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[PATCH v8 0/9] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs

by Matt Evans

Hi all, The goal of this series is to enable userspace driver designs that use VFIO to export DMABUFs representing subsets of PCI device BARs, and "vend" those buffers from a primary process to other subordinate processes by fd. This is achieved by allowing the processes to mmap() the DMABUFs; their access to the device is isolated to the exported ranges. The primary userspace driver process can forcibly revoke access to previously-shared buffers upon cleanup (without requiring cooperation from the subordinate processes). This is an improvement on sharing the VFIO device fd to subordinate processes, which would allow unfettered access. See the RFCs for background. The existing VFIO PCI BAR mmap() becomes backed by a DMABUF too, keeping common vm_ops and fault handler for VMAs from the VFIO device and explicitly-exported DMABUFs. This will help future iommufd emulation of VFIO Type1 peer-to-peer, making it easier to get a DMABUF for a VFIO BAR as a DMA target. Below are per-patch notes & background info, and at the bottom are several related questions that reviewers may like to consider (worth at least skipping to #1, a possible bug). Notes on patches ================ mmap() conversion to use DMABUF underneath has been done for vfio-pci, but not sub-drivers: nvgrace-gpu's mmap() override path is unchanged; I kept this out of scope for now not least because I don't have a thorough test setup for this system. I would prefer to help the nvgrace-gpu maintainers enable BAR mmap() DMABUFs themselves. It's also worth noting that one reason for nvgrace-gpu's special BAR handling is to map RESMEM with a WC memory type. This is unchanged for existing mmap() but WC is not currently supported for mapping DMABUFs exported for that BAR; all DMABUF VMAs currently have the same memory type and control of UC/WC for a mapping is future work. vfio/pci: Remove DMABUF export dependency on vdev->memory_lock In v5 of this series we discover that doing an export from the VFIO mmap() path (fundamental!) adds a dependency between mmap_lock and vdev->memory_lock(W) because export was using memory_lock(W) to protect the vdev->dmabufs list and state within, and a deadlock scenario leapt out to bite: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/9a615f22-c0d4-46ae-9654-db11e94e5fec@ozlabs.org/ The suggestion was to add a dedicated mutex/rwsem specifically for the DMABUFs/list, which is cleaner than overloading memory_lock(W). But whilst export could now downgrade to holding memory_lock(R) to test __vfio_pci_memory_enabled(), a very similar deadlock can still arise due to a memory_lock(W) elsewhere depending on a prior memory_lock(R) to be released, and attempting to take memory_lock(R) will queue behind the (W) for fairness (effectively an R->R dependency). I'd overlooked that rwsem cannot guarantee multiple readers. To be able to export while holding mmap_lock, export cannot hold memory_lock at all. Instead of testing __vfio_pci_memory_enabled() (which tracks PCI_COMMAND.MSE and PM state), this patch tracks device-global DMABUF revocation state in a new vdev->bars_revoked flag updated by vfio_pci_dma_buf_move(). If an mmap() is somehow performed during a period when DMABUFs are all revoked, then the DMABUF is created revoked. Move() already bookends reset, PM transitions etc., so subsequent revocation state changes work as-is. This flag is also protected by the dmabuf_lock and thus memory_lock is not required to export. vfio/pci: Un-revoke DMABUFs in LOW_POWER_ENTRY_WITH_WAKEUP resume On LOW_POWER entry, DMABUFs have a move(revoke=true), but the runtime resume path didn't un-revoke. This adds a corresponding move(revoke=false), which will later turn into vfio_pci_unrevoke_bars(). NOTE: the unrevoke is reordered _before_ the eventfd_signal() in vfio_pci_core_runtime_resume() to remove a window in which a waking waiter could have observed the DMABUF state as still revoked (or pm_runtime_engaged = true). (The UAPI docs state the event means the resume's complete, so observing otherwise seemed unintended.) Also, when DMABUFs are later mmap()ed, a waiter waking and taking a fault could have seen the unrevoked state and SIGBUS just before taking the memory_lock. (If the handler gets to acquire the lock, though, the resume sequence is complete, and the handler observes pm_runtime_engaged = false.) This fix is in this series because the issue will impact CPU access to the VMA as well (once they use DMABUFs), and so it's a strict dependency of later commits. dma-buf: Provide dma_buf_set_name() Makes dma_buf_set_name() available for use (by helper patch), taking a kernel-allocated string. The pre-existing local helper becomes a wrapper copying a __user string for the set-name ioctl. vfio/pci: Add a helper to look up PFNs for DMABUFs Adds a DMABUF VMA fault handler helper to determine arbitrary-sized PFNs from ranges in DMABUF. vfio/pci: Add a helper to create a DMABUF for a BAR-map VMA Refactors DMABUF export for use by the existing export feature, and adds a helper that creates a DMABUF corresponding to a VFIO BAR mmap() request. There was a request for decent debug naming in /proc/<pid>/maps etc. comparable to the existing VFIO names: since the VMAs are DMABUFs, they have a "dmabuf:" prefix and can't be 100% identical to before. This is a user-visible change, but this patch at least now gives us extra info on the BDF & BAR being mmap()ed. The name is installed with the new dma_buf_set_name() above. vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF The vfio-pci core mmap() creates a DMABUF with the helper above, and the vm_ops fault handler uses the other helper to resolve the fault. Because this depends on DMABUF structs/code, CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_CORE needs to depend on CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER. The CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF still conditionally enables the export support code. NOTE: The user mmap()s a device fd, but the resulting VMA's vm_file becomes that of the DMABUF. The DMABUF takes ownership of the device file and put()s it on release, which maintains the existing behaviour of a VMA keeping the VFIO device open. BAR zapping then happens via the existing vfio_pci_dma_buf_move() path, which now needs to unmap PTEs in the DMABUF's address_space. NOTE: As local LLM reviews did, Sashiko might falsely worry about the DMABUF fd being obtained through /proc/pid/map_files and remapped, but the file is an anon inode and doesn't support the open op (-ENXIO) so AFAICT this is currently impossible. NOTE: A side-effect of this is that is_mergeable_vma() will be false between adjacent mappings of VFIO BARs; merging would require rebuilding a