* [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries/iommu: Add TCEs for 16GB pages when RAM is pre-mapped
@ 2026-07-27 22:14 Gaurav Batra
2026-07-30 1:35 ` Ritesh Harjani
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Gaurav Batra @ 2026-07-27 22:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: maddy
Cc: linuxppc-dev, sbhat, vaibhav, donettom, harshpb, ritesh.list,
Gaurav Batra, stable
In powerPC, if Dynamic DMA Window is big enough, RAM is pre-mapped. To
determine the size of RAM, a PAPR+ property "ibm,lrdr-capacity" is used.
This OF property dictates what is the max size of RAM an LPAR can have,
including DR added memory.
In PowerPC, 16GB pages can be allocated at machine level and then
assigned to LPARs. These 16GB pages are added to LPAR memory at the time
of boot. The address range for these 16GB pages is above MAX RAM an LPAR
can have (ibm,lrdr-capacity). In the current implementation, these 16GB
pages are being excluded from pre-mapped TCEs. A driver can have DMA
buffers allocated from 16GB pages. This results in platform to raise an
EEH when DMA is attempted on buffers in 16GB memory range.
commit 6aa989ab2bd0 ("powerpc/pseries/iommu: memory notifier incorrectly
adds TCEs for pmemory")
Prior to the above patch, memblock_end_of_DRAM() was being used to
determine the MAX memory of an LPAR. This included 16GB pages as well.
The issue with using memblock_end_of_DRAM() is that when pmemory is
converted to RAM via daxctl command, the DDW engine will incorrectly try
to add TCEs for pmemory as well.
Below is the address distribution of RAM, 16GB pages and pmemory for an
LPAR with max memory of 256GB, memory allocated 64GB, 2 16GB pages and
assigned pmemory of 8GB.
RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK
0x0000000000000000-0x0000000fffffffff 64G online yes 0-255
0x0000004000000000-0x00000047ffffffff 32G online yes 1024-1151
cat /sys/bus/nd/devices/region0/resource
0x40100000000
cat /sys/bus/nd/devices/region0/size
8589934592
The approach to fix this problem is to revert back the code changes
introduced by the above patch and to stash away the MAX memory of an
LPAR, including 16GB pages, at the LPAR boot time. This value is then
used whenever TCEs are needed to be pre-mapped - enable_DDW() or,
iommu_mem_notifier()
Fixes: 6aa989ab2bd0 ("powerpc/pseries/iommu: memory notifier incorrectly adds TCEs for pmemory")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gaurav Batra <gbatra@linux.ibm.com>
---
Change log:
V3 -> V4
1. Ritesh: Change pseries_ddw_max_ram to __ro_after_init;
Response: Incorporated changes
2. Ritesh: Mark function ddw_memory_hotplug_max() as __init function
Response: Incorporated changes
3. Ritesh: This patch was made in v6.15. Since we want this to be backported, I
would suggested add a CC stable tag as well.
Response: Incorporated changes
V2 -> V3
1. Harsh: Remove R-b tags from the change log
Response: Incorporated changes
2. Harsh: Change WARN_ON() to WARN_ONCE()
Response: Incorporated changes
3. Harsh: Fix indendation
Response: Incorporated changes
4. Harsh: Replace comment with a log if limit < arg->nr_pages ?
Response: Doesn't seems to be needed since the WARN_ONCE() will log this
scenario. I removed the comment instead.
V1 -> V2
1. Harsh: Not only start_pfn, but end_pfn also needs to be within allowed
range, which may require clamping arg->nr_pages if crossing the limits.
Response: Incorporated changes.
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
index 3e1f915fe4f6..7f63adafaf91 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ static struct iommu_table *iommu_pseries_alloc_table(int node)
return tbl;
}
+static phys_addr_t pseries_ddw_max_ram __ro_after_init;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_IOMMU_API
static struct iommu_table_group_ops spapr_tce_table_group_ops;
#endif
@@ -1283,15 +1285,19 @@ struct failed_ddw_pdn {
static LIST_HEAD(failed_ddw_pdn_list);
-static phys_addr_t ddw_memory_hotplug_max(void)
+static phys_addr_t __init ddw_memory_hotplug_max(void)
{
- resource_size_t max_addr;
+ resource_size_t max_addr = memory_hotplug_max();
+ struct device_node *memory;
-#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
- max_addr = hot_add_drconf_memory_max();
-#else
- max_addr = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
-#endif
+ for_each_node_by_type(memory, "memory") {
+ struct resource res;
+
+ if (of_address_to_resource(memory, 0, &res))
+ continue;
+
+ max_addr = max_t(resource_size_t, max_addr, res.end + 1);
+ }
return max_addr;
}
@@ -1446,7 +1452,7 @@ static struct property *ddw_property_create(const char *propname, u32 liobn, u64
static bool enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn, u64 dma_mask)
{
int len = 0, ret;
- int max_ram_len = order_base_2(ddw_memory_hotplug_max());
+ int max_ram_len = order_base_2(pseries_ddw_max_ram);
struct ddw_query_response query;
struct ddw_create_response create;
int page_shift;
@@ -1668,7 +1674,7 @@ static bool enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn, u64 dma_mas
if (direct_mapping) {
/* DDW maps the whole partition, so enable direct DMA mapping */
- ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, ddw_memory_hotplug_max() >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+ ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, pseries_ddw_max_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT,
win64->value, tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP_walk);
if (ret) {
dev_info(&dev->dev, "failed to map DMA window for %pOF: %d\n",
@@ -2419,23 +2425,35 @@ static int iommu_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
{
struct dma_win *window;
struct memory_notify *arg = data;
+ unsigned long limit = arg->nr_pages;
+ unsigned long max_ram_pages = pseries_ddw_max_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT;
int ret = 0;
/* This notifier can get called when onlining persistent memory as well.
