviewed-by from Jason
* Replace dma_addr_t with phys_addr_t
* Drop arm_smmu_kdump_phys_is_corrupted()
* Skip threaded IRQ handlers for EVTQ and PRIQ
* Bypass arm_smmu_rmr_install_bypass_ste() in kdump case
* Drop devm_ for adopt-time allocations; set up cleanup function via
devm_add_action_or_reset()
v5
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1778416609.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* Add Reviewed-by from Kevin
* Drop READ_ONCE on lazy-attach L1 read
* Split "Skip EVTQ/PRIQ setup" into two patches
* Tighten kdump probe comment and dev_warn message
* Use MEM + BUSY in arm_smmu_kdump_phys_is_corrupted
v4
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1777446969.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* Rebase v7.1-rc1
* s/arm_smmu_adopt/arm_smmu_kdump_adopt
* Revert alloc/memremap/fmt on fallback
* Reorder patches to avoid bisect regression
* Use IRQ_NONE for spurious evtq/priq entries
* Cap linear log2size by kdump's allocation bound
* Defer clearing FEAT_2_LVL_STRTAB on linear adopt
* Add arm_smmu_kdump_phys_is_corrupted() validation
* Defer l2 stream table memremap till master inserts
* Re-validate L1 desc on master insert with READ_ONCE
v3
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1777150307.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* s/OPT_KDUMP/OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT
* Do not adopt if GERROR_SFM_ERR
* Retain CR0_ATSCHK beside CR0_SMMUEN
* Clear latched GERROR bits (e.g. CMDQ_ERR)
* Assert ARM_SMMU_FEAT_COHERENCY in adopt functions
* Add STE.Cfg check in arm_smmu_is_attach_deferred()
* Fix validations on return codes from devm_memremap()
* Sanitize crashed kernel register values in adopt functions
* Drop unnecessary l2ptrs guard in arm_smmu_is_attach_deferred()
* Don't enable PRIQ/EVTQ irqs and guard the irq functions for combined
irq cases
v2
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1776286352.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
* Add warning in non-coherent SMMU cases
* Keep eventq/priq disabled vs. enabling-and-disabling-later
* Check KDUMP option in the beginning of arm_smmu_device_reset()
* Validate STRTAB format matches HW capability instead of forcing flags
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1775763475.git.nicolinc@nvidia.com/
Nicolin Chen (9):
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Do not enable EVTQ/PRIQ interrupts in kdump kernel
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip EVTQ/PRIQ setup in kdump kernel
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT for kdump kernel
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Destroy vmid_map ida via devres
iommu/arm-smmu-v3-kdump: Reserve crashed kernel's ASIDs and VMIDs
iommu/arm-smmu-v3-kdump: Implement is_attach_deferred()
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Retain CR0_SMMUEN during kdump device reset
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip RMR bypass for kdump adoption
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Detect ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT in probe()
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h | 48 ++
.../iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-kdump.c | 579 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 246 ++++++--
4 files changed, 806 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-kdump.c
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2.43.0
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2026-07-11 0:52 Nicolin Chen [this message]
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 1/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Do not enable EVTQ/PRIQ interrupts in kdump kernel Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 2/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip EVTQ/PRIQ setup " Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 3/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT for " Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 4/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Destroy vmid_map ida via devres Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 5/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3-kdump: Reserve crashed kernel's ASIDs and VMIDs Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 6/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3-kdump: Implement is_attach_deferred() Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 7/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Retain CR0_SMMUEN during kdump device reset Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 8/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip RMR bypass for kdump adoption Nicolin Chen
2026-07-11 0:52 ` [PATCH v8 9/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Detect ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT in probe() Nicolin Chen
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