larger DMABUF representing the union, not just plugging the VMAs together. The DMABUF backing the BAR is an implicit/internal export, even when the CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF feature is not included because CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA is not available. Without P2PDMA, it's acceptable for the DMABUF to not have a P2PDMA provider. In this configuration, the VFIO DMABUF .attach prohibits any import, which avoids getting as far as a WARN in dma_buf_map_attachment(), which would fail without P2PDMA anyway. vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation In general (see NOTE!) the vfio_pci_zap_bars() is now obsolete, since it unmaps PTEs in the VFIO device address_space which is now unused. This consolidates all calls (e.g. around reset) with the neighbouring vfio_pci_dma_buf_move()s into new functions, to revoke/unrevoke (making the steps clearer). NOTE: Because drivers can use their own vm_ops and override .mmap, the core must conservatively assume an overridden .mmap might still add PTEs to the VFIO device address_space and therefore still does the zap. A new flag, zap_bars_on_revoke, enables the zap when .mmap is overridden. A driver that does not need the zap can clear this to opt-out, e.g. if the driver calls down to the common mmap (and so uses DMABUFs). hisi-acc-vfio-pci does just this, and thus sets the opt-out flag. vfio/pci: Support mmap() of a VFIO DMABUF Adds mmap() for a DMABUF fd exported from vfio-pci. It was a goal to keep the VFIO device fd lifetime behaviour unchanged with respect to the DMABUFs. An application can close all device fds, and this will revoke/clean up all DMABUFs; then, no mappings or other access can be performed. When enabling mmap() of the DMABUFs, this means access through the VMA is also revoked. This complicates the fault handler because whilst the DMABUF exists, it has no guarantee that the corresponding VFIO device is still alive. Adds synchronisation ensuring the vdev is available before the locks in vdev are touched; this holds the device registration so that even if the buffer has been cleaned up, vdev hasn't been freed and so the locks can be safely taken. vfio/pci: Revoke a DMABUF on request from userspace This is mostly a rename of `revoked` to an enum, `status`, and adding a third state for a buffer: usable, revoked temporary, revoked permanent. A new VFIO feature is added, VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_DMA_BUF_REVOKE, which takes a DMABUF (exported from the same device) and permanently revokes it. Thus a userspace driver can guarantee any downstream consumers of a shared fd are prevented from accessing a BAR range, and that range can be reused. NOTE: This might block userspace, waiting on importers to detach. The code doing revocation in vfio_pci_dma_buf_move() is moved, to a common function used by ..._move() and this new feature. Testing ======= (The [RFC ONLY] userspace test program, which drives a QEMU bochs-display function, can be found in the GitHub branch below. It at least illustrates how the export, map, revoke, and close semantics interoperate. WIP on a follow-up with a proper vfio-selftests style test based on this -- this won't be part of this series.) This code has been tested in mapping DMABUFs of single/multiple ranges from multiple BARs, aliasing mmap()s, aliasing ranges across DMABUFs, vm_pgoff > 0, revocation, shutdown/cleanup scenarios, and hugepage mappings. No regressions observed on the VFIO selftests, or on our internal vfio-pci applications. VFIO on i386 has been build-tested. Thanks to Alex Mastro for building a (WIP) testcase for the prior mmap_lock->memory_lock issue. END === This is based on v7.3-rc6 These commits are on GitHub for easier browsing, along with "[RFC ONLY] selftests: vfio: Add standalone vfio_dmabuf_mmap_test": https://github.com/evansm7/linux/compare/v7.3-rc6...dev/mev/vfio-dmabuf-mma… Also please see... https://lore.kernel.org/all/f8efaabd-c06e-4f04-8cfa-489c148e37ba@ozlabs.org/ ("[PATCH] dma-buf: Annul dmabuf->file on file release") ...which fixes a stale file pointer issue that could affect VFIO's DMABUF export. Although the issue exists prior to this series, the addition of another dmabuf->file dereference adds additional unpleasant failure modes (for example, unmap_mapping_range() the wrong file, or good old random data dereference, etc.) Thanks for reading, Matt ================================================================================ Changelog: v8: - Rebased, on v7.3-rc6 - "dma-buf: Provide dma_buf_set_name()": Comment and "DOC: locking convention" updates. dma_buf_set_name() is is listed in the "do not hold resv" category v7: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260924152159.49702-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ v6: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260911214200.33793-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ v5: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260715174737.15287-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260701171245.90111-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260610154327.37758-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260527102319.100128-1-mattev@meta.com/ v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260416131815.2729131-1-mattev@meta.com/ RFCv2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260312184613.3710705-1-mattev@meta.com/ RFCv1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260226202211.929005-1-mattev@meta.com/ Tech topic: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20250918214425.2677057-1-amastro@fb.com/ Matt Evans (9): vfio/pci: Remove DMABUF export dependency on vdev->memory_lock vfio/pci: Un-revoke DMABUFs in LOW_POWER_ENTRY_WITH_WAKEUP resume dma-buf: Provide dma_buf_set_name() vfio/pci: Add a helper to look up PFNs for DMABUFs vfio/pci: Add a helper to create a DMABUF for a BAR-map VMA vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation vfio/pci: Support mmap() of a VFIO DMABUF vfio/pci: Revoke a DMABUF on request from userspace drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 84 ++- drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig | 4 +- drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile | 3 +- .../vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c | 14 +- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c | 30 +- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 222 +++++-- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 609 +++++++++++++++--- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h | 54 +- include/linux/dma-buf.h | 16 +- include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h | 3 + include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 24 + 11 files changed, 870 insertions(+), 193 deletions(-) -- 2.47.3

