Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] iommu: Return -EMEDIUMTYPE for incompatible domain and device/group

[Yong Wu <yong.wu@mediatek.com>]

On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 06:16 +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > From: Yong Wu
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 1:39 PM
> > 
> > On Thu, 2022-06-23 at 19:44 -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 09:35:49AM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote:
> > > > External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 2022/6/24 04:00, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
> > > > > b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
> > > > > index e1cb51b9866c..5386d889429d 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu_v1.c
> > > > > @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int
> > > > > mtk_iommu_v1_attach_device(struct
> > > > > iommu_domain *domain, struct device
> > > > >       /* Only allow the domain created internally. */
> > > > >       mtk_mapping = data->mapping;
> > > > >       if (mtk_mapping->domain != domain)
> > > > > -             return 0;
> > > > > +             return -EMEDIUMTYPE;
> > > > > 
> > > > >       if (!data->m4u_dom) {
> > > > >               data->m4u_dom = dom;
> > > > 
> > > > This change looks odd. It turns the return value from success
> > > > to
> > > > failure. Is it a bug? If so, it should go through a separated
> > > > fix
> > > > patch.
> > 
> > Thanks for the review:)
> > 
> > > 
> > > Makes sense.
> > > 
> > > I read the commit log of the original change:
> > > 
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/1589530123-30240-1-git-send-email-
> > yong.wu@mediatek.com
> > > 
> > > It doesn't seem to allow devices to get attached to different
> > > domains other than the shared mapping->domain, created in the
> > > in the mtk_iommu_probe_device(). So it looks like returning 0
> > > is intentional. Though I am still very confused by this return
> > > value here, I doubt it has ever been used in a VFIO context.
> > 
> > It's not used in VFIO context. "return 0" just satisfy the iommu
> > framework to go ahead. and yes, here we only allow the shared
> > "mapping-
> > > domain" (All the devices share a domain created internally).
> > 
> > thus I think we should still keep "return 0" here.
> > 
> 
> What prevent this driver from being used in VFIO context?

Nothing prevent this. Just I didn't test. mtk_iommu_v1.c only is used
in mt2701 and there is no VFIO scenario. I'm not sure if it supports
VFIO. (mtk_iommu.c support VFIO.)

> and why would we want to go ahead when an obvious error occurs
> i.e. when a device is attached to an unexpected domain?

The iommu flow in this file always is a bit odd as we need share iommu
domain in ARM32. As I tested before in the above link, "The iommu
framework will create a iommu domain for each a device.", therefore we
have to *workaround* in this file.

And this was expected to be fixed by:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/cover.1597931875.git.robin.murphy@arm.com/

sorry, I don't know its current status.

Thanks.