Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754292Ab3JXJRk (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:17:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:32097 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753931Ab3JXJRj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:17:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:17:32 +0300 From: Gleb Natapov To: Xiao Guangrong Cc: avi.kivity@gmail.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/15] KVM: MMU: locklessly write-protect the page Message-ID: <20131024091732.GA5289@redhat.com> References: <1382534973-13197-1-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1382534973-13197-14-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1382534973-13197-14-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 7537 Lines: 207 On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 09:29:31PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote: > Currently, when mark memslot dirty logged or get dirty page, we need to > write-protect large guest memory, it is the heavy work, especially, we > need to hold mmu-lock which is also required by vcpu to fix its page table > fault and mmu-notifier when host page is being changed. In the extreme > cpu / memory used guest, it becomes a scalability issue > > This patch introduces a way to locklessly write-protect guest memory > > Now, lockless rmap walk, lockless shadow page table access and lockless > spte wirte-protection are ready, it is the time to implements page > write-protection out of mmu-lock > > Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong > --- > arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 --- > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 6 +++++ > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 ++++---- > 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h > index df9ae10..cdb6f29 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h > @@ -793,10 +793,6 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask, > u64 dirty_mask, u64 nx_mask, u64 x_mask); > > void kvm_mmu_reset_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu); > -void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm, int slot); > -void kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm, > - struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, > - gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask); > void kvm_mmu_zap_all(struct kvm *kvm); > void kvm_mmu_invalidate_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm); > unsigned int kvm_mmu_calculate_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm); > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > index 8b96d96..d82bbec 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > @@ -1386,8 +1386,37 @@ static bool __rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long *rmapp, > return flush; > } > > -/** > - * kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked - write protect selected PT level pages > +static void __rmap_write_protect_lockless(u64 *sptep) > +{ > + u64 spte; > + > +retry: > + /* > + * Note we may partly read the sptep on 32bit host, however, we > + * allow this case because: > + * - we do not access the page got from the sptep. > + * - cmpxchg64 can detect that case and avoid setting a wrong value > + * to the sptep. > + */ > + spte = *rcu_dereference(sptep); > + if (unlikely(!is_last_spte(spte) || !is_writable_pte(spte))) is_last_spte gets two parameters. > + return; > + > + if (likely(cmpxchg64(sptep, spte, spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK) == spte)) > + return; > + > + goto retry; > +} > + > +static void rmap_write_protect_lockless(unsigned long *rmapp) > +{ > + pte_list_walk_lockless(rmapp, __rmap_write_protect_lockless); > +} > + > +/* > + * kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked_lockless - write protect selected PT level > + * pages out of mmu-lock. > + * > * @kvm: kvm instance > * @slot: slot to protect > * @gfn_offset: start of the BITS_PER_LONG pages we care about > @@ -1396,16 +1425,17 @@ static bool __rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long *rmapp, > * Used when we do not need to care about huge page mappings: e.g. during dirty > * logging we do not have any such mappings. > */ > -void kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm, > - struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, > - gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask) > +void > +kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked_lockless(struct kvm *kvm, > + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, > + gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask) > { > unsigned long *rmapp; > > while (mask) { > rmapp = __gfn_to_rmap(slot->base_gfn + gfn_offset + __ffs(mask), > PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, slot); > - __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmapp, false); > + rmap_write_protect_lockless(rmapp); > > /* clear the first set bit */ > mask &= mask - 1; > @@ -4477,7 +4507,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > init_kvm_mmu(vcpu); > } > > -void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm, int slot) > +void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access_lockless(struct kvm *kvm, int slot) > { > struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot; > gfn_t last_gfn; > @@ -4486,8 +4516,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm, int slot) > memslot = id_to_memslot(kvm->memslots, slot); > last_gfn = memslot->base_gfn + memslot->npages - 1; > > - spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock); > - > + rcu_read_lock(); > for (i = PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL; > i < PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL + KVM_NR_PAGE_SIZES; ++i) { > unsigned long *rmapp; > @@ -4497,15 +4526,15 @@ void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm, int slot) > last_index = gfn_to_index(last_gfn, memslot->base_gfn, i); > > for (index = 0; index <= last_index; ++index, ++rmapp) { > - if (*rmapp) > - __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmapp, false); > + rmap_write_protect_lockless(rmapp); > > - if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&kvm->mmu_lock)) > - cond_resched_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock); > + if (need_resched()) { > + rcu_read_lock(); > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + } > } > } > - > - spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock); > + rcu_read_unlock(); > > /* > * We can flush all the TLBs out of the mmu lock without TLB > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h > index 2926152..33f313b 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h > @@ -117,4 +117,10 @@ static inline bool permission_fault(struct kvm_mmu *mmu, unsigned pte_access, > } > > void kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_all_pages(struct kvm *kvm); > + > +void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access_lockless(struct kvm *kvm, int slot); > +void > +kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked_lockless(struct kvm *kvm, > + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, > + gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask); > #endif > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index 4ac3a27..c6233e1 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -3554,8 +3554,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log) > dirty_bitmap_buffer = dirty_bitmap + n / sizeof(long); > memset(dirty_bitmap_buffer, 0, n); > > - spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock); > - > + rcu_read_lock(); > for (i = 0; i < n / sizeof(long); i++) { > unsigned long mask; > gfn_t offset; > @@ -3579,10 +3578,10 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log) > dirty_bitmap_buffer[i] = mask; > > offset = i * BITS_PER_LONG; > - kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(kvm, memslot, offset, mask); > + kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked_lockless(kvm, memslot, > + offset, mask); > } > - > - spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock); > + rcu_read_unlock(); > > /* > * All the TLBs can be flushed out of mmu lock, see the comments in > @@ -7246,7 +7245,7 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, > * See the comments in fast_page_fault(). > */ > if ((change != KVM_MR_DELETE) && (mem->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES)) > - kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, mem->slot); > + kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access_lockless(kvm, mem->slot); > } > > void kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all(struct kvm *kvm) > -- > 1.8.1.4 -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/