xen-gntalloc: Userspace grant allocation driver

This allows a userspace application to allocate a shared page for
implementing inter-domain communication or device drivers. These
shared pages can be mapped using the gntdev device or by the kernel
in another domain.

Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[e-mail]>

drivers/xen/Kconfig

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 	help
 	  Allows userspace processes to use grants.
 
+config XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC
+	tristate "User-space grant reference allocator driver"
+	depends on XEN
+	help
+	  Allows userspace processes to create pages with access granted
+	  to other domains. This can be used to implement frontend drivers
+	  or as part of an inter-domain shared memory channel.
+
 config XEN_PLATFORM_PCI
 	tristate "xen platform pci device driver"
 	depends on XEN_PVHVM && PCI

drivers/xen/Makefile

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 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON)	+= balloon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_DEV_EVTCHN)	+= xen-evtchn.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_GNTDEV)	+= xen-gntdev.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC)	+= xen-gntalloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XENFS)		+= xenfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_SYS_HYPERVISOR)	+= sys-hypervisor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI)	+= xen-platform-pci.o
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 xen-evtchn-y			:= evtchn.o
 xen-gntdev-y				:= gntdev.o
+xen-gntalloc-y				:= gntalloc.o
 
 xen-platform-pci-y		:= platform-pci.o

drivers/xen/gntalloc.c

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+/******************************************************************************
+ * gntalloc.c
+ *
+ * Device for creating grant references (in user-space) that may be shared
+ * with other domains.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This driver exists to allow userspace programs in Linux to allocate kernel
+ * memory that will later be shared with another domain.  Without this device,
+ * Linux userspace programs cannot create grant references.
+ *
+ * How this stuff works:
+ *   X -> granting a page to Y
+ *   Y -> mapping the grant from X
+ *
+ *   1. X uses the gntalloc device to allocate a page of kernel memory, P.
+ *   2. X creates an entry in the grant table that says domid(Y) can access P.
+ *      This is done without a hypercall unless the grant table needs expansion.
+ *   3. X gives the grant reference identifier, GREF, to Y.
+ *   4. Y maps the page, either directly into kernel memory for use in a backend
+ *      driver, or via a the gntdev device to map into the address space of an
+ *      application running in Y. This is the first point at which Xen does any
+ *      tracking of the page.
+ *   5. A program in X mmap()s a segment of the gntalloc device that corresponds
+ *      to the shared page, and can now communicate with Y over the shared page.
+ *
+ *
+ * NOTE TO USERSPACE LIBRARIES:
+ *   The grant allocation and mmap()ing are, naturally, two separate operations.
+ *   You set up the sharing by calling the create ioctl() and then the mmap().
+ *   Teardown requires munmap() and either close() or ioctl().
+ *
+ * WARNING: Since Xen does not allow a guest to forcibly end the use of a grant
+ * reference, this device can be used to consume kernel memory by leaving grant
+ * references mapped by another domain when an application exits. Therefore,
+ * there is a global limit on the number of pages that can be allocated. When
+ * all references to the page are unmapped, it will be freed during the next
+ * grant operation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+#include <xen/xen.h>
+#include <xen/page.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
+#include <xen/gntalloc.h>
+
+static int limit = 1024;
+module_param(limit, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(limit, "Maximum number of grants that may be allocated by "
+		"the gntalloc device");
+
+static LIST_HEAD(gref_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(gref_lock);
+static int gref_size;
+
+/* Metadata on a grant reference. */
+struct gntalloc_gref {
+	struct list_head next_gref;  /* list entry gref_list */
+	struct list_head next_file;  /* list entry file->list, if open */
+	struct page *page;	     /* The shared page */
+	uint64_t file_index;         /* File offset for mmap() */
+	unsigned int users;          /* Use count - when zero, waiting on Xen */
+	grant_ref_t gref_id;         /* The grant reference number */
+};
+
+struct gntalloc_file_private_data {
+	struct list_head list;
+	uint64_t index;
+};
+
+static void __del_gref(struct gntalloc_gref *gref);
+
+static void do_cleanup(void)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref, *n;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(gref, n, &gref_list, next_gref) {
+		if (!gref->users)
+			__del_gref(gref);
+	}
+}
+
+static int add_grefs(struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref *op,
+	uint32_t *gref_ids, struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv)
+{
+	int i, rc, readonly;
+	LIST_HEAD(queue_gref);
+	LIST_HEAD(queue_file);
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref;
+
+	readonly = !(op->flags & GNTALLOC_FLAG_WRITABLE);
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
+	for (i = 0; i < op->count; i++) {
+		gref = kzalloc(sizeof(*gref), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!gref)
+			goto undo;
+		list_add_tail(&gref->next_gref, &queue_gref);
+		list_add_tail(&gref->next_file, &queue_file);
+		gref->users = 1;
+		gref->file_index = op->index + i * PAGE_SIZE;
+		gref->page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!gref->page)
+			goto undo;
+
+		/* Grant foreign access to the page. */
+		gref->gref_id = gnttab_grant_foreign_access(op->domid,
+			pfn_to_mfn(page_to_pfn(gref->page)), readonly);
+		if (gref->gref_id < 0) {
+			rc = gref->gref_id;
+			goto undo;
+		}
+		gref_ids[i] = gref->gref_id;
+	}
+
+	/* Add to gref lists. */
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	list_splice_tail(&queue_gref, &gref_list);
+	list_splice_tail(&queue_file, &priv->list);
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+
+undo:
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	gref_size -= (op->count - i);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(gref, &queue_file, next_file) {
+		/* __del_gref does not remove from queue_file */
+		__del_gref(gref);
+	}
+
+	/* It's possible for the target domain to map the just-allocated grant
+	 * references by blindly guessing their IDs; if this is done, then
+	 * __del_gref will leave them in the queue_gref list. They need to be
+	 * added to the global list so that we can free them when they are no
+	 * longer referenced.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&queue_gref)))
+		list_splice_tail(&queue_gref, &gref_list);
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void __del_gref(struct gntalloc_gref *gref)
+{
+	if (gref->gref_id > 0) {
+		if (gnttab_query_foreign_access(gref->gref_id))
+			return;
+
+		if (!gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(gref->gref_id, 0))
+			return;
+	}
+
+	gref_size--;
+	list_del(&gref->next_gref);
+
+	if (gref->page)
+		__free_page(gref->page);
+
+	kfree(gref);
+}
+
+/* finds contiguous grant references in a file, returns the first */
+static struct gntalloc_gref *find_grefs(struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv,
+		uint64_t index, uint32_t count)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_gref *rv = NULL, *gref;
+	list_for_each_entry(gref, &priv->list, next_file) {
+		if (gref->file_index == index && !rv)
+			rv = gref;
+		if (rv) {
