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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/iommu.rst b/Documentation/x86/iommu.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..42c7a6faa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86/iommu.rst @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +================= +x86 IOMMU Support +================= + +The architecture specs can be obtained from the below locations. + +- Intel: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/vt-directed-io-spec.pdf +- AMD: https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/48882_IOMMU.pdf + +This guide gives a quick cheat sheet for some basic understanding. + +Basic stuff +----------- + +ACPI enumerates and lists the different IOMMUs on the platform, and +device scope relationships between devices and which IOMMU controls +them. + +Some ACPI Keywords: + +- DMAR - Intel DMA Remapping table +- DRHD - Intel DMA Remapping Hardware Unit Definition +- RMRR - Intel Reserved Memory Region Reporting Structure +- IVRS - AMD I/O Virtualization Reporting Structure +- IVDB - AMD I/O Virtualization Definition Block +- IVHD - AMD I/O Virtualization Hardware Definition + +What is Intel RMRR? +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +There are some devices the BIOS controls, for e.g USB devices to perform +PS2 emulation. The regions of memory used for these devices are marked +reserved in the e820 map. When we turn on DMA translation, DMA to those +regions will fail. Hence BIOS uses RMRR to specify these regions along with +devices that need to access these regions. OS is expected to setup +unity mappings for these regions for these devices to access these regions. + +What is AMD IVRS? +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The architecture defines an ACPI-compatible data structure called an I/O +Virtualization Reporting Structure (IVRS) that is used to convey information +related to I/O virtualization to system software. The IVRS describes the +configuration and capabilities of the IOMMUs contained in the platform as +well as information about the devices that each IOMMU virtualizes. + +The IVRS provides information about the following: + +- IOMMUs present in the platform including their capabilities and proper configuration +- System I/O topology relevant to each IOMMU +- Peripheral devices that cannot be otherwise enumerated +- Memory regions used by SMI/SMM, platform firmware, and platform hardware. These are generally exclusion ranges to be configured by system software. + +How is an I/O Virtual Address (IOVA) generated? +----------------------------------------------- + +Well behaved drivers call dma_map_*() calls before sending command to device +that needs to perform DMA. Once DMA is completed and mapping is no longer +required, driver performs dma_unmap_*() calls to unmap the region. + +Intel Specific Notes +-------------------- + +Graphics Problems? +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you encounter issues with graphics devices, you can try adding +option intel_iommu=igfx_off to turn off the integrated graphics engine. +If this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem. + +Some exceptions to IOVA +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Interrupt ranges are not address translated, (0xfee00000 - 0xfeefffff). +The same is true for peer to peer transactions. Hence we reserve the +address from PCI MMIO ranges so they are not allocated for IOVA addresses. + +AMD Specific Notes +------------------ + +Graphics Problems? +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you encounter issues with integrated graphics devices, you can try adding +option iommu=pt to the kernel command line use a 1:1 mapping for the IOMMU. If +this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem. + +Fault reporting +--------------- +When errors are reported, the IOMMU signals via an interrupt. The fault +reason and device that caused it is printed on the console. + + +Kernel Log Samples +------------------ + +Intel Boot Messages +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Something like this gets printed indicating presence of DMAR tables +in ACPI: + +:: + + ACPI: DMAR (v001 A M I OEMDMAR 0x00000001 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x000000007f5b5ef0 + +When DMAR is being processed and initialized by ACPI, prints DMAR locations +and any RMRR's processed: + +:: + + ACPI DMAR:Host address width 36 + ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000000)base: 0x00000000fed90000 + ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000000)base: 0x00000000fed91000 + ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000001)base: 0x00000000fed93000 + ACPI DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000000ed000 end: 0x00000000000effff + ACPI DMAR:RMRR base: 0x000000007f600000 end: 0x000000007fffffff + +When DMAR is enabled for use, you will notice: + +:: + + PCI-DMA: Using DMAR IOMMU + +Intel Fault reporting +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + DMAR:[DMA Write] Request device [00:02.0] fault addr 6df084000 + DMAR:[fault reason 05] PTE Write access is not set + DMAR:[DMA Write] Request device [00:02.0] fault addr 6df084000 + DMAR:[fault reason 05] PTE Write access is not set + +AMD Boot Messages +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Something like this gets printed indicating presence of the IOMMU: + +:: + + iommu: Default domain type: Translated + iommu: DMA domain TLB invalidation policy: lazy mode + +AMD Fault reporting +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +:: + + AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0007 address=0xffffc02000 flags=0x0000] + AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=07:00.0 domain=0x0007 address=0xffffc02000 flags=0x0000] |