Commit 68d3a2a24d for qemu.org
commit 68d3a2a24d7c8d2a02cbaa99b8207961c0cd7e91
Author: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
Date: Tue Jan 6 01:28:06 2026 -0500
Workaround for ERRATA_772415_SPR17
On a system influenced by ERRATA_772415, IOMMU_HW_INFO_VTD_ERRATA_772415_SPR17
is repored by IOMMU_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO. Due to this errata, even the readonly
range mapped on second stage page table could still be written.
Reference from 4th Gen Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family Specification
Update, Errata Details, SPR17.
Link https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products-and-solutions/processors-and-chipsets/eagle-stream/sapphire-rapids-specification-update/
Backup https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/772415
Also copied the SPR17 details from above link:
"Problem: When remapping hardware is configured by system software in
scalable mode as Nested (PGTT=011b) and with PWSNP field Set in the
PASID-table-entry, it may Set Accessed bit and Dirty bit (and Extended
Access bit if enabled) in first-stage page-table entries even when
second-stage mappings indicate that corresponding first-stage page-table
is Read-Only.
Implication: Due to this erratum, pages mapped as Read-only in second-stage
page-tables may be modified by remapping hardware Access/Dirty bit updates.
Workaround: None identified. System software enabling nested translations
for a VM should ensure that there are no read-only pages in the
corresponding second-stage mappings."
Introduce a helper vfio_device_get_host_iommu_quirk_bypass_ro to check if
readonly mappings should be bypassed.
Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260106062808.316574-5-zhenzhong.duan@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
diff --git a/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst b/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
index 2d6e60dce1..6928b47643 100644
--- a/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
@@ -169,3 +169,12 @@ otherwise below error shows:
.. code-block:: none
qemu-system-x86_64: -device vfio-pci,host=0000:02:00.0,bus=bridge1,iommufd=iommufd0: vfio 0000:02:00.0: Failed to set vIOMMU: Host device downstream to a PCI bridge is unsupported when x-flts=on
+
+If host IOMMU has ERRATA_772415_SPR17, running guest with "intel_iommu=on,sm_off"
+is unsupported, kexec or reboot guest from "intel_iommu=on,sm_on" to
+"intel_iommu=on,sm_off" is also unsupported. Configure scalable mode off as
+below if it's not needed by guest:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ -device intel-iommu,x-scalable-mode=off
diff --git a/hw/vfio/device.c b/hw/vfio/device.c
index 3bab082322..086f20f676 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/device.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/device.c
@@ -533,6 +533,20 @@ bool vfio_device_get_viommu_flags_want_nesting(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
return false;
}
+bool vfio_device_get_host_iommu_quirk_bypass_ro(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
+ uint32_t type, void *caps,
+ uint32_t size)
+{
+ VFIOPCIDevice *vdev = vfio_pci_from_vfio_device(vbasedev);
+
+ if (vdev) {
+ return !!(pci_device_get_host_iommu_quirks(PCI_DEVICE(vdev), type,
+ caps, size) &
+ HOST_IOMMU_QUIRK_NESTING_PARENT_BYPASS_RO);
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* Traditional ioctl() based io
*/
diff --git a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
index 0bf68620d2..2947e1b80f 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static bool iommufd_cdev_autodomains_get(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
VFIOContainer *bcontainer = VFIO_IOMMU(container);
uint32_t type, flags = 0;
uint64_t hw_caps;
+ VendorCaps caps;
VFIOIOASHwpt *hwpt;
uint32_t hwpt_id;
int ret;
@@ -396,7 +397,8 @@ static bool iommufd_cdev_autodomains_get(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
* instead.
*/
if (!iommufd_backend_get_device_info(vbasedev->iommufd, vbasedev->devid,
- &type, NULL, 0, &hw_caps, errp)) {
+ &type, &caps, sizeof(caps), &hw_caps,
+ errp)) {
return false;
}
@@ -411,6 +413,11 @@ static bool iommufd_cdev_autodomains_get(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
*/
if (vfio_device_get_viommu_flags_want_nesting(vbasedev)) {
flags |= IOMMU_HWPT_ALLOC_NEST_PARENT;
+
+ if (vfio_device_get_host_iommu_quirk_bypass_ro(vbasedev, type,
+ &caps, sizeof(caps))) {
+ bcontainer->bypass_ro = true;
+ }
}
if (cpr_is_incoming()) {
diff --git a/hw/vfio/listener.c b/hw/vfio/listener.c
index f193468dee..8ba1cd255d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/listener.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/listener.c
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ void vfio_container_region_add(VFIOContainer *bcontainer,
int ret;
Error *err = NULL;
- if (!vfio_listener_valid_section(section, false, "region_add")) {
+ if (!vfio_listener_valid_section(section, bcontainer->bypass_ro,
+ "region_add")) {
return;
}
@@ -668,7 +669,8 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_del(MemoryListener *listener,
int ret;
bool try_unmap = true;
- if (!vfio_listener_valid_section(section, false, "region_del")) {
+ if (!vfio_listener_valid_section(section, bcontainer->bypass_ro,
+ "region_del")) {
return;
}
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container.h
index 9f6e8cedfc..a7d5c5ed67 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-container.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct VFIOContainer {
QLIST_HEAD(, VFIODevice) device_list;
GList *iova_ranges;
NotifierWithReturn cpr_reboot_notifier;
+ bool bypass_ro;
};
#define TYPE_VFIO_IOMMU "vfio-iommu"
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h
index 48d00c7bc4..f6f3d0e378 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ void vfio_device_prepare(VFIODevice *vbasedev, VFIOContainer *bcontainer,
void vfio_device_unprepare(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
bool vfio_device_get_viommu_flags_want_nesting(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
+bool vfio_device_get_host_iommu_quirk_bypass_ro(VFIODevice *vbasedev,
+ uint32_t type, void *caps,
+ uint32_t size);
int vfio_device_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
struct vfio_region_info **info);