Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v10 2/4] fw_cfg: do DMA read operation

[Peter Xu]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 05:40:39PM +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Modify fw_cfg_read_blob() to use DMA if the device supports it.
> Return errors, because the operation may fail.
> 
> The DMA operation is expected to run synchronously with today qemu,
> but the specification states that it may become async, so we run
> "control" field check in a loop for eventual changes.
> 
> We may want to switch all the *buf addresses to use only kmalloc'ed
> buffers (instead of using stack/image addresses with dma=false).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 131 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> index 740df0df2260..686f0e839858 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/io.h>
>  #include <linux/ioport.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabriel L. Somlo <address@hidden>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QEMU fw_cfg sysfs support");
> @@ -43,12 +44,22 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  #define FW_CFG_ID         0x01
>  #define FW_CFG_FILE_DIR   0x19
>  
> +#define FW_CFG_VERSION_DMA     0x02
> +#define FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_ERROR   0x01
> +#define FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_READ    0x02
> +#define FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_SKIP    0x04
> +#define FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_SELECT  0x08
> +#define FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_WRITE   0x10
> +
>  /* size in bytes of fw_cfg signature */
>  #define FW_CFG_SIG_SIZE 4
>  
>  /* fw_cfg "file name" is up to 56 characters (including terminating nul) */
>  #define FW_CFG_MAX_FILE_PATH 56
>  
> +/* fw_cfg revision attribute, in /sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg top-level dir. */
> +static u32 fw_cfg_rev;
> +
>  /* fw_cfg file directory entry type */
>  struct fw_cfg_file {
>       u32 size;
> @@ -57,6 +68,12 @@ struct fw_cfg_file {
>       char name[FW_CFG_MAX_FILE_PATH];
>  };
>  
> +struct fw_cfg_dma {
> +     u32 control;
> +     u32 length;
> +     u64 address;
> +} __packed;
> +
>  /* fw_cfg device i/o register addresses */
>  static bool fw_cfg_is_mmio;
>  static phys_addr_t fw_cfg_p_base;
> @@ -75,12 +92,68 @@ static inline u16 fw_cfg_sel_endianness(u16 key)
>       return fw_cfg_is_mmio ? cpu_to_be16(key) : cpu_to_le16(key);
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool fw_cfg_dma_enabled(void)
> +{
> +     return fw_cfg_rev & FW_CFG_VERSION_DMA && fw_cfg_reg_dma;
> +}
> +
> +/* qemu fw_cfg device is sync today, but spec says it may become async */
> +static void fw_cfg_wait_for_control(struct fw_cfg_dma *d)
> +{
> +     do {
> +             u32 ctrl = be32_to_cpu(READ_ONCE(d->control));
> +
> +             if ((ctrl & ~FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_ERROR) == 0)
> +                     return;
> +
> +             usleep_range(50, 100);
> +     } while (true);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t fw_cfg_dma_transfer(struct device *dev,
> +                             void *address, u32 length, u32 control)
> +{
> +     phys_addr_t dma;
> +     struct fw_cfg_dma *d = NULL;
> +     ssize_t ret = length;
> +
> +     d = kmalloc(sizeof(*d), GFP_KERNEL);
> +     if (!d) {
> +             ret = -ENOMEM;
> +             goto end;
> +     }
> +
> +     *d = (struct fw_cfg_dma) {
> +             .address = cpu_to_be64(virt_to_phys(address)),
> +             .length = cpu_to_be32(length),
> +             .control = cpu_to_be32(control)
> +     };
> +
> +     dma = virt_to_phys(d);
> +
> +     iowrite32be((u64)dma >> 32, fw_cfg_reg_dma);
> +     iowrite32be(dma, fw_cfg_reg_dma + 4);

We can do it with iowrite64be(virt_to_phys(d)) too?  In all cases I
think it's good enough and no worth for a repost.

For the DMA transfer part:

Acked-by: Peter Xu <address@hidden>

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu