[PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[zhaoyang.huang]

From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>

memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.
IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.

Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
---
 include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 12 +++++++-----
 kernel/dma/debug.c          |  4 ----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index f0ccca16a0ac..7a7b87289d55 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -328,12 +328,14 @@ static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 static inline dma_addr_t dma_map_single_attrs(struct device *dev, void *ptr,
 		size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
 {
-	/* DMA must never operate on areas that might be remapped. */
-	if (dev_WARN_ONCE(dev, is_vmalloc_addr(ptr),
-			  "rejecting DMA map of vmalloc memory\n"))
-		return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
+	struct page *page;
+
 	debug_dma_map_single(dev, ptr, size);
-	return dma_map_page_attrs(dev, virt_to_page(ptr), offset_in_page(ptr),
+	if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
+		page = vmalloc_to_page(ptr);
+	else
+		page = virt_to_page(ptr);
+	return dma_map_page_attrs(dev, page, offset_in_page(ptr),
 			size, dir, attrs);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
index 06366acd27b0..51e1fe9a70aa 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
@@ -1198,10 +1198,6 @@ void debug_dma_map_single(struct device *dev, const void *addr,
 	if (!virt_addr_valid(addr))
 		err_printk(dev, NULL, "device driver maps memory from invalid area [addr=%p] [len=%lu]\n",
 			   addr, len);
-
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
-		err_printk(dev, NULL, "device driver maps memory from vmalloc area [addr=%p] [len=%lu]\n",
-			   addr, len);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(debug_dma_map_single);
 
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Zhaoyang Huang]

This patch arose from a real problem where the driver failed to use
dma_map_single(dev, ptr). The ptr is a vmalloc va which is mapped over
the reserve memory by dma_init_coherent_memory.

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:09 AM zhaoyang.huang
<zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com> wrote:
>
> From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
>
> memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
> into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
> which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.
> IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
> user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 12 +++++++-----
>  kernel/dma/debug.c          |  4 ----
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> index f0ccca16a0ac..7a7b87289d55 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> @@ -328,12 +328,14 @@ static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>  static inline dma_addr_t dma_map_single_attrs(struct device *dev, void *ptr,
>                 size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
>  {
> -       /* DMA must never operate on areas that might be remapped. */
> -       if (dev_WARN_ONCE(dev, is_vmalloc_addr(ptr),
> -                         "rejecting DMA map of vmalloc memory\n"))
> -               return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> +       struct page *page;
> +
>         debug_dma_map_single(dev, ptr, size);
> -       return dma_map_page_attrs(dev, virt_to_page(ptr), offset_in_page(ptr),
> +       if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
> +               page = vmalloc_to_page(ptr);
> +       else
> +               page = virt_to_page(ptr);
> +       return dma_map_page_attrs(dev, page, offset_in_page(ptr),
>                         size, dir, attrs);
>  }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
> index 06366acd27b0..51e1fe9a70aa 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
> @@ -1198,10 +1198,6 @@ void debug_dma_map_single(struct device *dev, const void *addr,
>         if (!virt_addr_valid(addr))
>                 err_printk(dev, NULL, "device driver maps memory from invalid area [addr=%p] [len=%lu]\n",
>                            addr, len);
> -
> -       if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
> -               err_printk(dev, NULL, "device driver maps memory from vmalloc area [addr=%p] [len=%lu]\n",
> -                          addr, len);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(debug_dma_map_single);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:09:30AM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
> 
> memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
> into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
> which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.

I can't parse this sentence.

> IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
> user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.

No, vmalloc address can't be passed to map_single.  You need to pass
the page to dma_map_page, and explicitly mange cache consistency
using the invalidate_kernel_vmap_range and flush_kernel_vmap_range
helpers.

Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Zhaoyang Huang]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:14 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:09:30AM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> > From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
> >
> > memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
> > into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
> > which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.
>
> I can't parse this sentence.
Sorry for the confusion, please find below codes for more information.
dma_init_coherent_memory
    memremap
        addr = ioremap_wt(offset, size);
What I mean is addr is a vmalloc address, which is implicitly mapped
by dma's framework and not be aware of to the driver.
>
> > IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
> > user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.
>
> No, vmalloc address can't be passed to map_single.  You need to pass
> the page to dma_map_page, and explicitly mange cache consistency
> using the invalidate_kernel_vmap_range and flush_kernel_vmap_range
> helpers.
Please correct me if I am wrong. According to my understanding, cache
consistency could be solved inside dma_map_page via either
dma_direct_map_page(swio/arch_sync_dma_for_device) or ops->map_page.
The original thought of rejecting vmalloc is that this pa is not safe
as this mapping could go in any time. What I am suggesting is to let
this kind of va be enrolled.

 static inline dma_addr_t dma_map_single_attrs(struct device *dev, void *ptr,
                size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
 {
       /* DMA must never operate on areas that might be remapped. */
       if (dev_WARN_ONCE(dev, is_vmalloc_addr(ptr),
                         "rejecting DMA map of vmalloc memory\n"))
               return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;

>

Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 04:56:45PM +0800, Zhaoyang Huang wrote:
> Sorry for the confusion, please find below codes for more information.
> dma_init_coherent_memory
>     memremap
>         addr = ioremap_wt(offset, size);
> What I mean is addr is a vmalloc address, which is implicitly mapped
> by dma's framework and not be aware of to the driver.

Yes.  And it is only returned from dma_alloc_coherent, which should
never be passed to dma_map_<anything>.

> Please correct me if I am wrong. According to my understanding, cache
> consistency could be solved inside dma_map_page via either
> dma_direct_map_page(swio/arch_sync_dma_for_device) or ops->map_page.
> The original thought of rejecting vmalloc is that this pa is not safe
> as this mapping could go in any time. What I am suggesting is to let
> this kind of va be enrolled.

But that only works for the direct mapping.  It does not work for the
additional aliases created by vmap/ioremap/memremap.  Now that only
matters if the cache is virtually indexed, which is rather unusual
these days.

Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Robin Murphy]

On 2023-11-27 8:56 am, Zhaoyang Huang wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:14 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:09:30AM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
>>> From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
>>>
>>> memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
>>> into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
>>> which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.
>>
>> I can't parse this sentence.
> Sorry for the confusion, please find below codes for more information.
> dma_init_coherent_memory
>      memremap
>          addr = ioremap_wt(offset, size);
> What I mean is addr is a vmalloc address, which is implicitly mapped
> by dma's framework and not be aware of to the driver.
>>
>>> IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
>>> user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.
>>
>> No, vmalloc address can't be passed to map_single.  You need to pass
>> the page to dma_map_page, and explicitly mange cache consistency
>> using the invalidate_kernel_vmap_range and flush_kernel_vmap_range
>> helpers.
> Please correct me if I am wrong. According to my understanding, cache
> consistency could be solved inside dma_map_page via either
> dma_direct_map_page(swio/arch_sync_dma_for_device) or ops->map_page.
> The original thought of rejecting vmalloc is that this pa is not safe
> as this mapping could go in any time. What I am suggesting is to let
> this kind of va be enrolled.

No, the point is that dma_map_single() uses virt_to_page(), and 
virt_to_page() is definitely not valid for vmalloc addresses. At worst 
it may blow up in itself with an out-of-bounds dereference; at best it's 
going to return a completely bogus page pointer which may then make 
dma_map_page() fall over.

Thanks,
Robin.

> 
>   static inline dma_addr_t dma_map_single_attrs(struct device *dev, void *ptr,
>                  size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
>   {
>         /* DMA must never operate on areas that might be remapped. */
>         if (dev_WARN_ONCE(dev, is_vmalloc_addr(ptr),
>                           "rejecting DMA map of vmalloc memory\n"))
>                 return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> 
>>
>