Re: [PATCH 05/14] iommupt: Implement preserve/unpreserve/restore callbacks

From: Pranjal Shrivastava

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 17:57:32 EST


On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 10:09:39PM +0000, Samiullah Khawaja wrote:
> Implement the iommu domain ops for presevation, unpresevation and
> restoration of iommu domains for liveupdate. Use the existing page
> walker to preserve the ioptdesc of the top_table and the lower tables.
> Preserve the top_level also so it can be restored during boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/generic_pt/iommu.h | 10 +++
> 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h b/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h
> index 3327116a441c..0a1adb6312dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/generic_pt/iommu_pt.h
> @@ -921,6 +921,102 @@ int DOMAIN_NS(map_pages)(struct iommu_domain *domain, unsigned long iova,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(DOMAIN_NS(map_pages), "GENERIC_PT_IOMMU");
>
> +/**
> + * unpreserve() - Unpreserve page tables and other state of a domain.
> + * @domain: Domain to unpreserve
> + */
> +void DOMAIN_NS(unpreserve)(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct iommu_domain_ser *ser)

I don't see us using the `ser` arg in this function? Shall we remove it?

> +{
> + struct pt_iommu *iommu_table =
> + container_of(domain, struct pt_iommu, domain);
> + struct pt_common *common = common_from_iommu(iommu_table);
> + struct pt_range range = pt_all_range(common);
> + struct pt_iommu_collect_args collect = {
> + .free_list = IOMMU_PAGES_LIST_INIT(collect.free_list),
> + };
> +
> + iommu_pages_list_add(&collect.free_list, range.top_table);
> + pt_walk_range(&range, __collect_tables, &collect);
> +
> + iommu_unpreserve_pages(&collect.free_list, -1);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(DOMAIN_NS(unpreserve), "GENERIC_PT_IOMMU");
> +
> +/**
> + * preserve() - Preserve page tables and other state of a domain.
> + * @domain: Domain to preserve
> + *
> + * Returns: -ERRNO on failure, on success.

Nit: 0 on success?

> + */
> +int DOMAIN_NS(preserve)(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct iommu_domain_ser *ser)
> +{
> + struct pt_iommu *iommu_table =
> + container_of(domain, struct pt_iommu, domain);
> + struct pt_common *common = common_from_iommu(iommu_table);
> + struct pt_range range = pt_all_range(common);
> + struct pt_iommu_collect_args collect = {
> + .free_list = IOMMU_PAGES_LIST_INIT(collect.free_list),
> + };
> + int ret;
> +
> + iommu_pages_list_add(&collect.free_list, range.top_table);
> + pt_walk_range(&range, __collect_tables, &collect);
> +
> + ret = iommu_preserve_pages(&collect.free_list);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + ser->top_table = virt_to_phys(range.top_table);
> + ser->top_level = range.top_level;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(DOMAIN_NS(preserve), "GENERIC_PT_IOMMU");
> +
> +static int __restore_tables(struct pt_range *range, void *arg,
> + unsigned int level, struct pt_table_p *table)
> +{
> + struct pt_state pts = pt_init(range, level, table);
> + int ret;
> +
> + for_each_pt_level_entry(&pts) {
> + if (pts.type == PT_ENTRY_TABLE) {
> + iommu_restore_page(virt_to_phys(pts.table_lower));
> + ret = pt_descend(&pts, arg, __restore_tables);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;

If pt_descend() returns an error, we immediately return ret. However, we
have already successfully called iommu_restore_page() on pts.table_lower
and potentially many other tables earlier in the loop or higher up in
the tree..

If the domain restore fails halfway through the tree walk, how are these
partially restored pages cleaned up? Should we clean them up / free them
in an err label or does the caller perform a BUG_ON(ret) ?

> + }
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * restore() - Restore page tables and other state of a domain.
> + * @domain: Domain to preserve
> + *
> + * Returns: -ERRNO on failure, on success.

Nit: 0 on success?

> + */
> +int DOMAIN_NS(restore)(struct iommu_domain *domain, struct iommu_domain_ser *ser)
> +{
> + struct pt_iommu *iommu_table =
> + container_of(domain, struct pt_iommu, domain);
> + struct pt_common *common = common_from_iommu(iommu_table);
> + struct pt_range range = pt_all_range(common);
> +
> + iommu_restore_page(ser->top_table);
> +
> + /* Free new table */
> + iommu_free_pages(range.top_table);
> +
> + /* Set the restored top table */
> + pt_top_set(common, phys_to_virt(ser->top_table), ser->top_level);
> +
> + /* Restore all pages*/
> + range = pt_all_range(common);
> + return pt_walk_range(&range, __restore_tables, NULL);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(DOMAIN_NS(restore), "GENERIC_PT_IOMMU");
> +

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Thanks,
Praan