From: Adam Dybkowski <adamx.dybkowski@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org, fiona.trahe@intel.com, akhil.goyal@nxp.com,
john.mcnamara@intel.com
Cc: Adam Dybkowski <adamx.dybkowski@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: document vfio-pci usage with QAT PMD
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 16:20:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200908142047.331-1-adamx.dybkowski@intel.com> (raw)
This patch marks the old igb-uio driver as unsecure when used
with the QAT PMD and updates all examples to recommend using
vfio-pci instead.
It also mentions security issues with the QAT CPM and provides
information about the new vfio-pci parameter 'disable_denylist'
available in Linux kernels 5.9 and later.
Signed-off-by: Adam Dybkowski <adamx.dybkowski@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
index e5d2cf499..bd4743aa7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Check that the VFs are available for use. For example ``lspci -d:37c9`` should
list 48 VF devices available for a ``C62x`` device.
To complete the installation follow the instructions in
-`Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
+`Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
.. Note::
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ Confirm the presence of 48 VF devices - 16 per PF::
lspci -d:37c9
-To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver`_.
+To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver`_.
.. Note::
@@ -584,10 +584,21 @@ To complete the installation - follow instructions in `Binding the available VFs
sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`
-Binding the available VFs to the DPDK UIO driver
+Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Unbind the VFs from the stock driver so they can be bound to the uio driver.
+Notice:
+
+* Please note that due to security issues, the usage of older DPDK igb-uio
+ driver is not recommended. This document shows how to use the more secure
+ vfio-pci driver.
+* If QAT fails to bind to vfio-pci on Linux kernel 5.9+, please see the
+ QATE-39220 and QATE-7495 issues in
+ `01.org doc <https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/336211-015-qatsoftwareforlinux-rn-hwv1.7-final.pdf>`_
+ which details the constraint about trusted guests and add `disable_denylist=1`
+ to the vfio-pci params to use QAT. See also `this patch description <https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/23/1155>`_.
+
+Unbind the VFs from the stock driver so they can be bound to the vfio-pci driver.
For an Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology DH895xCC device
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -635,25 +646,25 @@ VFs are different adjust the unbind command below::
done; \
done
-Bind to the DPDK uio driver
+Bind to the vfio-pci driver
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Install the DPDK igb_uio driver, bind the VF PCI Device id to it and use lspci
-to confirm the VF devices are now in use by igb_uio kernel driver,
+Load the vfio-pci driver, bind the VF PCI Device id to it and use lspci
+to confirm the VF devices are now in use by vfio-pci kernel driver,
e.g. for the C62x device::
cd to the top-level DPDK directory
modprobe uio
- insmod ./build/kmod/igb_uio.ko
- echo "8086 37c9" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/igb_uio/new_id
+ modprobe vfio-pci
+ echo "8086 37c9" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id
lspci -vvd:37c9
-Another way to bind the VFs to the DPDK UIO driver is by using the
+Another way to bind the VFs to the vfio-pci driver is by using the
``dpdk-devbind.py`` script::
cd to the top-level DPDK directory
- ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 0000:03:01.1
+ ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:03:01.1
Testing
~~~~~~~
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2020-09-08 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-08 14:20 Adam Dybkowski [this message]
2020-09-08 16:00 ` Trahe, Fiona
2020-09-08 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-09-08 16:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-09-09 10:51 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-09-08 19:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/1] " Mcnamara, John
2020-09-15 11:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Adam Dybkowski
2020-09-15 11:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-09-16 12:33 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-10-08 21:29 ` Akhil Goyal
2020-10-12 10:50 ` Dybkowski, AdamX
2020-10-12 10:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-10-12 10:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-10-13 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-10-13 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/1] " Adam Dybkowski
2020-10-28 11:05 ` Akhil Goyal
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