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[11/11] xen/docs: add a document to explain how to do passthrough without IOMMU

Message ID 20210923031115.1429719-12-penny.zheng@arm.com (mailing list archive)
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Series 1:1 direct-map memory map | expand

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Penny Zheng Sept. 23, 2021, 3:11 a.m. UTC 
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>

Make sure to start with a WARNING about security.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>
Signed-off-by: Penny Zheng <penny.zheng@arm.com>
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 docs/misc/arm/passthrough-noiommu.txt | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 docs/misc/arm/passthrough-noiommu.txt
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diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/passthrough-noiommu.txt b/docs/misc/arm/passthrough-noiommu.txt
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+Request Device Assignment without IOMMU support
+===============================================
+
+*WARNING:
+Users should be aware that it is not always secure to assign a device without
+IOMMU protection.
+When the device is not protected by the IOMMU, the administrator should make
+sure that:
+ 1. The device is assigned to a trusted guest.
+ 2. Users have additional security mechanism on the platform.
+
+
+This document assumes that the IOMMU is absent from the system or it is
+disabled (status = "disabled" in device tree).
+
+
+Add xen,force-assign-without-iommu; to the device tree snippet:
+
+ethernet: ethernet@ff0e0000 {
+	compatible = "cdns,zynqmp-gem";
+	xen,path = "/amba/ethernet@ff0e0000";
+	xen,reg = <0x0 0xff0e0000 0x1000 0x0 0xff0e0000>;
+	xen,force-assign-without-iommu;
+};
+
+Request 1:1 memory mapping for the domain on static allocation
+==============================================================
+
+Add a direct-map property under the appropriate /chosen/domU node which
+is also statically allocated with physical memory ranges through
+xen,static-mem property as its guest RAM.
+
+Below is an example on how to specify the 1:1 memory mapping for the domain
+on static allocation in the device-tree:
+
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		domU1 {
+			compatible = "xen,domain";
+			#address-cells = <0x2>;
+			#size-cells = <0x2>;
+			cpus = <2>;
+			memory = <0x0 0x80000>;
+			#xen,static-mem-address-cells = <0x1>;
+			#xen,static-mem-size-cells = <0x1>;
+			xen,static-mem = <0x30000000 0x20000000>;
+			direct-map;
+			...
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+Besides reserving a 512MB region starting at the host physical address
+0x30000000 to DomU1, it also requests 1:1 memory mapping.