+			if (gref->file_index != index)
+				return NULL;
+			index += PAGE_SIZE;
+			count--;
+			if (count == 0)
+				return rv;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * -------------------------------------
+ *  File operations.
+ * -------------------------------------
+ */
+static int gntalloc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv;
+
+	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		goto out_nomem;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->list);
+
+	filp->private_data = priv;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: priv %p\n", __func__, priv);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_nomem:
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int gntalloc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: priv %p\n", __func__, priv);
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&priv->list)) {
+		gref = list_entry(priv->list.next,
+			struct gntalloc_gref, next_file);
+		list_del(&gref->next_file);
+		gref->users--;
+		if (gref->users == 0)
+			__del_gref(gref);
+	}
+	kfree(priv);
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long gntalloc_ioctl_alloc(struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv,
+		struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref __user *arg)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+	struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref op;
+	uint32_t *gref_ids;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: priv %p\n", __func__, priv);
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&op, arg, sizeof(op))) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	gref_ids = kzalloc(sizeof(gref_ids[0]) * op.count, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	if (!gref_ids) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	/* Clean up pages that were at zero (local) users but were still mapped
+	 * by remote domains. Since those pages count towards the limit that we
+	 * are about to enforce, removing them here is a good idea.
+	 */
+	do_cleanup();
+	if (gref_size + op.count > limit) {
+		spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+		rc = -ENOSPC;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+	gref_size += op.count;
+	op.index = priv->index;
+	priv->index += op.count * PAGE_SIZE;
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+
+	rc = add_grefs(&op, gref_ids, priv);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	/* Once we finish add_grefs, it is unsafe to touch the new reference,
+	 * since it is possible for a concurrent ioctl to remove it (by guessing
+	 * its index). If the userspace application doesn't provide valid memory
+	 * to write the IDs to, then it will need to close the file in order to
+	 * release - which it will do by segfaulting when it tries to access the
+	 * IDs to close them.
+	 */
+	if (copy_to_user(arg, &op, sizeof(op))) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+	if (copy_to_user(arg->gref_ids, gref_ids,
+			sizeof(gref_ids[0]) * op.count)) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+out_free:
+	kfree(gref_ids);
+out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static long gntalloc_ioctl_dealloc(struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv,
+		void __user *arg)
+{
+	int i, rc = 0;
+	struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref op;
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref, *n;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: priv %p\n", __func__, priv);
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&op, arg, sizeof(op))) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto dealloc_grant_out;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	gref = find_grefs(priv, op.index, op.count);
+	if (gref) {
+		/* Remove from the file list only, and decrease reference count.
+		 * The later call to do_cleanup() will remove from gref_list and
+		 * free the memory if the pages aren't mapped anywhere.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < op.count; i++) {
+			n = list_entry(gref->next_file.next,
+				struct gntalloc_gref, next_file);
+			list_del(&gref->next_file);
+			gref->users--;
+			gref = n;
+		}
+	} else {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	do_cleanup();
+
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+dealloc_grant_out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static long gntalloc_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
+		unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv = filp->private_data;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case IOCTL_GNTALLOC_ALLOC_GREF:
+		return gntalloc_ioctl_alloc(priv, (void __user *)arg);
+
+	case IOCTL_GNTALLOC_DEALLOC_GREF:
+		return gntalloc_ioctl_dealloc(priv, (void __user *)arg);
+
+	default:
+		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void gntalloc_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref = vma->vm_private_data;
+	if (!gref)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	gref->users--;
+	if (gref->users == 0)
+		__del_gref(gref);
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+}
+
+static struct vm_operations_struct gntalloc_vmops = {
+	.close = gntalloc_vma_close,
+};
+
+static int gntalloc_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_file_private_data *priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref;
+	int count = (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	int rv, i;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: priv %p, page %lu+%d\n", __func__,
+		       priv, vma->vm_pgoff, count);
+
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Mapping must be shared.\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	gref = find_grefs(priv, vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT, count);
+	if (gref == NULL) {
+		rv = -ENOENT;
+		pr_debug("%s: Could not find grant reference",
+				__func__);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	vma->vm_private_data = gref;
+
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_PFNMAP | VM_PFN_AT_MMAP;
+
+	vma->vm_ops = &gntalloc_vmops;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		gref->users++;
+		rv = vm_insert_page(vma, vma->vm_start + i * PAGE_SIZE,
+				gref->page);
+		if (rv)
+			goto out_unlock;
+
+		gref = list_entry(gref->next_file.next,
+				struct gntalloc_gref, next_file);
+	}
+	rv = 0;
+
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+	return rv;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations gntalloc_fops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.open = gntalloc_open,
+	.release = gntalloc_release,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = gntalloc_ioctl,
+	.mmap = gntalloc_mmap
+};
+
+/*
+ * -------------------------------------
+ * Module creation/destruction.
+ * -------------------------------------
+ */
+static struct miscdevice gntalloc_miscdev = {
+	.minor	= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+	.name	= "xen/gntalloc",
+	.fops	= &gntalloc_fops,
+};
+
+static int __init gntalloc_init(void)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!xen_domain())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	err = misc_register(&gntalloc_miscdev);
+	if (err != 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Could not register misc gntalloc device\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("Created grant allocation device at %d,%d\n",
+			MISC_MAJOR, gntalloc_miscdev.minor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit gntalloc_exit(void)
+{
+	misc_deregister(&gntalloc_miscdev);
+}
+
+module_init(gntalloc_init);
+module_exit(gntalloc_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Carter Weatherly <[e-mail]>, "
+		"Daniel De Graaf <[e-mail]>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("User-space grant reference allocator driver");

