Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] KVM: MMU: fast invalidate all mmio sptes

From: Gleb Natapov
Date: Thu Jun 27 2013 - 04:29:33 EST


On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 04:51:26PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> This patch tries to introduce a very simple and scale way to invalidate
> all mmio sptes - it need not walk any shadow pages and hold mmu-lock
>
> KVM maintains a global mmio valid generation-number which is stored in
> kvm->memslots.generation and every mmio spte stores the current global
> generation-number into his available bits when it is created
>
> When KVM need zap all mmio sptes, it just simply increase the global
> generation-number. When guests do mmio access, KVM intercepts a MMIO #PF
> then it walks the shadow page table and get the mmio spte. If the
> generation-number on the spte does not equal the global generation-number,
> it will go to the normal #PF handler to update the mmio spte
>
> Since 19 bits are used to store generation-number on mmio spte, we zap all
> mmio sptes when the number is round
>
So this commit makes Fedora 9 32 bit reboot during boot, Fedora 9 64
fails too, but I haven't checked what happens exactly.

> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 5 +++-
> arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h | 7 ++++--
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 4 +++
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +--
> 6 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 1f98c1b..90d05ed 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ 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_zap_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm);
> +void kvm_mmu_invalidate_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm);
> unsigned int kvm_mmu_calculate_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm);
> void kvm_mmu_change_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int kvm_nr_mmu_pages);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> index 044d8c0..bdc95bc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -205,9 +205,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask);
> #define MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_SHIFT 3
> #define MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_SHIFT 52
>
> +#define MMIO_GEN_SHIFT 19
> #define MMIO_GEN_LOW_SHIFT 9
> #define MMIO_GEN_LOW_MASK ((1 << MMIO_GEN_LOW_SHIFT) - 1)
> -#define MMIO_MAX_GEN ((1 << 19) - 1)
> +#define MMIO_GEN_MASK ((1 << MMIO_GEN_SHIFT) - 1)
> +#define MMIO_MAX_GEN ((1 << MMIO_GEN_SHIFT) - 1)
>
> static u64 generation_mmio_spte_mask(unsigned int gen)
> {
> @@ -231,17 +233,23 @@ static unsigned int get_mmio_spte_generation(u64 spte)
> return gen;
> }
>
> +static unsigned int kvm_current_mmio_generation(struct kvm *kvm)
> +{
> + return kvm_memslots(kvm)->generation & MMIO_GEN_MASK;
> +}
> +
> static void mark_mmio_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep, u64 gfn,
> unsigned access)
> {
> struct kvm_mmu_page *sp = page_header(__pa(sptep));
> - u64 mask = generation_mmio_spte_mask(0);
> + unsigned int gen = kvm_current_mmio_generation(kvm);
> + u64 mask = generation_mmio_spte_mask(gen);
>
> access &= ACC_WRITE_MASK | ACC_USER_MASK;
> mask |= shadow_mmio_mask | access | gfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
> sp->mmio_cached = true;
>
> - trace_mark_mmio_spte(sptep, gfn, access, 0);
> + trace_mark_mmio_spte(sptep, gfn, access, gen);
> mmu_spte_set(sptep, mask);
> }
>
> @@ -271,6 +279,12 @@ static bool set_mmio_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep, gfn_t gfn,
> return false;
> }
>
> +static bool check_mmio_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 spte)
> +{
> + return likely(get_mmio_spte_generation(spte) ==
> + kvm_current_mmio_generation(kvm));
> +}
> +
> static inline u64 rsvd_bits(int s, int e)
> {
> return ((1ULL << (e - s + 1)) - 1) << s;
> @@ -3235,6 +3249,9 @@ int handle_mmio_page_fault_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 addr, bool direct)
> gfn_t gfn = get_mmio_spte_gfn(spte);
> unsigned access = get_mmio_spte_access(spte);
>
> + if (!check_mmio_spte(vcpu->kvm, spte))
> + return RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID;
> +
> if (direct)
> addr = 0;
>
> @@ -3276,8 +3293,12 @@ static int nonpaging_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva,
>
> pgprintk("%s: gva %lx error %x\n", __func__, gva, error_code);
>
> - if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK))
> - return handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, gva, error_code, true);
> + if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK)) {
> + r = handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, gva, error_code, true);
> +
