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Re: [PATCH v10 Kernel 4/5] vfio iommu: Implementation of ioctl to for di


From: Kirti Wankhede
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 Kernel 4/5] vfio iommu: Implementation of ioctl to for dirty pages tracking.
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:12:30 +0530
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On 12/19/2019 3:09 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:54:14 +0530
Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:

On 12/17/2019 10:45 AM, Yan Zhao wrote:
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 04:21:39AM +0800, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
+               } else if (range.flags &
+                                VFIO_IOMMU_DIRTY_PAGES_FLAG_GET_BITMAP) {
+                       uint64_t iommu_pgmask;
+                       unsigned long pgshift = __ffs(range.pgsize);
+                       unsigned long *bitmap;
+                       long bsize;
+
+                       iommu_pgmask =
+                        ((uint64_t)1 << __ffs(vfio_pgsize_bitmap(iommu))) - 1;
+
+                       if (((range.pgsize - 1) & iommu_pgmask) !=
+                           (range.pgsize - 1))
+                               return -EINVAL;
+
+                       if (range.iova & iommu_pgmask)
+                               return -EINVAL;
+                       if (!range.size || range.size > SIZE_MAX)
+                               return -EINVAL;
+                       if (range.iova + range.size < range.iova)
+                               return -EINVAL;
+
+                       bsize = verify_bitmap_size(range.size >> pgshift,
+                                                  range.bitmap_size);
+                       if (bsize)
+                               return ret;
+
+                       bitmap = kmalloc(bsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (!bitmap)
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+
+                       ret = copy_from_user(bitmap,
+                            (void __user *)range.bitmap, bsize) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto bitmap_exit;
+
+                       iommu->dirty_page_tracking = false;
why iommu->dirty_page_tracking is false here?
suppose this ioctl can be called several times.

This ioctl can be called several times, but once this ioctl is called
that means vCPUs are stopped and VFIO devices are stopped (i.e. in
stop-and-copy phase) and dirty pages bitmap are being queried by user.

Do not assume how userspace works or its intent.  If dirty tracking is
on, it should remain on until the user turns it off.  We cannot assume
userspace uses a one-shot approach.  Thanks,


Dirty tracking should be on until user turns it off or user reads bitmap, right? This ioctl is used to read bitmap.


Thanks,
Kirti






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