3 hours, 44 minutes

Re: [PATCH v9 00/13] Add dmabuf read/write via io_uring

by Christoph Hellwig

On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 02:21:41PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > I've queued this series up for some testing, in a separate branch. JFYI. More testing it obviously good. I've been waiting for addressing of the Sashiko comments on the nvme patches before doing more ACKs, and while I can't really judge the code those in the dma-buf code also look somewhat serious. So it would be useful to get them addressed and the series reposted. Same for folding in the PI vs dmabuf fix from Anuj, although making the combination work would of course be even better.

7 hours, 52 minutes

[PATCH v11 00/19] PCI/P2PDMA: Route peer-to-peer DMA by TLP class

by Leon Romanovsky

PCI P2PDMA applies Request and Completion Redirect throughout both paths. This misclassifies asymmetric and nested switches, and reports one answer for every kind of TLP. Three ACS controls act on TLP attributes the Requester chooses rather than on the topology: Translation Blocking and Direct Translated P2P act on a Request's Address Type, and Completion Redirect skips Completions carrying Relaxed Ordering. Evaluate each direction at the path divergence, decide every class from the one walk, and treat a client with ATS enabled as translating unless its driver declares per-mapping ATS. This completes the P2PDMA side; dma-buf and mlx5 follow separately. Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro(a)nvidia.com> --- Changes in v11: - Applied the client ATS policy in pci_p2pdma_distance_many() too, as local Sashiko pointed out. - Read the ATS Enable bit once per query, so the class and the ATS policy always agree. - Documented that pcim_p2pdma_set_ats_per_mapping() needs a successful pcim_p2pdma_init(). - The path diagnostics no longer read ACS Control or the bridge bus range, and they report a failed cache store. - Added a KUnit case for Direct Translated P2P without a redirect. - Clarified the Relaxed Ordering and diagnostics commit messages. - Honored device-specific ACS redirection, such as Zhaoxin Downstream Ports, in a new first patch with a KUnit case, as local Sashiko pointed out. Relaxed Ordering Completions are redirected at such a port too. - Clarified in the documentation that a quirk also redirects Relaxed Ordering Completions and that Translation Blocking applies only to upstream Requests, and labelled the ACS routing debug line with its class, as local Sashiko pointed out. - Treated ACS registers that read as all ones as unreadable, and named ports that a quirk redirects instead of suggesting pci=disable_acs_redir= for them, as local Sashiko pointed out. - Ignored ACS quirks of endpoints, which only describe traffic between their own functions. - Link to v10: https://patch.msgid.link/20261012-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v10-0-6ffe7b7a4517@nvidi… Changes in v10: - Fixed the Relaxed Ordering description: a Completion carries the attribute of its Request (PCIe r7.0 sec 2.2.9.1). - Used the PCIe terms Requester and Completer for TLPs, ACS and ports; client and provider remain for P2PDMA objects. - Rebased on pci/p2pdma, which includes the prerequisite P2PDMA fixes. - Added a topology example to the path divergence patch. - Removed a repeated sentence from the disable_acs_redir documentation. - Explained the path divergence in the documentation. - Link to v9: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v9-0-1a8e0f50ddd9@nvidia… Changes in v9: - Removed dmabuf patches for now. - Removed mlx5 per-mapping ATS declaration for now; it comes back with the dmabuf patches. - Link to v8: https://patch.msgid.link/20260928-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v8-0-404453b9c435@nvidia… Changes in v8: - Added extra Reviewed-by from Logan. - Added patches to take care of ATS per-device vs. per-mapping option - Link to v7: https://patch.msgid.link/20260920-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v7-0-ca0828ab697c@nvidia… Changes in v7: - Removed "Document pdev->p2pdma lifetime rules" patch, it gives nothing after p2pmem fix. - Split dmabuf patch. - Tushar retested the series, so added his Tested-by. - Added Logan's ROB tags and fixed minor documentation issues pointed by him. - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v6-0-5ef07ec9ef06@nvi… Changes in v6: - Changed DMABUF to use callbacks and not directly stored pointer. - Link to v5: https://patch.msgid.link/20260910-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v5-0-856087f63c0d@nvidia… Changes in v5: - Rebase on the posted fixes. - Dropped tags from changed patches. - Remove Egress Control Vector interpretation and coverage. - Keep enabled Egress Control conservative as a Request redirect. - Use pci_dbg()/dev_dbg() for diagnostics and drop the "debug" prefix. - Removed code comments from "Document the pdev->p2pdma lifetime and RCU rules" patch and reduced description to actual lifetime explanation. - Added note that Linux assumes that TLPs are in strict-ordering and untranslated. - Added code to calculate p2p paths per-TLP type. - Converted mlx5 to use that new proposed API. - Link to https://patch.msgid.link/20260821-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-v4-0-94426b96de73@nvidia… Changes in v4: - Reject ACS Violations and unreadable routing state instead of treating them as host-bridge redirects - Added Tested-by tags from Tushar Dave - Added support to asymmetric ACS routing - Limited redirect checks to the two ports at the path divergence - Added standalone ACS routing diagnostics for hardware retesting - Dropped " PCI: Account for Direct Translated P2P in ACS isolation checks" patch - Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260811-fix-p2p-acs-v3-0-efc488ee7c03@nvidia.com Changes in v3: - Fixed pci_p2pdma_add_resource() error unwinding - Made pdev->p2pdma teardown wait unconditionally for RCU readers - Restricted pci_p2pmem_find_many() to pool-backed providers - Documented the pdev->p2pdma lifetime and RCU rules - Fixed calc_map_type_and_dist() handling of the verbose argument - Required the ACS port and target to share a bus before indexing the Egress Control Vector - Gave pci_acs_enabled() and pci_acs_path_enabled() a scope, so the ACS Direct Translated P2P rule no longer stops pci_enable_pasid() from enabling PASID - Dropped "Report ACS ports when the paths share no upstream bridge": the mapping type cannot change without a shared upstream bridge, so the pci=disable_acs_redir= hint was not actionable there and the ACS walk only cost config space reads - Folded the Request Redirect rule into pci_acs_rr_ineffective(), so pci_acs_flags_enabled() and the Intel SPT PCH quirk share one copy - Renamed pci_acs_egress_ctrl_set() to pci_acs_egress_ctrl_is_set(), it reads the bit rather than setting it - Reworded the blocked-path warning: ACS may also leave the direct route indeterminate rather than blocked - Added KUnit coverage for the shared-bus guard, a device with no ACS capability and an unreadable ACS Control register - Added the missing Fixes: tags, a second one on the pci_p2pdma_add_resource() unwinding fix (the dangling devres action dates to f58ef9d1d135) and one on the Egress Control isolation change - Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260806-fix-p2p-acs-v2-0-0cec14812965@nvidia.com Changes in v2: - Added Logan's ROB tags - Added commas in Documentation patch - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802-fix-p2p-acs-v1-0-a7c5eb64fff6@nvidia.com --- Leon Romanovsky (19): PCI/P2PDMA: Honor device-specific ACS redirection PCI/P2PDMA: Document the TLP attribute assumptions PCI/P2PDMA: Derive routing from directional ACS controls PCI: Reject unreadable ACS controls in isolation checks PCI/P2PDMA: Evaluate ACS controls at the path divergence PCI/P2PDMA: Document directional ACS routing PCI/P2PDMA: Collect the path's ACS controls before deciding PCI/P2PDMA: Answer routing per TLP class PCI/P2PDMA: Route Relaxed Ordering Completions directly PCI/P2PDMA: Reject Translated Requests blocked by Translation Blocking PCI/P2PDMA: Route Translated Requests under Direct Translated P2P PCI/P2PDMA: Log detailed ACS routing diagnostics PCI/P2PDMA: Add KUnit tests for the ACS routing decisions PCI/P2PDMA: Test the ACS P2P routing walk PCI: Add KUnit coverage for ACS isolation checks PCI/P2PDMA: Document TLP-class routing PCI/P2PDMA: Let a client declare that it selects ATS per mapping PCI/P2PDMA: Evaluate the ATS path for clients with ATS enabled PCI/P2PDMA: Test the routing of clients with ATS enabled Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 +- Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst | 105 ++ drivers/pci/Kconfig | 15 + drivers/pci/Makefile | 1 + drivers/pci/p2pdma.c | 942 +++++++++++++++-- drivers/pci/pci.c | 8 +- drivers/pci/pci.h | 57 ++ drivers/pci/pci_acs_test.c | 1225 +++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/pci/quirks.c | 8 +- include/linux/pci-p2pdma.h | 12 +- 10 files changed, 2292 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 36038f0e8377ef316b723d0d85b1510bc64069ab change-id: 20260821-fix-p2p-acs-v4-0-e72455e3a261 Best regards, -- Leon Romanovsky <leonro(a)nvidia.com>

