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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/s390/vfio-ap.rst b/Documentation/arch/s390/vfio-ap.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..929ee1c1c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arch/s390/vfio-ap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,1069 @@ +=============================== +Adjunct Processor (AP) facility +=============================== + + +Introduction +============ +The Adjunct Processor (AP) facility is an IBM Z cryptographic facility comprised +of three AP instructions and from 1 up to 256 PCIe cryptographic adapter cards. +The AP devices provide cryptographic functions to all CPUs assigned to a +linux system running in an IBM Z system LPAR. + +The AP adapter cards are exposed via the AP bus. The motivation for vfio-ap +is to make AP cards available to KVM guests using the VFIO mediated device +framework. This implementation relies considerably on the s390 virtualization +facilities which do most of the hard work of providing direct access to AP +devices. + +AP Architectural Overview +========================= +To facilitate the comprehension of the design, let's start with some +definitions: + +* AP adapter + + An AP adapter is an IBM Z adapter card that can perform cryptographic + functions. There can be from 0 to 256 adapters assigned to an LPAR. Adapters + assigned to the LPAR in which a linux host is running will be available to + the linux host. Each adapter is identified by a number from 0 to 255; however, + the maximum adapter number is determined by machine model and/or adapter type. + When installed, an AP adapter is accessed by AP instructions executed by any + CPU. + + The AP adapter cards are assigned to a given LPAR via the system's Activation + Profile which can be edited via the HMC. When the linux host system is IPL'd + in the LPAR, the AP bus detects the AP adapter cards assigned to the LPAR and + creates a sysfs device for each assigned adapter. For example, if AP adapters + 4 and 10 (0x0a) are assigned to the LPAR, the AP bus will create the following + sysfs device entries:: + + /sys/devices/ap/card04 + /sys/devices/ap/card0a + + Symbolic links to these devices will also be created in the AP bus devices + sub-directory:: + + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[card04] + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[card04] + +* AP domain + + An adapter is partitioned into domains. An adapter can hold up to 256 domains + depending upon the adapter type and hardware configuration. A domain is + identified by a number from 0 to 255; however, the maximum domain number is + determined by machine model and/or adapter type.. A domain can be thought of + as a set of hardware registers and memory used for processing AP commands. A + domain can be configured with a secure private key used for clear key + encryption. A domain is classified in one of two ways depending upon how it + may be accessed: + + * Usage domains are domains that are targeted by an AP instruction to + process an AP command. + + * Control domains are domains that are changed by an AP command sent to a + usage domain; for example, to set the secure private key for the control + domain. + + The AP usage and control domains are assigned to a given LPAR via the system's + Activation Profile which can be edited via the HMC. When a linux host system + is IPL'd in the LPAR, the AP bus module detects the AP usage and control + domains assigned to the LPAR. The domain number of each usage domain and + adapter number of each AP adapter are combined to create AP queue devices + (see AP Queue section below). The domain number of each control domain will be + represented in a bitmask and stored in a sysfs file + /sys/bus/ap/ap_control_domain_mask. The bits in the mask, from most to least + significant bit, correspond to domains 0-255. + +* AP Queue + + An AP queue is the means by which an AP command is sent to a usage domain + inside a specific adapter. An AP queue is identified by a tuple + comprised of an AP adapter ID (APID) and an AP queue index (APQI). The + APQI corresponds to a given usage domain number within the adapter. This tuple + forms an AP Queue Number (APQN) uniquely identifying an AP queue. AP + instructions include a field containing the APQN to identify the AP queue to + which the AP command is to be sent for processing. + + The AP bus will create a sysfs device for each APQN that can be derived from + the cross product of the AP adapter and usage domain numbers detected when the + AP bus module is loaded. For example, if adapters 4 and 10 (0x0a) and usage + domains 6 and 71 (0x47) are assigned to the LPAR, the AP bus will create the + following sysfs entries:: + + /sys/devices/ap/card04/04.0006 + /sys/devices/ap/card04/04.0047 + /sys/devices/ap/card0a/0a.0006 + /sys/devices/ap/card0a/0a.0047 + + The following symbolic links to these devices will be created in the AP bus + devices subdirectory:: + + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[04.0006] + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[04.0047] + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[0a.0006] + /sys/bus/ap/devices/[0a.0047] + +* AP Instructions: + + There are three AP instructions: + + * NQAP: to enqueue an AP command-request message to a queue + * DQAP: to dequeue an AP command-reply message from a queue + * PQAP: to administer the queues + + AP instructions