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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86/mmu: skip zap maybe-dma-pinned pages for
 NUMA migration
To:     Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
        <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
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        <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>, <apopple@nvidia.com>, <jgg@nvidia.com>,
        <rppt@kernel.org>, <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        <kevin.tian@intel.com>
References: <20230808071329.19995-1-yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
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From:   liulongfang <liulongfang@huawei.com>
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Date:   Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:39:35 +0800
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On 2023/8/8 15:17, Yan Zhao wrote:
> Skip zapping pages that're exclusive anonymas and maybe-dma-pinned in TDP
> MMU if it's for NUMA migration purpose to save unnecessary zaps and TLB
> shootdowns.
> 
> For NUMA balancing, change_pmd_range() will send .invalidate_range_start()
> and .invalidate_range_end() pair unconditionally before setting a huge PMD
> or PTE to be PROT_NONE.
> 
> No matter whether PROT_NONE is set under change_pmd_range(), NUMA migration
> will eventually reject migrating of exclusive anonymas and maybe_dma_pinned
> pages in later try_to_migrate_one() phase and restoring the affected huge
> PMD or PTE.
> 
> Therefore, if KVM can detect those kind of pages in the zap phase, zap and
> TLB shootdowns caused by this kind of protection can be avoided.
> 
> Corner cases like below are still fine.
> 1. Auto NUMA balancing selects a PMD range to set PROT_NONE in
>    change_pmd_range().
> 2. A page is maybe-dma-pinned at the time of sending
>    .invalidate_range_start() with event type MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA.
>     ==> so it's not zapped in KVM's secondary MMU.
> 3. The page is unpinned after sending .invalidate_range_start(), therefore
>    is not maybe-dma-pinned and set to PROT_NONE in primary MMU.
> 4. For some reason, page fault is triggered in primary MMU and the page
>    will be found to be suitable for NUMA migration.
> 5. try_to_migrate_one() will send .invalidate_range_start() notification
>    with event type MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR to KVM, and ===>
>    KVM will zap the pages in secondary MMU.
> 6. The old page will be replaced by a new page in primary MMU.
> 
> If step 4 does not happen, though KVM will keep accessing a page that
> might not be on the best NUMA node, it can be fixed by a next round of
> step 1 in Auto NUMA balancing as change_pmd_range() will send mmu
> notification without checking PROT_NONE is set or not.
> 
> Currently in this patch, for NUMA migration protection purpose, only
> exclusive anonymous maybe-dma-pinned pages are skipped.
> Can later include other type of pages, e.g., is_zone_device_page() or
> PageKsm() if necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c     |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h   |  1 +
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c        |  5 +++++
>  5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index d72f2b20f430..9dccc25b1389 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -6307,8 +6307,8 @@ void kvm_zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn_start, gfn_t gfn_end)
>  
>  	if (tdp_mmu_enabled) {
>  		for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++)
> -			flush = kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(kvm, i, gfn_start,
> -						      gfn_end, true, flush);
> +			flush = kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(kvm, i, gfn_start, gfn_end,
> +						      true, flush, false);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (flush)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index 6250bd3d20c1..17762b5a2b98 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -838,7 +838,8 @@ bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
>   * operation can cause a soft lockup.
>   */
>  static bool tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
> -			      gfn_t start, gfn_t end, bool can_yield, bool flush)
> +			      gfn_t start, gfn_t end, bool can_yield, bool flush,
> +			      bool skip_pinned)
>  {
>  	struct tdp_iter iter;
>  
> @@ -859,6 +860,21 @@ static bool tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
>  		    !is_last_spte(iter.old_spte, iter.level))
>  			continue;
>  
> +		if (skip_pinned) {
> +			kvm_pfn_t pfn = spte_to_pfn(iter.old_spte);
> +			struct page *page = kvm_pfn_to_refcounted_page(pfn);
> +			struct folio *folio;
> +
> +			if (!page)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			folio = page_folio(page);
> +
> +			if (folio_test_anon(folio) && PageAnonExclusive(&folio->page) &&
> +			    folio_maybe_dma_pinned(folio))
> +				continue;
> +		}
> +
>  		tdp_mmu_iter_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
>  		flush = true;
>  	}
> @@ -878,12 +894,13 @@ static bool tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
>   * more SPTEs were zapped since the MMU lock was last acquired.
>   */
>  bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
> -			   bool can_yield, bool flush)
> +			   bool can_yield, bool flush, bool skip_pinned)
>  {
>  	struct kvm_mmu_page *root;
>  
>  	for_each_tdp_mmu_root_yield_safe(kvm, root, as_id)
> -		flush = tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(kvm, root, start, end, can_yield, flush);
> +		flush = tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(kvm, root, start, end, can_yield, flush,
> +					  skip_pinned);
>  
>  	return flush;
>  }
> @@ -1147,7 +1164,8 @@ bool kvm_tdp_mmu_unmap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range,
>  				 bool flush)
>  {
>  	return kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(kvm, range->slot->as_id, range->start,
> -				     range->end, range->may_block, flush);
> +				     range->end, range->may_block, flush,
> +				     range->skip_pinned);
>  }
>  
>  typedef bool (*tdp_handler_t)(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> index 0a63b1afabd3..2a9de44bc5c3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ __must_check static inline bool kvm_tdp_mmu_get_root(struct kvm_mmu_page *root)
>  void kvm_tdp_mmu_put_root(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
>  			  bool shared);
>  
> -bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t start,
> -				 gfn_t end, bool can_yield, bool flush);
> +bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
> +			   bool can_yield, bool flush, bool skip_pinned);
>  bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp);
>  void kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_all(struct kvm *kvm);
>  void kvm_tdp_mmu_invalidate_all_roots(struct kvm *kvm);
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index 9125d0ab642d..f883d6b59545 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ struct kvm_gfn_range {
>  	gfn_t end;
>  	union kvm_mmu_notifier_arg arg;
>  	bool may_block;
> +	bool skip_pinned;
>  };
>  bool kvm_unmap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
>  bool kvm_age_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index f84ef9399aee..1202c1daa568 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ struct kvm_hva_range {
>  	on_unlock_fn_t on_unlock;
>  	bool flush_on_ret;
>  	bool may_block;
> +	bool skip_pinned;
>  };
>  
>  /*
> @@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>  			 */
>  			gfn_range.arg = range->arg;
>  			gfn_range.may_block = range->may_block;
> +			gfn_range.skip_pinned = range->skip_pinned;
>  
>  			/*
>  			 * {gfn(page) | page intersects with [hva_start, hva_end)} =
> @@ -754,6 +756,9 @@ static int kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
>  		.on_unlock	= kvm_arch_guest_memory_reclaimed,
>  		.flush_on_ret	= true,
>  		.may_block	= mmu_notifier_range_blockable(range),
> +		.skip_pinned	= test_bit(MMF_HAS_PINNED, &range->mm->flags) &&
> +				  (range->event == MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA) &&
> +				  (range->flags & MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_NUMA),
>  	};
>  
>  	trace_kvm_unmap_hva_range(range->start, range->end);
> 

I have a question. The numa id of the cpu can be reconfigured in the VM.
Will the page table migration operations initiated by the numa balance in the
VM and the numa balance in the host conflict with each other after this setting?

Thanks
Longfang.