12 hours, 33 minutes

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] dma-buf: warn-only mode for DMABUF_DEBUG

by Sumit Semwal

Hi Karl, On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 at 00:21, Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 10:12:02AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > > > What's the status here given that 7.3 will likely be released in a few > > days? Note, I can see from the discussion that this is a complex problem > > that can't be quickly solved. That's how it is sometimes. But I wonder > > if the current state of things is the best compromise for now or if > > Rob's revert or some other option would be better. > > > > I think reverting my commit 143755bdabaa ("dma-buf: Make DMABUF_DEBUG > default to y on DEBUG_KERNEL kernels") is the best interim solution for > v7.3. > > Christian, Sumit, could one of you apply Jianfeng's revert before the > final release? > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260926022026.10539-1-liujianfeng1994@gmail.com/ > > Thanks, > Karl I have pushed the revert to drm-misc-fixes; I'll request Dave to push it out to Linus along with drm-fixes. We should revisit this for the next cycle in a couple of weeks for sure. Best, Sumit.

12 hours, 42 minutes

[PATCH v3 0/3] dma-buf: dmabuf->file release-time cleanup

by Matt Evans

Hi all, A fix for DMABUF's file-release path, to set dmabuf->file = NULL when the struct file itself is being freed and avoid a stale pointer lingering. Previously it could be assumed that dmabuf->file was always valid until .release was called, but commit 4ab59c3c638c6 ("dma-buf: Move dma_buf_release() from fops to dentry_ops") separated dentry release (calls .release) from file release (can happen before .release). Setting the pointer to NULL clearly delimits the period in which it points to a valid struct file. Raw dmabuf->file access is bad news unless the file is known to have a reference held (for example, during export). A single-threaded problem scenario is a dentry held open (e.g. using O_PATH) but the file closed; .release is not called, so the exporter was unaware that dmabuf->file became stale. Exporter activities using dmabuf->file then led to a UAF. Or, threads racing concurrent access with a file closing. VFIO uses get_file_active(&dmabuf->file), which is a UAF when the pointer goes stale. Alex Mastro has created a VFIO-centric reproducer [1], which shows up with KASAN. To fix, dmabuf->file is either valid or NULL. get_file_active() is then safe and a recommended way to access dmabuf->file without an existing reference. The only possible outcomes are for it to get a reference to the file, to observe a valid pointer but the file in the DEAD state (being closed, fail), or NULL (fail). Patch [3/3] sets the pointer NULL when the file closes, which get_file_active() handles correctly. vmwgfx was identified as doing a problematic dmabuf->file dereference. Although already a UAF, making dmabuf->file = NULL turns it into an oops. So, patch [1/3] correspondingly converts vmwgfx to use get_file_active() too. i915 GVT unsafely dereferences dmabuf->file for a trivial debug printout after the file reference moves to the dmabuf's fd, so patch [2/3] dereferences in the safe window. Added comments to highlight that dmabuf->file could go away before .release, and to use get_file_active() if a reference isn't otherwise already held. Thanks, Matt [1]: https://github.com/opsound/vfio-dmabuf-lab/blob/main/tests/vfio_dmabuf_opat… Changes: v3: - Better comment for struct dma_buf's file (refer to synchronisation against ->release). - Added trivial i915 patch to remove unsafe debug dmabuf->file accesss. v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261009123601.94079-1-matt@ozlabs.org/ "v1" was the single "dma-buf: Annul dmabuf->file on file release" patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f8efaabd-c06e-4f04-8cfa-489c148e37ba@ozlabs.org/ Matt Evans (3): drm/vmwgfx: Use get_file_active() for dmabuf->file drm/i915/gvt: Read dmabuf->file only while valid dma-buf: Annul dmabuf->file on file release drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c | 5 +++-- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c | 2 +- include/linux/dma-buf.h | 5 ++++- 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 2.47.3