* TCEs are not pre-mapped for persistent memory. Persistent memory will
- * always be above ddw_memory_hotplug_max()
+ * always be above pseries_ddw_max_ram
*/
+ if (arg->start_pfn >= max_ram_pages)
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
+
+ /* RAM is being DLPAR'ed. The range should never exceed max ram.
+ * Just in case, clamp the range and throw a warning.
+ */
+ if (arg->start_pfn + limit > max_ram_pages) {
+ limit = max_ram_pages - arg->start_pfn;
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Limiting Page Range %lx - %lx to Max Mem Pages: %lx\n",
+ arg->start_pfn, arg->start_pfn + arg->nr_pages,
+ max_ram_pages);
+ }
switch (action) {
case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
spin_lock(&dma_win_list_lock);
list_for_each_entry(window, &dma_win_list, list) {
- if (window->direct && (arg->start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) <
- ddw_memory_hotplug_max()) {
+ if (window->direct) {
ret |= tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP(arg->start_pfn,
- arg->nr_pages, window->prop);
+ limit, window->prop);
}
- /* XXX log error */
}
spin_unlock(&dma_win_list_lock);
break;
@@ -2443,12 +2461,10 @@ static int iommu_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
case MEM_OFFLINE:
spin_lock(&dma_win_list_lock);
list_for_each_entry(window, &dma_win_list, list) {
- if (window->direct && (arg->start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) <
- ddw_memory_hotplug_max()) {
+ if (window->direct) {
ret |= tce_clearrange_multi_pSeriesLP(arg->start_pfn,
- arg->nr_pages, window->prop);
+ limit, window->prop);
}
- /* XXX log error */
}
spin_unlock(&dma_win_list_lock);
break;
@@ -2532,6 +2548,14 @@ void __init iommu_init_early_pSeries(void)
register_memory_notifier(&iommu_mem_nb);
set_pci_dma_ops(&dma_iommu_ops);
+
+ /* During init determine the max memory an LPAR can have and set it. This
+ * will be used for pre-mapping RAM in DDW. memblock_end_of_DRAM() can
+ * change during the running of LPAR - daxctl can add pmemory as
+ * "system-ram". This memory range should not be pre-mapped in DDW since
+ * the address of pmemory can be much higher than the DDW size.
+ */
+ pseries_ddw_max_ram = ddw_memory_hotplug_max();
}
static int __init disable_multitce(char *str)
base-commit: 6d35786de28116ecf78797a62b84e6bf3c45aa5a
--
2.39.3
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* Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries/iommu: Add TCEs for 16GB pages when RAM is pre-mapped
2026-07-27 22:14 [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries/iommu: Add TCEs for 16GB pages when RAM is pre-mapped Gaurav Batra
@ 2026-07-30 1:35 ` Ritesh Harjani
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ritesh Harjani @ 2026-07-30 1:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gaurav Batra, maddy
Cc: linuxppc-dev, sbhat, vaibhav, donettom, harshpb, Gaurav Batra,
stable
Hi Gaurav,
Gaurav Batra <gbatra@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> In powerPC, if Dynamic DMA Window is big enough, RAM is pre-mapped. To
> determine the size of RAM, a PAPR+ property "ibm,lrdr-capacity" is used.
> This OF property dictates what is the max size of RAM an LPAR can have,
> including DR added memory.
>
> In PowerPC, 16GB pages can be allocated at machine level and then
> assigned to LPARs. These 16GB pages are added to LPAR memory at the time
> of boot. The address range for these 16GB pages is above MAX RAM an LPAR
> can have (ibm,lrdr-capacity). In the current implementation, these 16GB
So these 16GB pages must be apperaing as "memory" nodes, because that's
how the code must be detecting them above "ibm,lrdr-capacity"?
