Re: [PATCH v6 17/18] vfio/pci: Preserve the iommufd state of the vfio cdev

From: Baolu Lu

Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 01:56:35 EST


On 10/25/2026 10:19 AM, Samiullah Khawaja wrote:
If the vfio cdev is attached to an iommufd, preserve the state of the
attached iommufd also. Basically preserve the iommu specific state of
the device and also the attach iommu HW unit.

Once the device and its iommufd attachment is preserved, it cannot be
detached or attached to another IOAS until it is unpreserved.

Reviewed-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c | 10 +++++++++
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
index b818aab92f76..4eb7ffd489bd 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/device_cdev.c
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ int vfio_df_ioctl_attach_pt(struct vfio_device_file *df,
}
mutex_lock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ if (iommufd_device_is_preserved(device->iommufd_device)) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
if (attach.flags & VFIO_DEVICE_ATTACH_PASID)
ret = device->ops->pasid_attach_ioas(device,
attach.pasid,
@@ -342,6 +347,11 @@ int vfio_df_ioctl_detach_pt(struct vfio_device_file *df,
}
mutex_lock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ if (iommufd_device_is_preserved(device->iommufd_device)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
if (detach.flags & VFIO_DEVICE_DETACH_PASID)
device->ops->pasid_detach_ioas(device, detach.pasid);
else
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
index f0ea37d98696..fb2141ee8942 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/iommufd.h>
#include <linux/kexec_handover.h>
#include <linux/kho/abi/vfio_pci.h>
#include <linux/liveupdate.h>
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@
#include "vfio_pci_priv.h"
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("IOMMUFD");
+
static bool vfio_pci_liveupdate_can_preserve(struct liveupdate_file_handler *handler,
struct file *file)
{
@@ -154,15 +157,25 @@ static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_preserve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
struct vfio_pci_core_device_ser *ser;
struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
struct pci_dev *pdev;
- int ret;
+ u64 iommufd_token;
+ int ret = 0;

nit: no need to initialize ret.

vdev = container_of(device, struct vfio_pci_core_device, vdev);
pdev = vdev->pdev;
- ret = pci_liveupdate_preserve(pdev);
+ mutex_lock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ ret = iommufd_device_preserve(args->session,
+ device->iommufd_device,
+ &iommufd_token);
+ mutex_unlock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+
if (ret)
return ret;
+ ret = pci_liveupdate_preserve(pdev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_iommufd_unpreserve;
+
ser = kho_alloc_preserve(sizeof(*ser));
if (IS_ERR(ser)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(ser);
@@ -177,6 +190,12 @@ static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_preserve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
err_unpreserve:
pci_liveupdate_unpreserve(pdev);
+
+err_iommufd_unpreserve:
+ mutex_lock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ iommufd_device_unpreserve(args->session,
+ device->iommufd_device);
+ mutex_unlock(&device->dev_set->lock);
return ret;
}
@@ -184,6 +203,11 @@ static void vfio_pci_liveupdate_unpreserve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
{
struct vfio_device *device = vfio_device_from_file(args->file);
+ mutex_lock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ iommufd_device_unpreserve(args->session,
+ device->iommufd_device);
+ mutex_unlock(&device->dev_set->lock);
+
pci_liveupdate_unpreserve(to_pci_dev(device->dev));
kho_unpreserve_free(phys_to_virt(args->serialized_data));
}

Unpreservation isn't the exact reverse of preservation. Anything special
here?

Otherwise, this patch looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>