14 hours, 45 minutes

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] dma-buf: warn-only mode for DMABUF_DEBUG

by Sumit Semwal

Hi Karl, On Tue, 13 Oct, 2026, 12:21 am Karl Mehltretter, <kmehltretter(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 10:12:02AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > > > What's the status here given that 7.3 will likely be released in a few > > days? Note, I can see from the discussion that this is a complex problem > > that can't be quickly solved. That's how it is sometimes. But I wonder > > if the current state of things is the best compromise for now or if > > Rob's revert or some other option would be better. > > > > I think reverting my commit 143755bdabaa ("dma-buf: Make DMABUF_DEBUG > default to y on DEBUG_KERNEL kernels") is the best interim solution for > v7.3. > > Christian, Sumit, could one of you apply Jianfeng's revert before the > final release? > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260926022026.10539-1-liujianfeng1994@gmail.com/ > > Ok, I'll try and revert it for 7.3. We may need to reapply it for the next cycle along with the solution Rob and folks are working on. Thanks, > Karl > Best, Sumit. >

15 hours, 11 minutes

[PATCH] dma-buf: Restore the scatterlist entry count before freeing

by Leon Romanovsky

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro(a)nvidia.com> dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt() clears orig_nents to mark the returned table as DMA-only. Since sg_free_table() uses orig_nents to walk and free the scatterlist, dma_buf_free_sgt() leaks the allocation on every successful map/unmap cycle. Restore orig_nents from nents before freeing the table. The helper allocates the DMA list directly, so nents retains the allocation count, including for chained scatterlists. The reported kmemleak output was: KMEMLEAK LEAK: 2 driver-related leak(s) KMEMLEAK LEAK: unreferenced object 0xff11000125ceff00 (size 32): KMEMLEAK LEAK: comm dtr, pid 4432, jiffies 4295031027 KMEMLEAK LEAK: hex dump (first 32 bytes): KMEMLEAK LEAK: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ KMEMLEAK LEAK: 00 00 01 00 28 38 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....(8.......... KMEMLEAK LEAK: backtrace (crc 4e8077f2): KMEMLEAK LEAK: __kmalloc_noprof+0x451/0x8b0 KMEMLEAK LEAK: __sg_alloc_table+0x2a0/0x4d0 KMEMLEAK LEAK: sg_alloc_table+0x24/0x170 KMEMLEAK LEAK: dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt+0x84f/0xed0 KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1ad21a8 KMEMLEAK LEAK: dma_buf_map_attachment+0x138/0x690 KMEMLEAK LEAK: ib_umem_dmabuf_map_pages+0x249/0xc90 [ib_core] KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa138f8d2 KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1396abe KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1331a5f KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa13320dd KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1ad696d KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1acecc7 KMEMLEAK LEAK: 0xffffffffa1acfd17 KMEMLEAK LEAK: __x64_sys_ioctl+0x72c/0x11f0 KMEMLEAK LEAK: do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x4f0 KMEMLEAK LEAK: unreferenced object 0xff1100016dbf3a80 (size 32): KMEMLEAK LEAK: comm dtr, pid 4432, jiffies 4295034705 KMEMLEAK LEAK: hex dump (first 32 bytes): KMEMLEAK LEAK: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ KMEMLEAK LEAK: 00 20 10 00 28 38 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 . ..(8.......... Fixes: 3aa31a8bb11e ("dma-buf: provide phys_vec to scatter-gather mapping routine") Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro(a)nvidia.com> --- drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c index 833be519e1e6..cbdf99cb0e05 100644 --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf-mapping.c @@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ void dma_buf_free_sgt(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach, struct sg_table *sgt, sg_dma_len(sgl), dir, DMA_ATTR_MMIO); } + /* Restore the allocation count cleared for the DMA-only table. */ + sgt->orig_nents = sgt->nents; sg_free_table(sgt); kfree(dma->state); kfree(dma); --- base-commit: 39d3758108bb0ef9da484062d65288bbe9cada0e change-id: 20261013-dma-buf-fixes-99dd3fd00f48 Best regards, -- Leon Romanovsky <leonro(a)nvidia.com>

