Re: [PATCH v4 00/11] KVM: Implement nested TSC scaling

From: Stamatis, Ilias
Date: Tue Jun 15 2021 - 05:34:00 EST


On Tue, 2021-06-15 at 09:43 +0100, Ilias Stamatis wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-05-26 at 19:44 +0100, Ilias Stamatis wrote:
> > KVM currently supports hardware-assisted TSC scaling but only for L1;
> > the feature is not exposed to nested guests. This patch series adds
> > support for nested TSC scaling and allows both L1 and L2 to be scaled
> > with different scaling factors. That is achieved by "merging" the 01 and
> > 02 values together.
> >
> > Most of the logic in this series is implemented in common code (by doing
> > the necessary restructurings), however the patches add support for VMX
> > only. Adding support for SVM should be easy at this point and Maxim
> > Levitsky has volunteered to do this (thanks!).
> >
> > Changelog:
> >
> > Only patch 9 needs reviewing at this point, but I am re-sending the
> > whole series as I also applied nitpicks suggested to some of the other
> > pathces.
> >
> > v4:
> > - Added vendor callbacks for writing the TSC multiplier
> > - Moved the VMCS multiplier writes from the VMCS load path to common
> > code that only gets called on TSC ratio changes
> > - Merged together patches 10 and 11 of v3
> > - Applied all nitpick-feedback of the previous versions
> >
> > v3:
> > - Applied Sean's feedback
> > - Refactored patches 7 to 10
> >
> > v2:
> > - Applied all of Maxim's feedback
> > - Added a mul_s64_u64_shr function in math64.h
> > - Added a separate kvm_scale_tsc_l1 function instead of passing an
> > argument to kvm_scale_tsc
> > - Implemented the 02 fields calculations in common code
> > - Moved all of write_l1_tsc_offset's logic to common code
> > - Added a check for whether the TSC is stable in patch 10
> > - Used a random L1 factor and a negative offset in patch 10
> >
> > Ilias Stamatis (11):
> > math64.h: Add mul_s64_u64_shr()
> > KVM: X86: Store L1's TSC scaling ratio in 'struct kvm_vcpu_arch'
> > KVM: X86: Rename kvm_compute_tsc_offset() to
> > kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset()
> > KVM: X86: Add a ratio parameter to kvm_scale_tsc()
> > KVM: nVMX: Add a TSC multiplier field in VMCS12
> > KVM: X86: Add functions for retrieving L2 TSC fields from common code
> > KVM: X86: Add functions that calculate the nested TSC fields
> > KVM: X86: Move write_l1_tsc_offset() logic to common code and rename
> > it
> > KVM: X86: Add vendor callbacks for writing the TSC multiplier
> > KVM: nVMX: Enable nested TSC scaling
> > KVM: selftests: x86: Add vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test
> >
> > arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h | 5 +-
> > arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 15 +-
> > arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 35 ++-
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 33 ++-
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.c | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h | 4 +-
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 55 ++--
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 11 +-
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 114 +++++++--
> > include/linux/math64.h | 19 ++
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore | 1 +
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile | 1 +
> > .../kvm/x86_64/vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test.c | 242 ++++++++++++++++++
> > 13 files changed, 451 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test.c
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> What is the status of these? I think all patches have been reviewed and
> approved at this point.
>
> (There's a new revision v6 of patch 9 that has been reviewed too)
>
> Thanks,
> Ilias

Never mind this, I was probably checking at the wrong place, I just realised
that they have been queued since last Friday.

Thanks!