identify the domain that is targeted to process the AP + command; this must be one of the usage domains. An AP command may modify a + domain that is not one of the usage domains, but the modified domain + must be one of the control domains. + +AP and SIE +========== +Let's now take a look at how AP instructions executed on a guest are interpreted +by the hardware. + +A satellite control block called the Crypto Control Block (CRYCB) is attached to +our main hardware virtualization control block. The CRYCB contains an AP Control +Block (APCB) that has three fields to identify the adapters, usage domains and +control domains assigned to the KVM guest: + +* The AP Mask (APM) field is a bit mask that identifies the AP adapters assigned + to the KVM guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to + an APID from 0-255. If a bit is set, the corresponding adapter is valid for + use by the KVM guest. + +* The AP Queue Mask (AQM) field is a bit mask identifying the AP usage domains + assigned to the KVM guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right, + corresponds to an AP queue index (APQI) from 0-255. If a bit is set, the + corresponding queue is valid for use by the KVM guest. + +* The AP Domain Mask field is a bit mask that identifies the AP control domains + assigned to the KVM guest. The ADM bit mask controls which domains can be + changed by an AP command-request message sent to a usage domain from the + guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to a domain from + 0-255. If a bit is set, the corresponding domain can be modified by an AP + command-request message sent to a usage domain. + +If you recall from the description of an AP Queue, AP instructions include +an APQN to identify the AP queue to which an AP command-request message is to be +sent (NQAP and PQAP instructions), or from which a command-reply message is to +be received (DQAP instruction). The validity of an APQN is defined by the matrix +calculated from the APM and AQM; it is the Cartesian product of all assigned +adapter numbers (APM) with all assigned queue indexes (AQM). For example, if +adapters 1 and 2 and usage domains 5 and 6 are assigned to a guest, the APQNs +(1,5), (1,6), (2,5) and (2,6) will be valid for the guest. + +The APQNs can provide secure key functionality - i.e., a private key is stored +on the adapter card for each of its domains - so each APQN must be assigned to +at most one guest or to the linux host:: + + Example 1: Valid configuration: + ------------------------------ + Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6 + Guest2: adapter 1,2 domain 7 + + This is valid because both guests have a unique set of APQNs: + Guest1 has APQNs (1,5), (1,6), (2,5), (2,6); + Guest2 has APQNs (1,7), (2,7) + + Example 2: Valid configuration: + ------------------------------ + Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6 + Guest2: adapters 3,4 domains 5,6 + + This is also valid because both guests have a unique set of APQNs: + Guest1 has APQNs (1,5), (1,6), (2,5), (2,6); + Guest2 has APQNs (3,5), (3,6), (4,5), (4,6) + + Example 3: Invalid configuration: + -------------------------------- + Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6 + Guest2: adapter 1 domains 6,7 + + This is an invalid configuration because both guests have access to + APQN (1,6). + +The Design +========== +The design introduces three new objects: + +1. AP matrix device +2. VFIO AP device driver (vfio_ap.ko) +3. VFIO AP mediated pass-through device + +The VFIO AP device driver +------------------------- +The VFIO AP (vfio_ap) device driver serves the following purposes: + +1. Provides the interfaces to secure APQNs for exclusive use of KVM guests. + +2. Sets up the VFIO mediated device interfaces to manage a vfio_ap mediated + device and creates the sysfs interfaces for assigning adapters, usage + domains, and control domains comprising the matrix for a KVM guest. + +3. Configures the APM, AQM and ADM in the APCB contained in the CRYCB referenced + by a KVM guest's SIE state description to grant the guest access to a matrix + of AP devices + +Reserve APQNs for exclusive use of KVM guests +--------------------------------------------- +The following block diagram illustrates the mechanism by which APQNs are +reserved:: + + +------------------+ + 7 remove | | + +--------------------> cex4queue driver | + | | | + | +------------------+ + | + | + | +------------------+ +----------------+ + | 5 register driver | | 3 create | | + | +----------------> Device core +----------> matrix device | + | | | | | | + | | +--------^---------+ +----------------+ + | | | + | | +-------------------+ + | | +-----------------------------------+ | + | | | 4 register AP driver | | 2 register device + | | | | | + +--------+---+-v---+ +--------+-------+-+ + | | | | + | ap_bus +--------------------- > vfio_ap driver | + | | 8 probe | | + +--------^---------+ +--^--^------------+ + 6 edit | | | + apmask | +-----------------------------+ | 11 mdev create + aqmask | | 1 modprobe | + +--------+-----+---+ +----------------+-+ +----------------+ + | | | |10 create| mediated | + | admin | | VFIO device core |---------> matrix | + | + | | | device | + +------+-+---------+ +--------^---------+ +--------^-------+ + | | | | + | | 9 create vfio_ap-passthrough | | + | +------------------------------+ | + +-------------------------------------------------------------+ + 12 assign adapter/domain/control domain + +The process for