[PATCH v4 4/9] x86/kvm/mmu: introduce guest_mmu

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Mon Oct 08 2018 - 15:28:40 EST


When EPT is used for nested guest we need to re-init MMU as shadow
EPT MMU (nested_ept_init_mmu_context() does that). When we return back
from L2 to L1 kvm_mmu_reset_context() in nested_vmx_load_cr3() resets
MMU back to normal TDP mode. Add a special 'guest_mmu' so we can use
separate root caches; the improved hit rate is not very important for
single vCPU performance, but it avoids contention on the mmu_lock for
many vCPUs.

On the nested CPUID benchmark, with 16 vCPUs, an L2->L1->L2 vmexit
goes from 42k to 26k cycles.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v3:
- Drop stale role initializer in kvm_calc_shadow_ept_root_page_role()
[Sean Christopherson]
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ee5ce6b39b20..f2a39222f9dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
/* Non-nested MMU for L1 */
struct kvm_mmu root_mmu;

+ /* L1 MMU when running nested */
+ struct kvm_mmu guest_mmu;
+
/*
* Paging state of an L2 guest (used for nested npt)
*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 96c753746b3b..bf9e3145ff0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4832,7 +4832,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init_shadow_mmu);
static union kvm_mmu_page_role
kvm_calc_shadow_ept_root_page_role(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool accessed_dirty)
{
- union kvm_mmu_page_role role = vcpu->arch.mmu->base_role;
+ union kvm_mmu_page_role role;
+
+ /* Role is inherited from root_mmu */
+ role.word = vcpu->arch.root_mmu.base_role.word;

role.level = PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL;
role.direct = false;
@@ -4982,8 +4985,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_load);

void kvm_mmu_unload(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, vcpu->arch.mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
- WARN_ON(VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa));
+ kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.root_mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
+ WARN_ON(VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.root_mmu.root_hpa));
+ kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
+ WARN_ON(VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.guest_mmu.root_hpa));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_unload);

@@ -5422,13 +5427,18 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
+
vcpu->arch.root_mmu.root_hpa = INVALID_PAGE;
vcpu->arch.root_mmu.translate_gpa = translate_gpa;
- vcpu->arch.nested_mmu.translate_gpa = translate_nested_gpa;
-
for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
vcpu->arch.root_mmu.prev_roots[i] = KVM_MMU_ROOT_INFO_INVALID;

+ vcpu->arch.guest_mmu.root_hpa = INVALID_PAGE;
+ vcpu->arch.guest_mmu.translate_gpa = translate_gpa;
+ for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
+ vcpu->arch.guest_mmu.prev_roots[i] = KVM_MMU_ROOT_INFO_INVALID;
+
+ vcpu->arch.nested_mmu.translate_gpa = translate_nested_gpa;
return alloc_mmu_pages(vcpu);
}

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 5c32b6f18f2a..cedb223f79c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8424,8 +8424,10 @@ static void vmx_disable_shadow_vmcs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
vmcs_write64(VMCS_LINK_POINTER, -1ull);
}

-static inline void nested_release_vmcs12(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
+static inline void nested_release_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+
if (vmx->nested.current_vmptr == -1ull)
return;

@@ -8439,10 +8441,12 @@ static inline void nested_release_vmcs12(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
vmx->nested.posted_intr_nv = -1;

/* Flush VMCS12 to guest memory */
- kvm_vcpu_write_guest_page(&vmx->vcpu,
+ kvm_vcpu_write_guest_page(vcpu,
vmx->nested.current_vmptr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
vmx->nested.cached_vmcs12, 0, VMCS12_SIZE);

+ kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
+
vmx->nested.current_vmptr = -1ull;
}

@@ -8450,8 +8454,10 @@ static inline void nested_release_vmcs12(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
* Free whatever needs to be freed from vmx->nested when L1 goes down, or
* just stops using VMX.
*/
-static void free_nested(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
+static void free_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+
if (!vmx->nested.vmxon && !vmx->nested.smm.vmxon)
return;

@@ -8484,6 +8490,8 @@ static void free_nested(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
vmx->nested.pi_desc = NULL;
}

+ kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOTS_ALL);
+
free_loaded_vmcs(&vmx->nested.vmcs02);
}

@@ -8492,7 +8500,7 @@ static int handle_vmoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (!nested_vmx_check_permission(vcpu))
return 1;
- free_nested(to_vmx(vcpu));
+ free_nested(vcpu);
return nested_vmx_succeed(vcpu);
}

@@ -8518,7 +8526,7 @@ static int handle_vmclear(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
VMXERR_VMCLEAR_VMXON_POINTER);

if (vmptr == vmx->nested.current_vmptr)
- nested_release_vmcs12(vmx);
+ nested_release_vmcs12(vcpu);

kvm_vcpu_write_guest(vcpu,
vmptr + offsetof(struct vmcs12, launch_state),
@@ -8873,7 +8881,8 @@ static int handle_vmptrld(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
VMXERR_VMPTRLD_INCORRECT_VMCS_REVISION_ID);
}

- nested_release_vmcs12(vmx);
+ nested_release_vmcs12(vcpu);
+
/*
* Load VMCS12 from guest memory since it is not already
* cached.
@@ -10922,12 +10931,10 @@ static void vmx_switch_vmcs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct loaded_vmcs *vmcs)
*/
static void vmx_free_vcpu_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
-
- vcpu_load(vcpu);
- vmx_switch_vmcs(vcpu, &vmx->vmcs01);
- free_nested(vmx);
- vcpu_put(vcpu);
+ vcpu_load(vcpu);
+ vmx_switch_vmcs(vcpu, &to_vmx(vcpu)->vmcs01);
+ free_nested(vcpu);
+ vcpu_put(vcpu);
}

static void vmx_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -11294,6 +11301,7 @@ static void nested_ept_init_mmu_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
WARN_ON(mmu_is_nested(vcpu));

+ vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.guest_mmu;
kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu(vcpu,
to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.msrs.ept_caps &
VMX_EPT_EXECUTE_ONLY_BIT,
@@ -11309,6 +11317,7 @@ static void nested_ept_init_mmu_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

static void nested_ept_uninit_mmu_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
}

@@ -13712,7 +13721,7 @@ static void vmx_leave_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.nested_run_pending = 0;
nested_vmx_vmexit(vcpu, -1, 0, 0);
}
- free_nested(to_vmx(vcpu));
+ free_nested(vcpu);
}

static int vmx_check_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
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