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[RFC,05/16] x86/kvm: Make VirtIO use DMA API in KVM guest

Message ID 20200522125214.31348-6-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM protected memory extension | expand

Commit Message

Kirill A. Shutemov May 22, 2020, 12:52 p.m. UTC 
VirtIO for KVM is a primary way to provide IO. All memory that used for
communication with the host has to be marked as shared.

The easiest way to archive that is to use DMA API that already knows how
to deal with shared memory.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 58b96baa8d48..bd9c56160107 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <xen/xen.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_para.h>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 /* For development, we want to crash whenever the ring is screwed. */
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@  static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (xen_domain())
 		return true;
 
+	if (kvm_mem_protected())
+		return true;
+
 	return false;
 }