reserving an AP queue for use by a KVM guest is: + +1. The administrator loads the vfio_ap device driver +2. The vfio-ap driver during its initialization will register a single 'matrix' + device with the device core. This will serve as the parent device for + all vfio_ap mediated devices used to configure an AP matrix for a guest. +3. The /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix device is created by the device core +4. The vfio_ap device driver will register with the AP bus for AP queue devices + of type 10 and higher (CEX4 and newer). The driver will provide the vfio_ap + driver's probe and remove callback interfaces. Devices older than CEX4 queues + are not supported to simplify the implementation by not needlessly + complicating the design by supporting older devices that will go out of + service in the relatively near future, and for which there are few older + systems around on which to test. +5. The AP bus registers the vfio_ap device driver with the device core +6. The administrator edits the AP adapter and queue masks to reserve AP queues + for use by the vfio_ap device driver. +7. The AP bus removes the AP queues reserved for the vfio_ap driver from the + default zcrypt cex4queue driver. +8. The AP bus probes the vfio_ap device driver to bind the queues reserved for + it. +9. The administrator creates a passthrough type vfio_ap mediated device to be + used by a guest +10. The administrator assigns the adapters, usage domains and control domains + to be exclusively used by a guest. + +Set up the VFIO mediated device interfaces +------------------------------------------ +The VFIO AP device driver utilizes the common interfaces of the VFIO mediated +device core driver to: + +* Register an AP mediated bus driver to add a vfio_ap mediated device to and + remove it from a VFIO group. +* Create and destroy a vfio_ap mediated device +* Add a vfio_ap mediated device to and remove it from the AP mediated bus driver +* Add a vfio_ap mediated device to and remove it from an IOMMU group + +The following high-level block diagram shows the main components and interfaces +of the VFIO AP mediated device driver:: + + +-------------+ + | | + | +---------+ | mdev_register_driver() +--------------+ + | | Mdev | +<-----------------------+ | + | | bus | | | vfio_mdev.ko | + | | driver | +----------------------->+ |<-> VFIO user + | +---------+ | probe()/remove() +--------------+ APIs + | | + | MDEV CORE | + | MODULE | + | mdev.ko | + | +---------+ | mdev_register_parent() +--------------+ + | |Physical | +<-----------------------+ | + | | device | | | vfio_ap.ko |<-> matrix + | |interface| +----------------------->+ | device + | +---------+ | callback +--------------+ + +-------------+ + +During initialization of the vfio_ap module, the matrix device is registered +with an 'mdev_parent_ops' structure that provides the sysfs attribute +structures, mdev functions and callback interfaces for managing the mediated +matrix device. + +* sysfs attribute structures: + + supported_type_groups + The VFIO mediated device framework supports creation of user-defined + mediated device types. These mediated device types are specified + via the 'supported_type_groups' structure when a device is registered + with the mediated device framework. The registration process creates the + sysfs structures for each mediated device type specified in the + 'mdev_supported_types' sub-directory of the device being registered. Along + with the device type, the sysfs attributes of the mediated device type are + provided. + + The VFIO AP device driver will register one mediated device type for + passthrough devices: + + /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/mdev_supported_types/vfio_ap-passthrough + + Only the read-only attributes required by the VFIO mdev framework will + be provided:: + + ... name + ... device_api + ... available_instances + ... device_api + + Where: + + * name: + specifies the name of the mediated device type + * device_api: + the mediated device type's API + * available_instances: + the number of vfio_ap mediated passthrough devices + that can be created + * device_api: + specifies the VFIO API + mdev_attr_groups + This attribute group identifies the user-defined sysfs attributes of the + mediated device. When a device is registered with the VFIO mediated device + framework, the sysfs attribute files identified in the 'mdev_attr_groups' + structure will be created in the vfio_ap mediated device's directory. The + sysfs attributes for a vfio_ap mediated device are: + + assign_adapter / unassign_adapter: + Write-only attributes for assigning/unassigning an AP adapter to/from the + vfio_ap mediated device. To assign/unassign an adapter, the APID of the + adapter is echoed into the respective attribute file. + assign_domain / unassign_domain: + Write-only attributes for assigning/unassigning an AP usage domain to/from + the vfio_ap mediated device. To assign/unassign a domain, the domain + number of the usage domain is echoed into the respective attribute + file. + matrix: + A read-only file for displaying the APQNs derived from the Cartesian + product of the adapter and domain numbers assigned to the vfio_ap mediated + device. + guest_matrix: + A read-only file for displaying the APQNs derived from the Cartesian + product of the adapter and domain numbers assigned to the APM and AQM + fields respectively of the KVM guest's CRYCB. This may differ from the + the APQNs assigned