include/xen/gntalloc.h

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+/******************************************************************************
+ * gntalloc.h
+ *
+ * Interface to /dev/xen/gntalloc.
+ *
+ * Author: Daniel De Graaf <[e-mail]>
+ *
+ * This file is in the public domain.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+#define __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__
+
+/*
+ * Allocates a new page and creates a new grant reference.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_ALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 5, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_alloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The ID of the domain to be given access to the grants. */
+	uint16_t domid;
+	/* Flags for this mapping */
+	uint16_t flags;
+	/* Number of pages to map */
+	uint32_t count;
+	/* OUT parameters */
+	/* The offset to be used on a subsequent call to mmap(). */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* The grant references of the newly created grant, one per page */
+	/* Variable size, depending on count */
+	uint32_t gref_ids[1];
+};
+
+#define GNTALLOC_FLAG_WRITABLE 1
+
+/*
+ * Deallocates the grant reference, allowing the associated page to be freed if
+ * no other domains are using it.
+ */
+#define IOCTL_GNTALLOC_DEALLOC_GREF \
+_IOC(_IOC_NONE, 'G', 6, sizeof(struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref))
+struct ioctl_gntalloc_dealloc_gref {
+	/* IN parameters */
+	/* The offset returned in the map operation */
+	uint64_t index;
+	/* Number of references to unmap */
+	uint32_t count;
+};
+#endif /* __LINUX_PUBLIC_GNTALLOC_H__ */