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virtio: Allow DMA mem > 4GB on amd64
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:38:08 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
>
> Hi,
>
> the diff below allows to use mem above 4GB on amd64 for virtio rings and
> descriptors. This may reduce pressure on dmaable memory a bit.
>
> For the virtio ring address, virtio 0.9 has a 2^44 limit, so I use
> bus_dmamem_alloc_range there.
>
> ok?
In principle yes, I think doing this makes sense. However...
> diff --git a/sys/dev/pv/if_vio.c b/sys/dev/pv/if_vio.c
> index f9c5d1ed0b4..1f46332d452 100644
> --- a/sys/dev/pv/if_vio.c
> +++ b/sys/dev/pv/if_vio.c
> @@ -392,11 +392,13 @@ vio_alloc_dmamem(struct vio_softc *sc)
> int nsegs;
>
> if (bus_dmamap_create(vsc->sc_dmat, sc->sc_dma_size, 1,
> - sc->sc_dma_size, 0, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW,
> + sc->sc_dma_size, 0,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> &sc->sc_dma_map) != 0)
> goto err;
> if (bus_dmamem_alloc(vsc->sc_dmat, sc->sc_dma_size, 16, 0,
> - &sc->sc_dma_seg, 1, &nsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ZERO) != 0)
> + &sc->sc_dma_seg, 1, &nsegs,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ZERO | BUS_DMA_64BIT) != 0)
> goto destroy;
> if (bus_dmamem_map(vsc->sc_dmat, &sc->sc_dma_seg, nsegs,
> sc->sc_dma_size, &sc->sc_dma_kva, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT) != 0)
> @@ -542,7 +544,7 @@ vio_alloc_mem(struct vio_softc *sc, int tx_max_segments)
> r = bus_dmamap_create(vsc->sc_dmat,
> sc->sc_rx_mbuf_size + sc->sc_hdr_size, 2,
> sc->sc_rx_mbuf_size, 0,
> - BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> &vioq->viq_rxdmamaps[i]);
> if (r != 0)
> goto destroy;
> @@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ vio_alloc_mem(struct vio_softc *sc, int tx_max_segments)
> for (i = 0; i < txqsize; i++) {
> r = bus_dmamap_create(vsc->sc_dmat, txsize,
> tx_max_segments, txsize, 0,
> - BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> &vioq->viq_txdmamaps[i]);
> if (r != 0)
> goto destroy;
> diff --git a/sys/dev/pv/vioblk.c b/sys/dev/pv/vioblk.c
> index c38efbac356..5d5c9f706d5 100644
> --- a/sys/dev/pv/vioblk.c
> +++ b/sys/dev/pv/vioblk.c
> @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ vioblk_alloc_reqs(struct vioblk_softc *sc, int qsize)
>
> allocsize = sizeof(struct virtio_blk_req) * nreqs;
> r = bus_dmamem_alloc(sc->sc_virtio->sc_dmat, allocsize, 0, 0,
> - &sc->sc_reqs_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
> + &sc->sc_reqs_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_64BIT);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("DMA memory allocation failed, size %d, error %d\n",
> allocsize, r);
> @@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ vioblk_alloc_reqs(struct vioblk_softc *sc, int qsize)
>
> r = bus_dmamap_create(sc->sc_virtio->sc_dmat,
> VR_DMA_END, 1, VR_DMA_END, 0,
> - BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW, &vr->vr_cmdsts);
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> + &vr->vr_cmdsts);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("cmd dmamap creation failed, err %d\n", r);
> nreqs = i;
> @@ -711,7 +712,8 @@ vioblk_alloc_reqs(struct vioblk_softc *sc, int qsize)
> goto err_reqs;
> }
> r = bus_dmamap_create(sc->sc_virtio->sc_dmat, MAXPHYS,
> - SEG_MAX, MAXPHYS, 0, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW,
