[PATCH v2 2/2] iommu/vt-d: Disable PMRs and skip force-IOMMU when TXT TPRs are active

Michal Camacho Romero <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Aug 2026 12:14:03 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.iommu,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Michal Camacho Romero <[email protected]>

When Intel TXT Protection Regions (TPRs) are present in the DTPR table,
hardware-level DMA protection is already enforced by the SINIT ACM.
In this case:

- Skip forcing IOMMU enablement in tboot_force_iommu(), since TPRs
  already provide DMA protection.
- Tear down PMRs during intel_iommu_init() when TPRs are active,
  while PMRs are redundant with TPR-based protection.
- Call tboot_parse_dtpr_table() from parse_dmar_table() to disable
  TPR regions early, allowing the kernel to manage DMA protection
  prior to the OS boot.

Link: https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/633933_Intel_TXT_DMA_Protection_Ranges_rev_0p73.pdf
Link: https://cdrdv2-public.intel.com/315168/315168_TXT_MLE_DG_rev_017_7.pdf
Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michal Camacho Romero <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c  | 13 +++++++++++++
 drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c |  9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
index 767ec092accd..17c26d222253 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ static int __init
 parse_dmar_table(void)
 {
 	struct acpi_table_dmar *dmar;
+	struct acpi_table_dtpr *dtpr;
+	void *txt_heap;
 	int drhd_count = 0;
 	int ret;
 	struct dmar_res_callback cb = {
@@ -670,6 +672,17 @@ parse_dmar_table(void)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	dtpr = tboot_get_dtpr_table(&txt_heap);
+	if (dtpr) {
+		/*
+		 * TPR is enabled. This will also tell not to establish IOMMU
+		 * PMRs.
+		 */
+		tboot_parse_dtpr_table(dtpr);
+		iounmap(txt_heap);
+	}
+
+	txt_heap = NULL;
 	pr_info("Host address width %d\n", dmar->width + 1);
 	ret = dmar_walk_dmar_table(dmar, &cb);
 	if (ret == 0 && drhd_count == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
index 849d06dfe1ae..5bc6f2dd25c4 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -2543,6 +2543,13 @@ static __init int tboot_force_iommu(void)
 	if (!tboot_enabled())
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If TPR is enabled we don't need to force IOMMU, TPR set by SINIT
+	 * ACM will take care of DMA protection.
+	 */
+	if (tboot_is_tpr_enabled())
+		return 0;
+
 	if (no_iommu || dmar_disabled)
 		pr_warn("Forcing Intel-IOMMU to enabled\n");
 
@@ -2600,7 +2607,7 @@ int __init intel_iommu_init(void)
 		 * calling SENTER, but the kernel is expected to reset/tear
 		 * down the PMRs.
 		 */
-		if (intel_iommu_tboot_noforce) {
+		if (intel_iommu_tboot_noforce || tboot_is_tpr_enabled()) {
 			for_each_iommu(iommu, drhd)
 				iommu_disable_protect_mem_regions(iommu);
 		}
-- 
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