> + if (likely(r != RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID))
> + return r;
> + }
>
> r = mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
> if (r)
> @@ -3353,8 +3374,12 @@ static int tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gpa, u32 error_code,
> ASSERT(vcpu);
> ASSERT(VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu.root_hpa));
>
> - if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK))
> - return handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, true);
> + if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK)) {
> + r = handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, true);
> +
> + if (likely(r != RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID))
> + return r;
> + }
>
> r = mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
> if (r)
> @@ -4327,7 +4352,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_all_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
> spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> }
>
> -void kvm_mmu_zap_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm)
> +static void kvm_mmu_zap_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, *node;
> LIST_HEAD(invalid_list);
> @@ -4350,6 +4375,19 @@ static bool kvm_has_zapped_obsolete_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
> return unlikely(!list_empty_careful(&kvm->arch.zapped_obsolete_pages));
> }
>
> +void kvm_mmu_invalidate_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm)
> +{
> + /*
> + * The very rare case: if the generation-number is round,
> + * zap all shadow pages.
> + *
> + * The max value is MMIO_MAX_GEN - 1 since it is not called
> + * when mark memslot invalid.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(kvm_current_mmio_generation(kvm) >= (MMIO_MAX_GEN - 1)))
> + kvm_mmu_zap_mmio_sptes(kvm);
> +}
> +
> static int mmu_shrink(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
> {
> struct kvm *kvm;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> index ba6a19c..5b59c57 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> @@ -56,12 +56,15 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask(u64 mmio_mask);
> /*
> * Return values of handle_mmio_page_fault_common:
> * RET_MMIO_PF_EMULATE: it is a real mmio page fault, emulate the instruction
> - * directly.
> + * directly.
> + * RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID: invalid spte is detected then let the real page
> + * fault path update the mmio spte.
> * RET_MMIO_PF_RETRY: let CPU fault again on the address.
> * RET_MMIO_PF_BUG: bug is detected.
> */
> enum {
> RET_MMIO_PF_EMULATE = 1,
> + RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID = 2,
> RET_MMIO_PF_RETRY = 0,
> RET_MMIO_PF_BUG = -1
> };
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
> index fb50fa6..7769699 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
> @@ -552,9 +552,12 @@ static int FNAME(page_fault)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t addr, u32 error_code,
>
> pgprintk("%s: addr %lx err %x\n", __func__, addr, error_code);
>
> - if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK))
> - return handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, addr, error_code,
> + if (unlikely(error_code & PFERR_RSVD_MASK)) {
> + r = handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, addr, error_code,
> mmu_is_nested(vcpu));
> + if (likely(r != RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID))
> + return r;
> + };
>
> r = mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
> if (r)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 85c8d51..f4a5b3f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -5369,6 +5369,10 @@ static int handle_ept_misconfig(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (likely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_EMULATE))
> return x86_emulate_instruction(vcpu, gpa, 0, NULL, 0) ==
> EMULATE_DONE;
> +
> + if (unlikely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID))
> + return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, 0, NULL, 0);
> +
> if (unlikely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_RETRY))
> return 1;
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 54059ba..9e4afa7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7067,8 +7067,7 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
> * If memory slot is created, or moved, we need to clear all
> * mmio sptes.
> */
> - if ((change == KVM_MR_CREATE) || (change == KVM_MR_MOVE))
> - kvm_mmu_zap_mmio_sptes(kvm);
> + kvm_mmu_invalidate_mmio_sptes(kvm);
> }
>
> void kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all(struct kvm *kvm)
> --
> 1.8.1.4

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Gleb.
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