15 hours, 12 minutes

Re: [RFC PATCH v8 02/14] mm: Zero memory during shared memory transitions

by Aneesh Kumar K.V

Kiryl Shutsemau <kas(a)kernel.org> writes: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 03:35:17PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote: >> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c >> index f904a636d449..1f1f39082391 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c >> @@ -978,6 +978,9 @@ static bool tdx_enc_status_changed(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages, bool enc) >> static int tdx_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages, >> bool enc) >> { >> + if (!enc) >> + memset((void *)vaddr, 0, (size_t)numpages << PAGE_SHIFT); >> + >> /* >> * Only handle shared->private conversion here. >> * See the comment in tdx_early_init(). > > This doesn't make sense to me. > > On TDX the memset zeroes a page that is about to be dropped. > MapGPA(shared) makes the VMM back the GPA with different memory, and > what the guest reads afterwards through the shared mapping is whatever > the host has there. > Does TDX require the guest contents to be preserved when pages are converted to shared? The memset() is done here because CoCo shared-memory allocations now ignore __GFP_ZERO and instead always zero the memory explicitly. For CoCo architectures such as CCA, this must be done after the memory is converted to shared because shared memory uses a different encryption context. The full patch avoids zeroing the memory twice. If __GFP_ZERO is used for a CoCo shared-page allocation, the page is first zeroed during allocation, then converted to shared, and must be zeroed again. I only changed Arm CCA in this series because I was unsure whether the other architectures required similar changes. Therefore, every CoCo architecture other than CCA currently performs the memset() before conversion, while CCA performs it afterward. If the host expects to see the guest contents from before the conversion to shared, we will have to pass the allocation flags down to these helpers and perform the memset() only when __GFP_ZERO was requested, along the lines of: https://lore.kernel.org/all/yq5aa4p82sqt.fsf@kernel.org To keep the changes minimal, the current approach always performs the memset() rather than passing down a flag. -aneesh

21 hours, 46 minutes

Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Annul dmabuf->file on file release