Do you have the device node example for the same?
> pages are being excluded from pre-mapped TCEs. A driver can have DMA
> buffers allocated from 16GB pages. This results in platform to raise an
> EEH when DMA is attempted on buffers in 16GB memory range.
>
> commit 6aa989ab2bd0 ("powerpc/pseries/iommu: memory notifier incorrectly
> adds TCEs for pmemory")
>
> Prior to the above patch, memblock_end_of_DRAM() was being used to
> determine the MAX memory of an LPAR. This included 16GB pages as well.
> The issue with using memblock_end_of_DRAM() is that when pmemory is
> converted to RAM via daxctl command, the DDW engine will incorrectly try
> to add TCEs for pmemory as well.
>
> Below is the address distribution of RAM, 16GB pages and pmemory for an
> LPAR with max memory of 256GB, memory allocated 64GB, 2 16GB pages and
> assigned pmemory of 8GB.
>
> RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK
> 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000fffffffff 64G online yes 0-255
> 0x0000004000000000-0x00000047ffffffff 32G online yes 1024-1151
>
> cat /sys/bus/nd/devices/region0/resource
> 0x40100000000
> cat /sys/bus/nd/devices/region0/size
> 8589934592
Is there any formal placement contract in the PAPR which tells where
would PMEM appear in the logical real address range for LPAR?
>
> The approach to fix this problem is to revert back the code changes
> introduced by the above patch and to stash away the MAX memory of an
> LPAR, including 16GB pages, at the LPAR boot time. This value is then
> used whenever TCEs are needed to be pre-mapped - enable_DDW() or,
> iommu_mem_notifier()
So, can it appear for e.g. in above case from 288G to 512G? In your
example we see pmem coming at 4TB, but what if the system DRAM was above
4TB? In that case, could vPMEM appear at non-power-of-2 address just
above ibm,lrdr-capacity+16G?
The reason for the ask is, I see a small window where we don't have any
direct pre-mappings, but we do allow for core dma mapping apis to use the
direct-mapping window.
Here...
In the current code we check for:
@@ -2419,23 +2425,35 @@ static int iommu_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
{
+ unsigned long max_ram_pages = pseries_ddw_max_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT;
int ret = 0;
<...>
+ if (arg->start_pfn >= max_ram_pages)
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
& but in enable_ddw() {
<...>
int max_ram_len = order_base_2(pseries_ddw_max_ram);
<...>
/* For pre-mapped memory, set bus_dma_limit to the max RAM */
if (direct_mapping)
dev->dev.bus_dma_limit = dev->dev.archdata.dma_offset +
(1ULL << max_ram_len);
So, we don't pre-map anything above pseries_ddw_max_ram in the
iommu_notifier() but we allow for dma_mapping to use direct map until
order_base_2(pseries_ddw_max_ram).
So it looks like that, there is a small gap left in direct_mapping
window for e.g. in above case between 288G to 512G (because of
order_base_2()), where there are no pre-mapped TCE entries but if the
PMEM is added within that range, then we do allow to use the
direct-mapping path (due to bus_dma_limit) - which means an EEH could
occur.
Could you please check this claim?
-ritesh
>
> Fixes: 6aa989ab2bd0 ("powerpc/pseries/iommu: memory notifier incorrectly adds TCEs for pmemory")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Batra <gbatra@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> Change log:
>
> V3 -> V4
>
> 1. Ritesh: Change pseries_ddw_max_ram to __ro_after_init;
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> 2. Ritesh: Mark function ddw_memory_hotplug_max() as __init function
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> 3. Ritesh: This patch was made in v6.15. Since we want this to be backported, I
> would suggested add a CC stable tag as well.
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> V2 -> V3
>
> 1. Harsh: Remove R-b tags from the change log
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> 2. Harsh: Change WARN_ON() to WARN_ONCE()
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> 3. Harsh: Fix indendation
>
> Response: Incorporated changes
>
> 4. Harsh: Replace comment with a log if limit < arg->nr_pages ?
>
> Response: Doesn't seems to be needed since the WARN_ONCE() will log this
> scenario. I removed the comment instead.
>
> V1 -> V2
>
> 1. Harsh: Not only start_pfn, but end_pfn also needs to be within allowed
> range, which may require clamping arg->nr_pages if crossing the limits.
>
> Response: Incorporated changes.