> + SEG_MAX, MAXPHYS, 0,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> &vr->vr_payload);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("payload dmamap creation failed, err %d\n", r);
> diff --git a/sys/dev/pv/vioscsi.c b/sys/dev/pv/vioscsi.c
> index 3ebac61abee..9375a33eef0 100644
> --- a/sys/dev/pv/vioscsi.c
> +++ b/sys/dev/pv/vioscsi.c
> @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ vioscsi_alloc_reqs(struct vioscsi_softc *sc, struct virtio_softc *vsc,
>
> allocsize = nreqs * sizeof(struct vioscsi_req);
> r = bus_dmamem_alloc(vsc->sc_dmat, allocsize, 0, 0,
> - &sc->sc_reqs_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
> + &sc->sc_reqs_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_64BIT);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("bus_dmamem_alloc, size %zd, error %d\n",
> allocsize, r);
> @@ -486,13 +486,16 @@ vioscsi_alloc_reqs(struct vioscsi_softc *sc, struct virtio_softc *vsc,
> r = bus_dmamap_create(vsc->sc_dmat,
> offsetof(struct vioscsi_req, vr_xs), 1,
> offsetof(struct vioscsi_req, vr_xs), 0,
> - BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW, &vr->vr_control);
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> + &vr->vr_control);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("bus_dmamap_create vr_control failed, error %d\n", r);
> return i;
> }
> r = bus_dmamap_create(vsc->sc_dmat, MAXPHYS, SEG_MAX,
> - MAXPHYS, 0, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT|BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW, &vr->vr_data);
> + MAXPHYS, 0,
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_ALLOCNOW | BUS_DMA_64BIT,
> + &vr->vr_data);
nit: I think you can avoid an extra line by putting MAXPHYS on the
first line?
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("bus_dmamap_create vr_data failed, error %d\n", r );
> return i;
> diff --git a/sys/dev/pv/virtio.c b/sys/dev/pv/virtio.c
> index aa63fd5e9ba..759bf05ccb8 100644
> --- a/sys/dev/pv/virtio.c
> +++ b/sys/dev/pv/virtio.c
> @@ -387,9 +387,15 @@ virtio_alloc_vq(struct virtio_softc *sc, struct virtqueue *vq, int index,
> allocsize3 = 0;
> allocsize = allocsize1 + allocsize2 + allocsize3;
>
> - /* alloc and map the memory */
> - r = bus_dmamem_alloc(sc->sc_dmat, allocsize, VIRTIO_PAGE_SIZE, 0,
> - &vq->vq_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
> + /*
> + * alloc and map the memory
> + *
> + * With virtio 0.9, the ring memory must be in the lowest 2^32
> + * pages. For simplicity, we use this limit even for virtio 1.0.
> + */
> + r = bus_dmamem_alloc_range(sc->sc_dmat, allocsize, VIRTIO_PAGE_SIZE, 0,
> + &vq->vq_segs[0], 1, &rsegs, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT, 0,
> + 0xfffffffffff);
So in principe the upper limit would depend on VIRTIO_PAGE_SIZE. So
should this be something like
((uint64_t)VIRTIO_PAGE_SIZE << 32) - 1)
instead. And does this work on 32-bit architectures?
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("virtqueue %d for %s allocation failed, error %d\n",
> index, name, r);
> @@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ virtio_alloc_vq(struct virtio_softc *sc, struct virtqueue *vq, int index,
> goto err;
> }
> r = bus_dmamap_create(sc->sc_dmat, allocsize, 1, allocsize, 0,
> - BUS_DMA_NOWAIT, &vq->vq_dmamap);
> + BUS_DMA_NOWAIT | BUS_DMA_64BIT, &vq->vq_dmamap);
> if (r != 0) {
> printf("virtqueue %d for %s dmamap creation failed, "
> "error %d\n", index, name, r);
>
>
virtio: Allow DMA mem > 4GB on amd64