to the vfio_ap mediated device if any APQN does not + reference a queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver (i.e., the + queue is not in the host's AP configuration). + assign_control_domain / unassign_control_domain: + Write-only attributes for assigning/unassigning an AP control domain + to/from the vfio_ap mediated device. To assign/unassign a control domain, + the ID of the domain to be assigned/unassigned is echoed into the + respective attribute file. + control_domains: + A read-only file for displaying the control domain numbers assigned to the + vfio_ap mediated device. + +* functions: + + create: + allocates the ap_matrix_mdev structure used by the vfio_ap driver to: + + * Store the reference to the KVM structure for the guest using the mdev + * Store the AP matrix configuration for the adapters, domains, and control + domains assigned via the corresponding sysfs attributes files + * Store the AP matrix configuration for the adapters, domains and control + domains available to a guest. A guest may not be provided access to APQNs + referencing queue devices that do not exist, or are not bound to the + vfio_ap device driver. + + remove: + deallocates the vfio_ap mediated device's ap_matrix_mdev structure. + This will be allowed only if a running guest is not using the mdev. + +* callback interfaces + + open_device: + The vfio_ap driver uses this callback to register a + VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notifier callback function for the matrix mdev + devices. The open_device callback is invoked by userspace to connect the + VFIO iommu group for the matrix mdev device to the MDEV bus. Access to the + KVM structure used to configure the KVM guest is provided via this callback. + The KVM structure, is used to configure the guest's access to the AP matrix + defined via the vfio_ap mediated device's sysfs attribute files. + + close_device: + unregisters the VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notifier callback function for the + matrix mdev device and deconfigures the guest's AP matrix. + + ioctl: + this callback handles the VFIO_DEVICE_GET_INFO and VFIO_DEVICE_RESET ioctls + defined by the vfio framework. + +Configure the guest's AP resources +---------------------------------- +Configuring the AP resources for a KVM guest will be performed when the +VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notifier callback is invoked. The notifier +function is called when userspace connects to KVM. The guest's AP resources are +configured via its APCB by: + +* Setting the bits in the APM corresponding to the APIDs assigned to the + vfio_ap mediated device via its 'assign_adapter' interface. +* Setting the bits in the AQM corresponding to the domains assigned to the + vfio_ap mediated device via its 'assign_domain' interface. +* Setting the bits in the ADM corresponding to the domain dIDs assigned to the + vfio_ap mediated device via its 'assign_control_domains' interface. + +The linux device model precludes passing a device through to a KVM guest that +is not bound to the device driver facilitating its pass-through. Consequently, +an APQN that does not reference a queue device bound to the vfio_ap device +driver will not be assigned to a KVM guest's matrix. The AP architecture, +however, does not provide a means to filter individual APQNs from the guest's +matrix, so the adapters, domains and control domains assigned to vfio_ap +mediated device via its sysfs 'assign_adapter', 'assign_domain' and +'assign_control_domain' interfaces will be filtered before providing the AP +configuration to a guest: + +* The APIDs of the adapters, the APQIs of the domains and the domain numbers of + the control domains assigned to the matrix mdev that are not also assigned to + the host's AP configuration will be filtered. + +* Each APQN derived from the Cartesian product of the APIDs and APQIs assigned + to the vfio_ap mdev is examined and if any one of them does not reference a + queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver, the adapter will not be + plugged into the guest (i.e., the bit corresponding to its APID will not be + set in the APM of the guest's APCB). + +The CPU model features for AP +----------------------------- +The AP stack relies on the presence of the AP instructions as well as three +facilities: The AP Facilities Test (APFT) facility; the AP Query +Configuration Information (QCI) facility; and the AP Queue Interruption Control +facility. These features/facilities are made available to a KVM guest via the +following CPU model features: + +1. ap: Indicates whether the AP instructions are installed on the guest. This + feature will be enabled by KVM only if the AP instructions are installed + on the host. + +2. apft: Indicates the APFT facility is available on the guest. This facility + can be made available to the guest only if it is available on the host (i.e., + facility bit 15 is set). + +3. apqci: Indicates the AP QCI facility is available on the guest. This facility + can be made available to the guest only if it is available on the host (i.e., + facility bit 12 is set). + +4. apqi: Indicates AP Queue Interruption Control faclity is available on the + guest. This facility can be made available to the guest only if it is + available on the host (i.e., facility bit 65 is set). + +Note: If the user chooses to specify a CPU model different than the 'host' +model to QEMU, the CPU model features and facilities