>
>
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> index 3e1f915fe4f6..7f63adafaf91 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ static struct iommu_table *iommu_pseries_alloc_table(int node)
> return tbl;
> }
>
> +static phys_addr_t pseries_ddw_max_ram __ro_after_init;
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_IOMMU_API
> static struct iommu_table_group_ops spapr_tce_table_group_ops;
> #endif
> @@ -1283,15 +1285,19 @@ struct failed_ddw_pdn {
>
> static LIST_HEAD(failed_ddw_pdn_list);
>
> -static phys_addr_t ddw_memory_hotplug_max(void)
> +static phys_addr_t __init ddw_memory_hotplug_max(void)
> {
> - resource_size_t max_addr;
> + resource_size_t max_addr = memory_hotplug_max();
> + struct device_node *memory;
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
> - max_addr = hot_add_drconf_memory_max();
> -#else
> - max_addr = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
> -#endif
> + for_each_node_by_type(memory, "memory") {
> + struct resource res;
> +
> + if (of_address_to_resource(memory, 0, &res))
> + continue;
> +
> + max_addr = max_t(resource_size_t, max_addr, res.end + 1);
> + }
>
> return max_addr;
> }
> @@ -1446,7 +1452,7 @@ static struct property *ddw_property_create(const char *propname, u32 liobn, u64
> static bool enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn, u64 dma_mask)
> {
> int len = 0, ret;
> - int max_ram_len = order_base_2(ddw_memory_hotplug_max());
> + int max_ram_len = order_base_2(pseries_ddw_max_ram);
> struct ddw_query_response query;
> struct ddw_create_response create;
> int page_shift;
> @@ -1668,7 +1674,7 @@ static bool enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn, u64 dma_mas
>
> if (direct_mapping) {
> /* DDW maps the whole partition, so enable direct DMA mapping */
> - ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, ddw_memory_hotplug_max() >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> + ret = walk_system_ram_range(0, pseries_ddw_max_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> win64->value, tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP_walk);
> if (ret) {
> dev_info(&dev->dev, "failed to map DMA window for %pOF: %d\n",
> @@ -2419,23 +2425,35 @@ static int iommu_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> {
> struct dma_win *window;
> struct memory_notify *arg = data;
> + unsigned long limit = arg->nr_pages;
> + unsigned long max_ram_pages = pseries_ddw_max_ram >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> int ret = 0;
>
> /* This notifier can get called when onlining persistent memory as well.
> * TCEs are not pre-mapped for persistent memory. Persistent memory will
> - * always be above ddw_memory_hotplug_max()
> + * always be above pseries_ddw_max_ram
> */
> + if (arg->start_pfn >= max_ram_pages)
> + return NOTIFY_OK;
> +
> + /* RAM is being DLPAR'ed. The range should never exceed max ram.
> + * Just in case, clamp the range and throw a warning.
> + */
> + if (arg->start_pfn + limit > max_ram_pages) {
> + limit = max_ram_pages - arg->start_pfn;
> + WARN_ONCE(1, "Limiting Page Range %lx - %lx to Max Mem Pages: %lx\n",
> + arg->start_pfn, arg->start_pfn + arg->nr_pages,
> + max_ram_pages);
> + }
>
> switch (action) {
> case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
> spin_lock(&dma_win_list_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(window, &dma_win_list, list) {
> - if (window->direct && (arg->start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) <
> - ddw_memory_hotplug_max()) {
> + if (window->direct) {
> ret |= tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP(arg->start_pfn,
> - arg->nr_pages, window->prop);
> + limit, window->prop);
> }
> - /* XXX log error */
> }
> spin_unlock(&dma_win_list_lock);
> break;
> @@ -2443,12 +2461,10 @@ static int iommu_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> case MEM_OFFLINE:
> spin_lock(&dma_win_list_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(window, &dma_win_list, list) {
> - if (window->direct && (arg->start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) <
> - ddw_memory_hotplug_max()) {
> + if (window->direct) {
> ret |= tce_clearrange_multi_pSeriesLP(arg->start_pfn,
> - arg->nr_pages, window->prop);
> + limit, window->prop);
> }
> - /* XXX log error */
> }
> spin_unlock(&dma_win_list_lock);
> break;
> @@ -2532,6 +2548,14 @@ void __init iommu_init_early_pSeries(void)
> register_memory_notifier(&iommu_mem_nb);
>
> set_pci_dma_ops(&dma_iommu_ops);
> +
> + /* During init determine the max memory an LPAR can have and set it. This
> + * will be used for pre-mapping RAM in DDW. memblock_end_of_DRAM() can
> + * change during the running of LPAR - daxctl can add pmemory as
> + * "system-ram". This memory range should not be pre-mapped in DDW since
> + * the address of pmemory can be much higher than the DDW size.
> + */
> + pseries_ddw_max_ram = ddw_memory_hotplug_max();
> }
>
> static int __init disable_multitce(char *str)
>
> base-commit: 6d35786de28116ecf78797a62b84e6bf3c45aa5a
> --
> 2.39.3
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