Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:07:55 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 11/15] pci: Add pci_iomap_shared{,_range} |
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 05:30:54PM -0700, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote: > > > On 8/23/21 4:56 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > Add a new variant of pci_iomap for mapping all PCI resources > > > of a devices as shared memory with a hypervisor in a confidential > > > guest. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen<ak@linux.intel.com> > > > Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> > > I'm a bit puzzled by this part. So why should the guest*not* map > > pci memory as shared? And if the answer is never (as it seems to be) > > then why not just make regular pci_iomap DTRT? > > It is in the context of confidential guest (where VMM is un-trusted). So > we don't want to make all PCI resource as shared. It should be allowed > only for hardened drivers/devices.
Well, assuming the host can do any damage when mapped shared that also means not mapping it shared will completely break the drivers.
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