need to be turned on +explicitly; for example:: + + /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu z13,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on,apqi=on + +A guest can be precluded from using AP features/facilities by turning them off +explicitly; for example:: + + /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=off,apqci=off,apft=off,apqi=off + +Note: If the APFT facility is turned off (apft=off) for the guest, the guest +will not see any AP devices. The zcrypt device drivers on the guest that +register for type 10 and newer AP devices - i.e., the cex4card and cex4queue +device drivers - need the APFT facility to ascertain the facilities installed on +a given AP device. If the APFT facility is not installed on the guest, then no +adapter or domain devices will get created by the AP bus running on the +guest because only type 10 and newer devices can be configured for guest use. + +Example +======= +Let's now provide an example to illustrate how KVM guests may be given +access to AP facilities. For this example, we will show how to configure +three guests such that executing the lszcrypt command on the guests would +look like this: + +Guest1 +------ +=========== ===== ============ +CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE +=========== ===== ============ +05 CEX5C CCA-Coproc +05.0004 CEX5C CCA-Coproc +05.00ab CEX5C CCA-Coproc +06 CEX5A Accelerator +06.0004 CEX5A Accelerator +06.00ab CEX5A Accelerator +=========== ===== ============ + +Guest2 +------ +=========== ===== ============ +CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE +=========== ===== ============ +05 CEX5C CCA-Coproc +05.0047 CEX5C CCA-Coproc +05.00ff CEX5C CCA-Coproc +=========== ===== ============ + +Guest3 +------ +=========== ===== ============ +CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE +=========== ===== ============ +06 CEX5A Accelerator +06.0047 CEX5A Accelerator +06.00ff CEX5A Accelerator +=========== ===== ============ + +These are the steps: + +1. Install the vfio_ap module on the linux host. The dependency chain for the + vfio_ap module is: + * iommu + * s390 + * zcrypt + * vfio + * vfio_mdev + * vfio_mdev_device + * KVM + + To build the vfio_ap module, the kernel build must be configured with the + following Kconfig elements selected: + * IOMMU_SUPPORT + * S390 + * ZCRYPT + * VFIO + * KVM + + If using make menuconfig select the following to build the vfio_ap module:: + + -> Device Drivers + -> IOMMU Hardware Support + select S390 AP IOMMU Support + -> VFIO Non-Privileged userspace driver framework + -> Mediated device driver frramework + -> VFIO driver for Mediated devices + -> I/O subsystem + -> VFIO support for AP devices + +2. Secure the AP queues to be used by the three guests so that the host can not + access them. To secure them, there are two sysfs files that specify + bitmasks marking a subset of the APQN range as usable only by the default AP + queue device drivers. All remaining APQNs are available for use by + any other device driver. The vfio_ap device driver is currently the only + non-default device driver. The location of the sysfs files containing the + masks are:: + + /sys/bus/ap/apmask + /sys/bus/ap/aqmask + + The 'apmask' is a 256-bit mask that identifies a set of AP adapter IDs + (APID). Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to an APID from + 0-255. If a bit is set, the APID belongs to the subset of APQNs marked as + available only to the default AP queue device drivers. + + The 'aqmask' is a 256-bit mask that identifies a set of AP queue indexes + (APQI). Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to an APQI from + 0-255. If a bit is set, the APQI belongs to the subset of APQNs marked as + available only to the default AP queue device drivers. + + The Cartesian product of the APIDs corresponding to the bits set in the + apmask and the APQIs corresponding to the bits set in the aqmask comprise + the subset of APQNs that can be used only by the host default device drivers. + All other APQNs are available to the non-default device drivers such as the + vfio_ap driver. + + Take, for example, the following masks:: + + apmask: + 0x7d00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + + aqmask: + 0x8000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + + The masks indicate: + + * Adapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 are available for use by the host default + device drivers. + + * Domain 0 is available for use by the host default device drivers + + * The subset of APQNs available for use only by the default host device + drivers are: + + (1,0), (2,0), (3,0), (4.0), (5,0) and (7,0) + + * All other APQNs are available for use by the non-default device drivers. + + The APQN of each AP queue device assigned to the linux host is checked by the + AP bus against the set of APQNs derived from the Cartesian product of APIDs + and APQIs marked as available to the default AP queue device drivers. If a + match is detected, only the default AP queue device drivers will be probed; + otherwise, the vfio_ap device driver will be probed. + + By default, the two masks are set to reserve all APQNs for use by the default + AP queue device drivers. There are two ways the default masks can be changed: + + 1. The sysfs mask files can be edited by echoing a string into the + respective sysfs mask file in one of two formats: + + * An absolute hex string starting with 0x - like "0x12345678" - sets + the