[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] VT-d: add iommu=igfx option to workaround graphics issues

[Ting-Wei Lan <lantw44@xxxxxxxxx>]

When using Linux >= 3.19 (commit 47591df) as dom0 on some Intel Ironlake
devices, It is possible to encounter graphics issues that make screen
unreadable or crash the system. It was reported in freedesktop bugzilla:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90037

As we still cannot find a proper fix for this problem, this patch adds
iommu=igfx option to control whether Intel graphics IOMMU is enabled on
these devices. Running Xen with iommu=no-igfx is similar to running
Linux with intel_iommu=igfx_off, which disables IOMMU for Intel Ironlake
GPU. This can be used by users to manually workaround the problem before
a fix is available for i915 driver.

Signed-off-by: Ting-Wei Lan <lantw44@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changed since v1:
  * Replace igfx_off with igfx

This patch is currently only build-tested because I don't have access to
the hardware that have graphics issues this week. I will test this new
patch next week.

 docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown  | 12 +++++++++++-
 xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c      |  3 +++
 xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/quirks.c |  2 +-
 xen/include/xen/iommu.h              |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 
b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
index 13f03ad..6262be6 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ debug hypervisor only).
 > Default: `new` unless directed-EOI is supported
 
 ### iommu
-> `= List of [ <boolean> | force | required | intremap | qinval | snoop | 
sharept | dom0-passthrough | dom0-strict | amd-iommu-perdev-intremap | 
workaround_bios_bug | verbose | debug ]`
+> `= List of [ <boolean> | force | required | intremap | qinval | snoop | 
sharept | dom0-passthrough | dom0-strict | amd-iommu-perdev-intremap | 
workaround_bios_bug | igfx | verbose | debug ]`
 
 > Sub-options:
 
@@ -867,6 +867,16 @@ debug hypervisor only).
 >> ignored (normally IOMMU setup fails if any of the devices listed by a DRHD
 >> entry aren't PCI discoverable).
 
+> `igfx` (VT-d)
+
+> Default: `true`
+
+>> Enable IOMMU for Intel Calpella/Ironlake devices. This option does not
+>> affect grahpics IOMMU on other devices. The intended usage of this option
+>> is `no-igfx`, which is silimar to Linux `intel_iommu=igfx_off` option used
+>> to workaround graphics issues. If adding `no-igfx` fixes anything, you
+>> should file a bug reporting the problem.
+
 > `verbose`
 
 > Default: `false`
diff --git a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
index cc12735..966cc66 100644
--- a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bool_t __read_mostly force_iommu;
 bool_t __hwdom_initdata iommu_dom0_strict;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_verbose;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_workaround_bios_bug;
+bool_t __read_mostly iommu_igfx = 1;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_passthrough;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_snoop = 1;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_qinval = 1;
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ static void __init parse_iommu_param(char *s)
             force_iommu = val;
         else if ( !strcmp(s, "workaround_bios_bug") )
             iommu_workaround_bios_bug = val;
+        else if ( !strcmp(s, "igfx") )
+            iommu_igfx = val;
         else if ( !strcmp(s, "verbose") )
             iommu_verbose = val;
         else if ( !strcmp(s, "snoop") )
diff --git a/xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/quirks.c 
b/xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/quirks.c
index 69d29ab..2eac1cf 100644
--- a/xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/quirks.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/quirks.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int is_igd_vt_enabled_quirk(void)
 
     /* integrated graphics on Intel platforms is located at 0:2.0 */
     ggc = pci_conf_read16(0, 0, IGD_DEV, 0, GGC);
-    return ( ggc & GGC_MEMORY_VT_ENABLED ? 1 : 0 );
+    return ( ggc & GGC_MEMORY_VT_ENABLED ? 1 : 0 ) && iommu_igfx;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/iommu.h b/xen/include/xen/iommu.h
index 8eb764a..29eed51 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/iommu.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/iommu.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 extern bool_t iommu_enable, iommu_enabled;
 extern bool_t force_iommu, iommu_verbose;
-extern bool_t iommu_workaround_bios_bug, iommu_passthrough;
+extern bool_t iommu_workaround_bios_bug, iommu_igfx, iommu_passthrough;
 extern bool_t iommu_snoop, iommu_qinval, iommu_intremap;
 extern bool_t iommu_hap_pt_share;
 extern bool_t iommu_debug;
-- 
2.4.3


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