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Subject: [PATCH v2 05/10] hw/vfio/pci: Back the CXL memory with a RAM-device region
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:14:07 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916184412.3825713-6-mhonap@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916184412.3825713-1-mhonap@nvidia.com>
From: Manish Honap <mhonap@nvidia.com>
mmap the kernel's HDM memory region so its host physical pages back a
RAM-device MemoryRegion. It stays out of the guest address space until
the guest commits its decoder and QEMU learns the GPA to place it at.
AI-used-for: code (prototype)
Signed-off-by: Manish Honap <mhonap@nvidia.com>
---
hw/vfio/pci.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
hw/vfio/pci.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 10b13f200d..4716266595 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3221,8 +3221,11 @@ bool vfio_pci_populate_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
return true;
}
+static void vfio_cxl_teardown(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev);
+
void vfio_pci_put_device(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
{
+ vfio_cxl_teardown(vdev);
vfio_display_finalize(vdev);
vfio_bars_finalize(vdev);
vfio_cpr_pci_unregister_device(vdev);
@@ -3696,11 +3699,42 @@ static bool vfio_cxl_setup(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
return false;
}
+ /*
+ * The HDM memory is host physical. Set up the region, which installs the
+ * fd read/write path, and mmap it for direct guest access; it is added to
+ * the guest address space only once the guest commits its endpoint decoder.
+ */
+ if (vfio_region_setup(OBJECT(vdev), vbasedev, &cxl->mem_region,
+ cxl->mem_region_index, "cxl-mem", errp)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (vfio_region_mmap(&cxl->mem_region)) {
+ /*
+ * Without mmap the region falls back to the kernel's fd read/write
+ * path, which works but traps every access. Warn rather than fail.
+ */
+ warn_report("vfio-cxl: %s: failed to mmap the HDM memory region; "
+ "performance may be slow", vbasedev->name);
+ }
+
cxl->enabled = true;
return true;
}
+static void vfio_cxl_teardown(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
+{
+ VFIOCXL *cxl = &vdev->cxl;
+
+ if (!cxl->enabled) {
+ return;
+ }
+ if (cxl->mem_region.mem) {
+ vfio_region_exit(&cxl->mem_region);
+ vfio_region_finalize(&cxl->mem_region);
+ }
+}
+
static void vfio_pci_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
{
ERRP_GUARD();
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index 7fdd695704..06d15e807d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOCXL {
uint32_t comp_bar; /* component BAR carrying that block */
uint64_t hdm_offset; /* block offset within the component BAR */
uint64_t dpa_size; /* size of the HDM memory region */
+ VFIORegion mem_region; /* HDM memory, mapped at committed GPA */
} VFIOCXL;
struct VFIOPCIDevice {
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 18:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 18:44 [PATCH v2 00/10] QEMU: CXL Type-2 device passthrough via vfio-pci mhonap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] linux-headers: Update vfio.h for CXL Type-2 passthrough mhonap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] hw/vfio/region: Add vfio_region_setup_with_ops() mhonap
2026-09-17 13:27 ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 10:48 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] hw/vfio/pci: Detect a CXL Type-2 device and read its geometry mhonap
2026-09-17 16:04 ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 10:49 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] hw/vfio/pci: Enforce the passthrough topology for a CXL device mhonap
2026-09-17 13:20 ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 10:45 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` mhonap [this message]
2026-09-17 13:56 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] hw/vfio/pci: Back the CXL memory with a RAM-device region Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 10:55 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] hw/vfio/pci: Bind a CXL device to its fixed memory window mhonap
2026-09-17 16:00 ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 11:03 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] hw/vfio/pci: Map the CXL memory on the guest decoder commit mhonap
2026-09-18 16:08 ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-09-21 11:14 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-20 9:14 ` Junjie Cao
2026-09-21 11:17 ` Manish Honap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] docs/cxl: Document CXL Type-2 device passthrough mhonap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] hw/arm/smmu-common: Allow pxb-cxl as an SMMUv3 primary bus mhonap
2026-09-16 18:44 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] hw/pci-host: Emit a _DSM on pxb-cxl to preserve firmware PCI config mhonap
2026-09-20 9:14 ` Junjie Cao
2026-09-21 11:20 ` Manish Honap
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