[PATCH net-next v3 1/2] dma-mapping: introduce DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED for pre-decrypted memory

Jiri Pirko
2026-03-05T12:36:45Z

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>

Current CC designs don't place a vIOMMU in front of untrusted devices.
Instead, the DMA API forces all untrusted device DMA through swiotlb
bounce buffers (is_swiotlb_force_bounce()) which copies data into
decrypted memory on behalf of the device.

When a caller has already arranged for the memory to be decrypted
via set_memory_decrypted(), the DMA API needs to know so it can map
directly using the unencrypted physical address rather than bounce
buffering. Following the pattern of DMA_ATTR_MMIO, add
DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED for this purpose. Like the MMIO case, only the
caller knows what kind of memory it has and must inform the DMA API
for it to work correctly.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
---
v1->v2:
- rebased on top of recent dma-mapping-fixes
---
include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 6 ++++++
include/trace/events/dma.h | 3 ++-
kernel/dma/direct.h | 14 +++++++++++---
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 29973baa0581..ae3d85e494ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
* a cacheline must have this attribute for this to be considered safe.
*/
#define DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN (1UL << 11)
+/*
+ * DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED: Indicates memory that has been explicitly decrypted
+ * (shared) for confidential computing guests. The caller must have
+ * called set_memory_decrypted(). A struct page is required.
+ */
+#define DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED (1UL << 12)

/*
* A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform. It can
diff --git a/include/trace/events/dma.h b/include/trace/events/dma.h
index 33e99e792f1a..b8082d5177c4 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/dma.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/dma.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(DMA_NONE);
{ DMA_ATTR_ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES, "ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES" }, \
{ DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN, "NO_WARN" }, \
{ DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED, "PRIVILEGED" }, \
- { DMA_ATTR_MMIO, "MMIO" })
+ { DMA_ATTR_MMIO, "MMIO" }, \
+ { DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED, "CC_DECRYPTED" })

DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(dma_map,
TP_PROTO(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.h b/kernel/dma/direct.h
index e89f175e9c2d..c047a9d0fda3 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.h
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.h
@@ -84,16 +84,24 @@ static inline dma_addr_t dma_direct_map_phys(struct device *dev,
dma_addr_t dma_addr;

if (is_swiotlb_force_bounce(dev)) {
- if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO)
- return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
+ if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED)) {
+ if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO)
+ return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;

- return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
+ return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
+ }
+ } else if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED) {
+ return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
}

if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO) {
dma_addr = phys;
if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, false)))
goto err_overflow;
+ } else if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED) {
+ dma_addr = phys_to_dma_unencrypted(dev, phys);
+ if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, false)))
+ goto err_overflow;
} else {
dma_addr = phys_to_dma(dev, phys);
if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, true)) ||
--
2.51.1