mask. If the given string is shorter than the mask, it is padded + with 0s on the right; for example, specifying a mask value of 0x41 is + the same as specifying:: + + 0x4100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + + Keep in mind that the mask reads from left to right, so the mask + above identifies device numbers 1 and 7 (01000001). + + If the string is longer than the mask, the operation is terminated with + an error (EINVAL). + + * Individual bits in the mask can be switched on and off by specifying + each bit number to be switched in a comma separated list. Each bit + number string must be prepended with a ('+') or minus ('-') to indicate + the corresponding bit is to be switched on ('+') or off ('-'). Some + valid values are: + + - "+0" switches bit 0 on + - "-13" switches bit 13 off + - "+0x41" switches bit 65 on + - "-0xff" switches bit 255 off + + The following example: + + +0,-6,+0x47,-0xf0 + + Switches bits 0 and 71 (0x47) on + + Switches bits 6 and 240 (0xf0) off + + Note that the bits not specified in the list remain as they were before + the operation. + + 2. The masks can also be changed at boot time via parameters on the kernel + command line like this: + + ap.apmask=0xffff ap.aqmask=0x40 + + This would create the following masks:: + + apmask: + 0xffff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + + aqmask: + 0x4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + + Resulting in these two pools:: + + default drivers pool: adapter 0-15, domain 1 + alternate drivers pool: adapter 16-255, domains 0, 2-255 + + **Note:** + Changing a mask such that one or more APQNs will be taken from a vfio_ap + mediated device (see below) will fail with an error (EBUSY). A message + is logged to the kernel ring buffer which can be viewed with the 'dmesg' + command. The output identifies each APQN flagged as 'in use' and identifies + the vfio_ap mediated device to which it is assigned; for example: + + Userspace may not re-assign queue 05.0054 already assigned to 62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804 + Userspace may not re-assign queue 04.0054 already assigned to cef03c3c-903d-4ecc-9a83-40694cb8aee4 + +Securing the APQNs for our example +---------------------------------- + To secure the AP queues 05.0004, 05.0047, 05.00ab, 05.00ff, 06.0004, 06.0047, + 06.00ab, and 06.00ff for use by the vfio_ap device driver, the corresponding + APQNs can be removed from the default masks using either of the following + commands:: + + echo -5,-6 > /sys/bus/ap/apmask + + echo -4,-0x47,-0xab,-0xff > /sys/bus/ap/aqmask + + Or the masks can be set as follows:: + + echo 0xf9ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff \ + > apmask + + echo 0xf7fffffffffffffffeffffffffffffffffffffffffeffffffffffffffffffffe \ + > aqmask + + This will result in AP queues 05.0004, 05.0047, 05.00ab, 05.00ff, 06.0004, + 06.0047, 06.00ab, and 06.00ff getting bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The + sysfs directory for the vfio_ap device driver will now contain symbolic links + to the AP queue devices bound to it:: + + /sys/bus/ap + ... [drivers] + ...... [vfio_ap] + ......... [05.0004] + ......... [05.0047] + ......... [05.00ab] + ......... [05.00ff] + ......... [06.0004] + ......... [06.0047] + ......... [06.00ab] + ......... [06.00ff] + + Keep in mind that only type 10 and newer adapters (i.e., CEX4 and later) + can be bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The reason for this is to + simplify the implementation by not needlessly complicating the design by + supporting older devices that will go out of service in the relatively near + future and for which there are few older systems on which to test. + + The administrator, therefore, must take care to secure only AP queues that + can be bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The device type for a given AP + queue device can be read from the parent card's sysfs directory. For example, + to see the hardware type of the queue 05.0004: + + cat /sys/bus/ap/devices/card05/hwtype + + The hwtype must be 10 or higher (CEX4 or newer) in order to be bound to the + vfio_ap device driver. + +3. Create the mediated devices needed to configure the AP matrixes for the + three guests and to provide an interface to the vfio_ap driver for + use by the guests:: + + /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/ + --- [mdev_supported_types] + ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough] (passthrough vfio_ap mediated device type) + --------- create + --------- [devices] + + To create the mediated devices for the three guests:: + + uuidgen > create + uuidgen > create + uuidgen > create + + or + + echo $uuid1 > create + echo $uuid2 > create + echo $uuid3 > create + + This will create three mediated devices in the [devices] subdirectory named + after the UUID written to the create attribute file. We call them $uuid1, + $uuid2 and $uuid3 and this is the sysfs directory structure after creation:: + + /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/ + --- [mdev_supported_types] + ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough] + --------- [devices] + ------------ [$uuid1] + --------------- assign_adapter + --------------- assign_control_domain + --------------- assign_domain + --------------- matrix + --------------- unassign_adapter + --------------- unassign_control_domain + --------------- unassign_domain + + ------------ [$uuid2] + --------------- assign_adapter + --------------- assign_control_domain + --------------- assign_domain + --------------- matrix + --------------- unassign_adapter + ----------------unassign_control_domain + ----------------unassign_domain + + ------------ [$uuid3] + --------------- assign_adapter + --------------- assign_control_domain + --------------- assign_domain + --------------- matrix + --------------- unassign_adapter + ----------------unassign_control_domain + ----------------unassign_domain + + Note *****: The vfio_ap mdevs do not persist across reboots unless the + mdevctl tool is used to create and persist them. + +4. The administrator now needs to configure the matrixes for the mediated + devices $uuid1 (for Guest1), $uuid2 (for Guest2) and $uuid3 (for Guest3). + + This is how the matrix is configured for Guest1:: + + echo 5 > assign_adapter + echo 6 > assign_adapter + echo 4 > assign_domain + echo 0xab > assign_domain + + Control domains can similarly be assigned using the assign_control_domain + sysfs file. + + If a mistake is made configuring an adapter, domain or control domain, + you can use the unassign_xxx files to unassign the adapter, domain or + control domain. + + To display the matrix configuration for Guest1:: + + cat matrix + + To display the matrix that is or will be assigned to Guest1:: + + cat guest_matrix + + This is how the matrix is configured for Guest2:: + + echo 5 > assign_adapter + echo 0x47 > assign_domain + echo 0xff > assign_domain + + This is how the matrix is configured for Guest3:: + + echo 6 > assign_adapter + echo 0x47 > assign_domain + echo 0xff > assign_domain + + In order to successfully assign an adapter: + + * The adapter number specified must represent a value from 0 up to the + maximum adapter number configured for the system. If an adapter number + higher than the maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with + an error (ENODEV). + + Note: The maximum adapter number can be obtained via the sysfs + /sys/bus/ap/ap_max_adapter_id attribute file. + + * Each APQN derived from the Cartesian product of the APID of the adapter + being assigned and the APQIs of the domains previously assigned: + + - Must only be available to the vfio_ap device driver as specified in the + sysfs /sys/bus/ap/apmask and /sys/bus/ap/aqmask attribute files. If even + one APQN is reserved for use by the host device driver, the operation + will terminate with an error (EADDRNOTAVAIL). + + - Must NOT be assigned to another vfio_ap mediated device. If even one APQN + is assigned to another vfio_ap mediated device, the operation will + terminate with an error (EBUSY). + + - Must NOT be assigned while the sysfs /sys/bus/ap/apmask and + sys/bus/ap/aqmask attribute files are being edited or the operation may + terminate with an error (EBUSY). + + In order to successfully assign a domain: + + * The domain number specified must represent a value from 0 up to the + maximum domain number configured for the system. If a domain number + higher than the maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with + an error (ENODEV). + + Note: The maximum domain number can be obtained via the sysfs + /sys/bus/ap/ap_max_domain_id attribute file. + + * Each APQN derived from the Cartesian product of the APQI of the domain + being assigned and the APIDs of the adapters previously assigned: + + - Must only be available to the vfio_ap device driver as specified in the + sysfs /sys/bus/ap/apmask and /sys/bus/ap/aqmask attribute files. If even + one APQN is reserved for use by the host device driver, the operation + will terminate with an error (EADDRNOTAVAIL). + + - Must NOT be assigned to another vfio_ap mediated device. If even one APQN + is assigned to another vfio_ap mediated device, the operation will + terminate with an error (EBUSY). + + - Must NOT be assigned while the sysfs /sys/bus/ap/apmask and + sys/bus/ap/aqmask attribute files are being edited or the operation may + terminate with an error (EBUSY). + + In order to successfully assign a control domain: + + * The domain number specified must represent a value from 0 up to the maximum + domain number configured for the system. If a control domain number higher + than the maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with an + error (ENODEV). + +5. Start Guest1:: + + /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on,apqi=on \ + -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid1 ... + +7. Start Guest2:: + + /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on,apqi=on \ + -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid2 ... + +7. Start Guest3:: + + /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on,apqi=on \ + -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid3 ... + +When the guest is shut down, the vfio_ap mediated devices may be removed. + +Using our example again, to remove the vfio_ap mediated device $uuid1:: + + /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/ + --- [mdev_supported_types] + ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough] + --------- [devices] + ------------ [$uuid1] + --------------- remove + +:: + + echo 1 > remove + +This will remove all of the matrix mdev device's sysfs structures including +the mdev device itself. To recreate and reconfigure the matrix mdev device, +all of the steps starting with step 3 will have to be performed again. Note +that the remove will fail if a guest using the vfio_ap mdev is still running. + +It is not necessary to