2022-08-30 20:29:55

by Oliver Upton

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Subject: [PATCH 06/14] KVM: arm64: Return next table from map callbacks

The map walkers install new page tables during their traversal. Return
the newly-installed table PTE from the map callbacks to point the walker
at the new table w/o rereading the ptep.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index 331f6e3b2c20..f911509e6512 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -202,13 +202,12 @@ static inline int __kvm_pgtable_visit(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
if (!table && (flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF)) {
ret = kvm_pgtable_visitor_cb(data, addr, level, ptep, &pte,
KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF);
- pte = *ptep;
- table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
}

if (ret)
goto out;

+ table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
if (!table) {
data->addr = ALIGN_DOWN(data->addr, kvm_granule_size(level));
data->addr += kvm_granule_size(level);
@@ -427,6 +426,7 @@ static int hyp_map_walker(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte
new = kvm_init_table_pte(childp, mm_ops);
mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
smp_store_release(ptep, new);
+ *old = new;

return 0;
}
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walker_try_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
}

static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep,
- struct stage2_map_data *data);
+ kvm_pte_t *old, struct stage2_map_data *data);

static int stage2_map_walk_table_pre(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t *old,
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_table_pre(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
*/
kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid, data->mmu);

- ret = stage2_map_walk_leaf(addr, end, level, ptep, data);
+ ret = stage2_map_walk_leaf(addr, end, level, ptep, old, data);

mm_ops->put_page(ptep);
mm_ops->free_removed_table(childp, level + 1, pgt);
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep,
new = kvm_init_table_pte(childp, mm_ops);
mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
smp_store_release(ptep, new);
+ *old = new;

return 0;
}
--
2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog


2022-09-07 21:45:11

by David Matlack

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] KVM: arm64: Return next table from map callbacks

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:41:24PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> The map walkers install new page tables during their traversal. Return
> the newly-installed table PTE from the map callbacks to point the walker
> at the new table w/o rereading the ptep.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> index 331f6e3b2c20..f911509e6512 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> @@ -202,13 +202,12 @@ static inline int __kvm_pgtable_visit(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
> if (!table && (flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF)) {
> ret = kvm_pgtable_visitor_cb(data, addr, level, ptep, &pte,
> KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF);
> - pte = *ptep;
> - table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
> }
>
> if (ret)
> goto out;

Rather than passing a pointer to the local variable pte and requiring
all downstream code to update it (and deal with dereferencing to read
the old pte), wouldn't it be simpler to just re-read the PTE here? e.g.

/*
* Explicitly re-read the PTE since it may have been modified
* during the TABLE_PRE or LEAF callback.
*/
pte = kvm_pte_read(ptep);

This should also result in better behavior once parallelization is
introduced, because it will prevent the walker from traversing down and
doing a bunch of work on page tables that are in the process of being
freed by some other thread.

>
> + table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
> if (!table) {

nit: Technically there's no reason to set @table again. e.g. This could
just be:

if (!kvm_pte_table(pte, level)) {

> data->addr = ALIGN_DOWN(data->addr, kvm_granule_size(level));
> data->addr += kvm_granule_size(level);
> @@ -427,6 +426,7 @@ static int hyp_map_walker(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte
> new = kvm_init_table_pte(childp, mm_ops);
> mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
> smp_store_release(ptep, new);
> + *old = new;
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walker_try_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
> }
>
> static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep,
> - struct stage2_map_data *data);
> + kvm_pte_t *old, struct stage2_map_data *data);
>
> static int stage2_map_walk_table_pre(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
> kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t *old,
> @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_table_pre(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
> */
> kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid, data->mmu);
>
> - ret = stage2_map_walk_leaf(addr, end, level, ptep, data);
> + ret = stage2_map_walk_leaf(addr, end, level, ptep, old, data);
>
> mm_ops->put_page(ptep);
> mm_ops->free_removed_table(childp, level + 1, pgt);
> @@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep,
> new = kvm_init_table_pte(childp, mm_ops);
> mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
> smp_store_release(ptep, new);
> + *old = new;
>
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog
>

2022-09-09 10:21:43

by Oliver Upton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] KVM: arm64: Return next table from map callbacks

Hi David,

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 02:32:29PM -0700, David Matlack wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:41:24PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > The map walkers install new page tables during their traversal. Return
> > the newly-installed table PTE from the map callbacks to point the walker
> > at the new table w/o rereading the ptep.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 9 +++++----
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > index 331f6e3b2c20..f911509e6512 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > @@ -202,13 +202,12 @@ static inline int __kvm_pgtable_visit(struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data *data,
> > if (!table && (flags & KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF)) {
> > ret = kvm_pgtable_visitor_cb(data, addr, level, ptep, &pte,
> > KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF);
> > - pte = *ptep;
> > - table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
> > }
> >
> > if (ret)
> > goto out;
>
> Rather than passing a pointer to the local variable pte and requiring
> all downstream code to update it (and deal with dereferencing to read
> the old pte), wouldn't it be simpler to just re-read the PTE here?

Yeah, you're right. I had some odd rationalization about this, but
there's no need to force a walker to descend into the new table level as
it is wasted work if another thread unlinks it.

[...]

> >
> > + table = kvm_pte_table(pte, level);
> > if (!table) {
>
> nit: Technically there's no reason to set @table again. e.g. This could
> just be:
>
> if (!kvm_pte_table(pte, level)) {

Sure, I'll squish these lines together.

--
Thanks,
Oliver