[PATCH 13/20] iommu/vt-d: Support the new DMA_REMAP_OPT_OUT flag bit

Lu Baolu <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 10:37:07 +0800
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.iommu,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Kevin Tian <[email protected]>

Some BIOS already provides config options to expose/hide VT-d units
as a whole to/from system software. A new demand is to allow exposing
VT-d units but requesting system software to disable DMA remapping
while sustaining interrupt remapping. This can be communicated now by
setting the new DMA_REMAP_OPT_OUT flag bit in the DMAR table, as
introduced in VT-d spec v5.2 (section 8.1, DMA Remapping Reporting
Structure).

Introduce a new off policy (DMAR_FW_OFF) for DMA_REMAP_OPT_OUT. As
the strongest off policy, it cannot be overridden by user opts or
any force_on types. If tboot is enabled in the meantime, kernel will
panic. It is user responsibility to configure BIOS properly.

One cleanup is left for future - the DMAR flag is parsed multiple
times, in detect_intel_iommu(), dmar_platform_optin() (which can be
called at run-time), etc. Caching it is a cleaner way.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Tian <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h |  4 ++++
 include/linux/dmar.h        |  1 +
 drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c  | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
index 9805edb8c7df..656cd311ed9a 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@ enum dmar_force_on {
  * - DMAR_USER_OFF
  *     turn off by user opts ("intel_iommu=off" or "iommu=off").
  *
+ * - DMAR_FW_OFF
+ *     turn off due to firmware opt-out (DMAR_REMAP_OPT_OUT)
+ *
  * - '0' is invalid, compared to decide the on/off policy
  *
  */
@@ -1382,6 +1385,7 @@ enum dmar_force_on {
 #define DMAR_ON			1
 #define DMAR_DEFAULT_OFF	-1
 #define DMAR_USER_OFF		-2
+#define DMAR_FW_OFF		-3
 extern int dmar_policy;
 
 static inline bool dmar_policy_on(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/dmar.h b/include/linux/dmar.h
index 692b2b445761..63e35df2cef4 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmar.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmar.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct acpi_dmar_header;
 #define DMAR_INTR_REMAP		0x1
 #define DMAR_X2APIC_OPT_OUT	0x2
 #define DMAR_PLATFORM_OPT_IN	0x4
+#define DMAR_REMAP_OPT_OUT	0x8
 
 struct intel_iommu;
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
index bc2f6597eb27..33bfaeafa7c6 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
@@ -930,7 +930,9 @@ dmar_validate_one_drhd(struct acpi_dmar_header *entry, void *arg)
  *
  * - DMAR_FORCEON_TBOOT: tboot strictly requires DMA remapping for secure
  *   boot hence supersedes any user opts ("iommu=off" or "intel_iommu=off")
- *   and weaker off policies.
+ *   and weaker off policies. But if firmware forces DMA remapping off (by
+ *   setting DMAR_REMAP_OPT_OUT in the DMAR table), no force_on is allowed.
+ *   Firmware settings must be changed to unblock tboot.
  *
  * - DMAR_FORCEON_PLATFORM: external-facing devices requires DMA
  *   remapping to prevent malicious downstream external devices from
@@ -939,6 +941,7 @@ dmar_validate_one_drhd(struct acpi_dmar_header *entry, void *arg)
  *
  * In a nutshell, "trusted boot environment" is considered stronger than
  * "user choices", which in turn is stronger than "platform opt-in hint".
+ * But they are all meaningless when it's forced off by "firmware".
  */
 bool dmar_can_force_on(enum dmar_force_on force_on)
 {
@@ -976,31 +979,42 @@ static bool dmar_required(void)
 
 void __init detect_intel_iommu(void)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct dmar_res_callback validate_drhd_cb = {
 		.cb[ACPI_DMAR_TYPE_HARDWARE_UNIT] = &dmar_validate_one_drhd,
 		.ignore_unhandled = true,
 	};
+	struct acpi_table_dmar *dmar;
+	int ret;
 
 	down_write(&dmar_global_lock);
 	if (no_iommu)
 		dmar_policy = DMAR_USER_OFF;
 
 	ret = dmar_table_detect();
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = dmar_walk_dmar_table((struct acpi_table_dmar *)dmar_tbl,
-					   &validate_drhd_cb);
-	if (!ret && !iommu_detected && dmar_required()) {
+	if (!ret) {
+		dmar = (struct acpi_table_dmar *)dmar_tbl;
+		ret = dmar_walk_dmar_table(dmar, &validate_drhd_cb);
+	}
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (dmar->flags & DMAR_REMAP_OPT_OUT) {
+		dmar_policy = DMAR_FW_OFF;
+		pr_info("Firmware forces DMA remapping off\n");
+		pr_info("Any user opt or tboot/platform force_on will be ignored\n");
+	}
+
+	if (!iommu_detected && dmar_required()) {
 		iommu_detected = 1;
 		/* Make sure ACS will be enabled */
 		pci_request_acs();
 	}
 
-	if (!ret) {
-		x86_init.iommu.iommu_init = intel_iommu_init;
-		x86_platform.iommu_shutdown = intel_iommu_shutdown;
-	}
+	x86_init.iommu.iommu_init = intel_iommu_init;
+	x86_platform.iommu_shutdown = intel_iommu_shutdown;
 
+out:
 	if (dmar_tbl) {
 		acpi_put_table(dmar_tbl);
 		dmar_tbl = NULL;
-- 
2.43.0