remove a vfio_ap mdev, but one may want to +remove it if no guest will use it during the remaining lifetime of the linux +host. If the vfio_ap mdev is removed, one may want to also reconfigure +the pool of adapters and queues reserved for use by the default drivers. + +Hot plug/unplug support: +======================== +An adapter, domain or control domain may be hot plugged into a running KVM +guest by assigning it to the vfio_ap mediated device being used by the guest if +the following conditions are met: + +* The adapter, domain or control domain must also be assigned to the host's + AP configuration. + +* Each APQN derived from the Cartesian product comprised of the APID of the + adapter being assigned and the APQIs of the domains assigned must reference a + queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver. + +* To hot plug a domain, each APQN derived from the Cartesian product + comprised of the APQI of the domain being assigned and the APIDs of the + adapters assigned must reference a queue device bound to the vfio_ap device + driver. + +An adapter, domain or control domain may be hot unplugged from a running KVM +guest by unassigning it from the vfio_ap mediated device being used by the +guest. + +Over-provisioning of AP queues for a KVM guest: +=============================================== +Over-provisioning is defined herein as the assignment of adapters or domains to +a vfio_ap mediated device that do not reference AP devices in the host's AP +configuration. The idea here is that when the adapter or domain becomes +available, it will be automatically hot-plugged into the KVM guest using +the vfio_ap mediated device to which it is assigned as long as each new APQN +resulting from plugging it in references a queue device bound to the vfio_ap +device driver. + +Limitations +=========== +Live guest migration is not supported for guests using AP devices without +intervention by a system administrator. Before a KVM guest can be migrated, +the vfio_ap mediated device must be removed. Unfortunately, it can not be +removed manually (i.e., echo 1 > /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$UUID/remove) while +the mdev is in use by a KVM guest. If the guest is being emulated by QEMU, +its mdev can be hot unplugged from the guest in one of two ways: + +1. If the KVM guest was started with libvirt, you can hot unplug the mdev via + the following commands: + + virsh detach-device <guestname> <path-to-device-xml> + + For example, to hot unplug mdev 62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804 from + the guest named 'my-guest': + + virsh detach-device my-guest ~/config/my-guest-hostdev.xml + + The contents of my-guest-hostdev.xml: + +.. code-block:: xml + + <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='mdev' managed='no' model='vfio-ap'> + <source> + <address uuid='62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804'/> + </source> + </hostdev> + + + virsh qemu-monitor-command <guest-name> --hmp "device-del <device-id>" + + For example, to hot unplug the vfio_ap mediated device identified on the + qemu command line with 'id=hostdev0' from the guest named 'my-guest': + +.. code-block:: sh + + virsh qemu-monitor-command my-guest --hmp "device_del hostdev0" + +2. A vfio_ap mediated device can be hot unplugged by attaching the qemu monitor + to the guest and using the following qemu monitor command: + + (QEMU) device-del id=<device-id> + + For example, to hot unplug the vfio_ap mediated device that was specified + on the qemu command line with 'id=hostdev0' when the guest was started: + + (QEMU) device-del id=hostdev0 + +After live migration of the KVM guest completes, an AP configuration can be +restored to the KVM guest by hot plugging a vfio_ap mediated device on the target +system into the guest in one of two ways: + +1. If the KVM guest was started with libvirt, you can hot plug a matrix mediated + device into the guest via the following virsh commands: + + virsh attach-device <guestname> <path-to-device-xml> + + For example, to hot plug mdev 62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804 into + the guest named 'my-guest': + + virsh attach-device my-guest ~/config/my-guest-hostdev.xml + + The contents of my-guest-hostdev.xml: + +.. code-block:: xml + + <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='mdev' managed='no' model='vfio-ap'> + <source> + <address uuid='62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804'/> + </source> + </hostdev> + + + virsh qemu-monitor-command <guest-name> --hmp \ + "device_add vfio-ap,sysfsdev=<path-to-mdev>,id=<device-id>" + + For example, to hot plug the vfio_ap mediated device + 62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804 into the guest named 'my-guest' with + device-id hostdev0: + + virsh qemu-monitor-command my-guest --hmp \ + "device_add vfio-ap,\ + sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804,\ + id=hostdev0" + +2. A vfio_ap mediated device can be hot plugged by attaching the qemu monitor + to the guest and using the following qemu monitor command: + + (qemu) device_add "vfio-ap,sysfsdev=<path-to-mdev>,id=<device-id>" + + For example, to plug the vfio_ap mediated device + 62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804 into the guest with the device-id + hostdev0: + + (QEMU) device-add "vfio-ap,\ + sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/62177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804,\ + id=hostdev0" |