RISC-V IOMMU: DC.tc.SADE / DC.tc.GADE accepted while capabilities.AMO_HWAD == 0
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## Host environment
- Operating system:
Linux 6.17.0-35-generic
- OS/kernel version:
Linux centos7 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1
- Architecture:
x86_64
- QEMU flavor:
qemu-system-riscv64
- QEMU version:
`v11.0.0-1713-gde5d8bfd61`, reported version 11.0.50
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qemu-system-riscv64 \
-M virt,iommu-sys=on,aia=aplic-imsic \
-cpu rv64,smstateen=true \
-m 8G \
-trace riscv_iommu_dma \
-nographic \
-device edu,dma_mask=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF \
-bios bin/iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.elf
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## Description of problem
The IOMMU model does not advertise hardware A/D-bit update support (capabilities.AMO_HWAD, bit 24, is 0) and has no concept of that capability at all. Despite this, a valid Device Context that sets DC.tc.SADE (Supervisor Access Dirty Enable) or DC.tc.GADE (Guest Access Dirty Enable) is accepted, and transactions translate normally.
Per the RISC-V IOMMU specification, when capabilities.AMO_HWAD is 0 a valid DC that sets SADE or GADE is misconfigured, and transactions from the device must be terminated with CAUSE = 259 (DDT entry misconfigured).
## Steps to reproduce
1. [iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.c](/uploads/04b61fb8936a393edb96bf4f4470279f/iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.c)
2. Built with: `riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc -march=rv64gc -mabi=lp64 -mcmodel=medany -nostartfiles -nostdlib`
3. [iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.elf](/uploads/1822788cad90515adec85045cf08fe8e/iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.elf)
```
qemu-system-riscv64 \
-M virt,iommu-sys=on,aia=aplic-imsic \
-cpu rv64,smstateen=true \
-m 8G \
-trace riscv_iommu_dma \
-nographic \
-device edu,dma_mask=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF \
-bios bin/iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.elf
```
## Additional information
The guest program (`tests/iommu_dc_sade_no_hwad.c`):
1. Reads the capabilities register and confirms bit 24 (AMO_HWAD) is 0.
2. Registers an otherwise-correct DC with DC.tc.SADE = 1 (G-stage Sv39x4, VS-stage Sv39, PDT = Bare, MSI Flat).
3. Programs valid VS-stage and G-stage page tables and issues two EDU DMA transfers (RAM -\> EDU internal buffer -\> RAM) using guest virtual addresses.
## Expected behaviour (per spec)
The first translation should fail. The transaction should be terminated and a fault record with CAUSE = 259 (DDT entry misconfigured) written to the fault queue.
Spec references:
- RISC-V IOMMU Architecture Specification, Section 3.1.3 (Translation-control fields): "The IOMMU supports the 1 setting of GADE and SADE bits if capabilities.AMO_HWAD is 1. When capabilities.AMO_HWAD is 0, these bits are reserved."
- RISC-V IOMMU Architecture Specification, Section 3.1.4 (Device-context configuration checks), condition 18: a DC with DC.tc.V=1 is misconfigured when "capabilities.AMO_HWAD is 0 and DC.tc.SADE or DC.tc.GADE is 1"; in that case the IOMMU must "stop and report "DDT entry misconfigured" (cause = 259)."
## Observed behaviour
```
capabilities = 0x00000078E2CF4F10
capabilities.AMO_HWAD (bit 24) = 0x00000000
...
DC.tc = 0x0000000000000101 (SADE bit 8 = 0x00000001)
...
Result
DMA moved data (buffers match) : YES
Any fault logged (FQT != FQH) : NO
BUG: DC.tc.SADE=1 accepted while AMO_HWAD=0.
No CAUSE 259 fault; translation succeeded and DMA completed.
```
## Root cause
In `hw/riscv/riscv-iommu.c` (master, commit de5d8bfd61):
- There is no `RISCV_IOMMU_CAP_AMO_HWAD` bit defined in `hw/riscv/riscv-iommu-bits.h`. Bit 24 is an unused gap between `RISCV_IOMMU_CAP_MSI_MRIF` (bit 23) and `RISCV_IOMMU_CAP_ATS` (bit 25), so capabilities.AMO_HWAD is always 0.
- `riscv_iommu_validate_device_ctx()` performs no check involving DC.tc.GADE / DC.tc.SADE against any capability.
- During translation, `riscv_iommu_spa_fetch()` uses SADE/GADE directly to decide whether to perform a hardware A/D update (line 417):
```c
ctx->tc & (pass ? RISCV_IOMMU_DC_TC_GADE : RISCV_IOMMU_DC_TC_SADE);
```
This is done unconditionally.
## Notes
- The test sets SADE. GADE goes through the same code path with the same missing check, so a DC with GADE = 1 and AMO_HWAD = 0 is expected to be accepted as well.
- This test uses page-table entries that already have A = 1 and D = 1, so the observable here is only the missing configuration check (no fault). The model also performs hardware A/D updates whenever SADE/GADE are set regardless of AMO_HWAD; that path would be exercised by clearing A/D in the PTEs.
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