Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] cover letter: qemu: Implement support for iommufd and multiple vSMMUs

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On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 07:54:09PM -0700, Nathan Chen via Devel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a follow up to the second RFC patchset [0] for supporting multiple
> vSMMU instances and using iommufd to propagate DMA mappings to kernel for
> VM-assigned host devices in a qemu VM.
> 
> This patchset implements support for specifying multiple <iommu> devices
> within the VM definition when smmuv3Dev IOMMU model is specified, and is
> tested with Shameer's latest qemu RFC for HW-accelerated vSMMU devices [1]
> 
> Moreover, it adds a new 'iommufdId' attribute for hostdev devices to be
> associated with the iommufd object.
> 
> For instance, specifying the iommufd object and associated hostdev in a
> VM definition with multiple IOMMUs, configured to be routed to
> pcie-expander-bus controllers in a way where VFIO device to SMMUv3
> associations are matched with the host:
> 
>   <devices>
> ...
>     <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-expander-bus'>
>       <model name='pxb-pcie'/>
>       <target busNr='252'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-expander-bus'>
>       <model name='pxb-pcie'/>
>       <target busNr='248'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
> ...
>     <controller type='pci' index='21' model='pcie-root-port'>
>       <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
>       <target chassis='21' port='0x0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='pci' index='22' model='pcie-root-port'>
>       <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
>       <target chassis='22' port='0xa8'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
> ...
>     <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='no'>
>       <source>
> 	<address domain='0x0009' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>       </source>
>       <iommufdId>iommufd0</iommufdId>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x15' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>     </hostdev>
>     <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='no'>
>       <source>
> 	<address domain='0x0019' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>       </source>
>       <iommufdId>iommufd0</iommufdId>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x16' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
>     </hostdev>
>     <iommu model='smmuv3Dev' parentIdx='1' accel='on'/>
>     <iommu model='smmuv3Dev' parentIdx='2' accel='on'/>
>   </devices>
> 
> This would get translated to a qemu command line with the arguments below.
> Note that libvirt will open the /dev/iommu and VFIO cdev, passing the
> associated fd number to qemu:
> 
>  -device '{"driver":"pxb-pcie","bus_nr":252,"id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"pxb-pcie","bus_nr":248,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":0,"chassis":21,"id":"pci.21","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":168,"chassis":22,"id":"pci.22","bus":"pci.2","addr":"0x0"}' \
>  -object '{"qom-type":"iommufd","id":"iommufd0","fd":"24"}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"arm-smmuv3-accel","primary-bus":"pci.1","id":"smmuv3.0","accel":true}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"arm-smmuv3-accel","primary-bus":"pci.2","id":"smmuv3.1","accel":true}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"vfio-pci","host":"0009:01:00.0","id":"hostdev0","iommufd":"iommufd0","fd":"22","bus":"pci.21","addr":"0x0"}' \
>  -device '{"driver":"vfio-pci","host":"0019:01:00.0","id":"hostdev1","iommufd":"iommufd0","fd":"25","bus":"pci.22","addr":"0x0"}' \
> 
> Summary of changes:
> - Separated out commits for smmuv3Dev iommu model support and
>   supporting multiple IOMMU definitions
> - Made iommufd only a hostdev attribute
> - Revised smmuv3Dev iommu model definition to reference the controller
>   index instead of assigning it a BDF
> - Open iommufd FDs from libvirt backend without exposing FDs to XML users
> - Fixed iommufd path permissions
> - Matched qemu usage of Shameer's latest RFCv3
> 
> This series is on Github:
> https://github.com/NathanChenNVIDIA/libvirt/tree/smmuv3Dev-iommufd-08-12-25
> 
> Thanks,
> Nathan
> 
> [0] https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/EASBQHPCLPK5G3PF3DEU57G6CI4GSC74/
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250714155941.22176-1-shameerali.kolothum.thodi@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chen <nathanc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Nathan Chen (5):
>   qemu: add IOMMU model smmuv3Dev
>   conf: Support multiple smmuv3Dev IOMMU devices
>   qemu: Implement support for associating iommufd to hostdev
>   qemu: open iommufd FDs from libvirt backend
>   qemu: Update Cgroup, namespace, and seclabel for qemu to access
>     iommufd paths
> 
>  docs/formatdomain.rst             |  22 ++-
>  src/conf/domain_conf.c            | 208 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  src/conf/domain_conf.h            |  13 +-
>  src/conf/domain_validate.c        |  58 +++++--
>  src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng |  24 ++-
>  src/libvirt_private.syms          |   2 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_alias.c             |  15 +-
>  src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c            |  61 +++++++
>  src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.h            |   1 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_command.c           | 261 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  src/qemu/qemu_command.h           |   3 +-
>  src/qemu/qemu_domain.c            |   8 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_domain.h            |   7 +
>  src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c    |  33 ++--
>  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c            |   8 +-
>  src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c           |   2 +-
>  src/qemu/qemu_namespace.c         |  44 +++++
>  src/qemu/qemu_postparse.c         |  11 +-
>  src/qemu/qemu_process.c           | 232 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/qemu/qemu_validate.c          |  18 ++-
>  src/security/security_apparmor.c  |  11 ++
>  src/security/security_dac.c       |  23 +++
>  src/security/security_selinux.c   |  24 +++
>  src/util/virpci.c                 |  68 ++++++++
>  src/util/virpci.h                 |   1 +
>  25 files changed, 1020 insertions(+), 138 deletions(-)

We could do with some changes to the test suite to provide sample XML
and CLI args for the iommufd XML schema.

With regards,
Daniel
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