by Matt Evans

Hi Zack, On 07/10/2026 16:24, Zack Rusin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM Matt Evans <matt(a)ozlabs.org> wrote: >> >> The dmabuf release path is split between file and dentry release: >> dma_buf_file_release() is called shortly before the file is freed, and >> dma_buf_release() calls an exporter's dmabuf->ops->release when the >> dentry is freed. However, the dentry can outlive the file (for >> example, if opened with O_PATH), meaning .release might be called some >> time after the file is freed. >> >> This presents a window, when closing a DMABUF file, in which >> dmabuf->file points to freed memory yet .release op has not yet been >> called. >> >> For VFIO, if a buffer's .release has not been called it's considered >> still active and subject to move/cleanup. If so, it attempts to >> get_file_active() on dmabuf->file: a file close with dentry held open >> will call this function with a stale pointer, a UAF. >> >> To make this pattern safe, set dmabuf->file to NULL in >> dma_buf_file_release() to reflect that the associated file is now dead >> even if the DMABUF is not yet gone. A get_file_active() ... fput() >> sequence concurrent with a file close will only execute as one of: >> >> - Gets the file before file_ref_put() (dmabuf->file valid) >> - Observes dmabuf->file pointing to a file, but it's DEAD (no file) >> - Observes dmabuf->file = NULL (no file) >> >> Originally, drivers could assume dmabuf->file was valid until .release >> was called from fops->release. This assumption was no longer valid >> after 4ab59c3c638c6 ("dma-buf: Move dma_buf_release() from fops to >> dentry_ops"), which moved the callback to the dentry release (by which >> point the file might have been freed). With this commit, drivers must >> still consider that dmabuf->file could be NULL before .release. >> >> Fixes: 4ab59c3c638c6 ("dma-buf: Move dma_buf_release() from fops to dentry_ops") >> Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <matt(a)ozlabs.org> >> --- >> >> Hi, >> >> This issue was found (by Claude Opus 5.5) in the context of VFIO's >> DMABUF export path. VFIO iterates live DMABUFs with a >> get_file_active()/fput() block, which now becomes safe if the file is >> closed (and memory freed!) yet DMABUF .release hasn't yet occurred. >> >> However, there are a couple of other places that directly use >> dmabuf->file and seem able to race a closing file (i.e. without holding >> the file reference)? If this is so, they'd be a UAF today; with this >> patch that goes away, but instead of a stale pointer dmabuf->file could >> be NULL: >> >> 1. drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c:get_dma_buf_unless_doomed() >> >> file_ref_get(&dmabuf->file->f_ref); on a non-refcounted DMABUF > > Yes, that's a real UAF today. vmwgfx relied on the exporter's > dma_buf_ops.release running inside __fput() before file_free(), which > stopped being true with 4ab59c3c638c and we missed it. > > But this patch on its own makes vmwgfx worse. In the ordinary case, > where closing the file drops the last dentry reference, a close racing > PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD is safe today: ttm_prime_dmabuf_release() runs from > the same __fput() and blocks on prime->mutex, keeping the file > allocated, so file_ref_get() just fails on the dead refcount. With > this patch dmabuf->file is NULL in that window and we oops. So this > shouldn't go to stable without a vmwgfx fix. > > For vmwgfx we'd probably need this one line change in > drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c to accompany this patch: > @@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ void ttm_object_device_release(struct > ttm_object_device **p_tdev) > */ > static bool __must_check get_dma_buf_unless_doomed(struct dma_buf *dmabuf) > { > - return file_ref_get(&dmabuf->file->f_ref); > + return get_file_active(&dmabuf->file) != NULL; > } > > under prime->mutex, which keeps the struct dma_buf alive. It needs the > NULL store from this patch to fix the existing UAF, since otherwise > the recheck can accept a recycled file through the unchanged stale > pointer. Thanks for confirming! Ah, so get_file_active() is good here, cheers. I'll repost as a 2-part series to first include this in vmwgfx and second add the anNULL. >> The commit message of 90ee6ed776c0 ("fs: port files to file_ref") hints >> this might be more subtle than replacing it with a get_file() variant >> (so as to accept a NULL file *). >> >> 2. drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c:intel_vgpu_get_dmabuf() >> >> gvt_dbg_dpy(... file_count(dmabuf->file) ...); FWIW aside, I re-read this, and there does appear to be a ref held (dma_buf_export() has just happened, and dma_buf_fd() generated) so dmabuf->file is stable at that point. >> Respective vmwgfx & i915 maintainers, what is your view? >> Or, indeed, if anyone sees any other questionable uses of dmabuf->file. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 6 +++++- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c >> index 4c9add51f9ef..726639130477 100644 >> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c >> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c >> @@ -193,11 +193,15 @@ static void dma_buf_release(struct dentry *dentry) >> >> static int dma_buf_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) >> { >> + struct dma_buf *dmabuf = file->private_data; >> + >> if (!is_dma_buf_file(file)) >> return -EINVAL; >> >> - __dma_buf_list_del(file->private_data); >> + __dma_buf_list_del(dmabuf); >> >> + /* Must be observed by __get_file_rcu() before file_free() */ >> + smp_store_mb(dmabuf->file, NULL); > > I think Alex is right and dmabuf can be NULL here. An early if > (!dmabuf) return 0" will fix that. Yep, on it. Many thanks, Matt

1 day, 10 hours

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/6] dma-buf: Add get_phys() to describe a physical run

by Christian König

On 10/5/26 15:20, Fred Griffoul wrote: > On 10/5/26 Christian König wrote: >> Well filling page tables by the importer is an absolutely clear NO-GO >> for the DMA-buf design, we have gotten down that path already and it >> took us years to remove this functionality again. > > Understood, thanks for the quick and clear answers on this patch and on > patch 3. > >> The problem you are facing here is that dma_buf_mmap() doesn't work >> because you don't have a VMA. > > Right: the memory has no struct page and is deliberately not mapped in > the host, so there is no VMA to hand to KVM. > > I'll post a new version of this series. It drops get_phys(), the ranged > invalidation and the guest_memfd dma-buf import (patches 2-5), and it > does not touch drivers/dma-buf, as you suggested in the PAL discussion: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/c413710b-4c28-4ed8-88ec-aeb8c4482011@amd.com/ > > KVM gets its frames through the KVM-private guest_memfd provider > interface from David's series. iommufd gets them through a private > interface with the exporter, as it already does for vfio-pci. The new > version adds a small registry in iommufd for that, which replaces the > symbol_get() of the sample in David's series. The dma-buf is then only > the handle and the existing revoke. Yeah that approach sounds totally sane to me. We have drivers which stuff all kind of resources, not just memory, into a DMA-buf. That ranges from MMIO BARs to trigger FW operations (doorbells) over full HW blocks (ordered appends, global wave sync etc...) where two or more applications need to share which one is used. That you then have a exporter private interface is for accessing this is perfectly ok. The problem you are facing here is more that this is not limited to one driver/module but multiple ones and you don't want module inter dependencies because of the symbols. So symbol_get() is probably the right thing to do as long as we don't have something like weak symbols or similar. Regards, Christian. > > Thanks, > Fred

1 day, 12 hours

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