[PATCH v4] xen: enter/exit lazy_mmu_mode around m2p_override calls

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Tue Apr 24 2012 - 06:50:06 EST


This patch is a significant performance improvement for the
m2p_override: about 6% using the gntdev device.

Each m2p_add/remove_override call issues a MULTI_grant_table_op and a
__flush_tlb_single if kmap_op != NULL. Batching all the calls together
is a great performance benefit because it means issuing one hypercall
total rather than two hypercall per page.
If paravirt_lazy_mode is set PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU, all these calls are
going to be batched together, otherwise they are issued one at a time.

Adding arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode/arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode around the
m2p_add/remove_override calls forces paravirt_lazy_mode to
PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU, therefore makes sure that they are always batched.

However it is not safe to call arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode if we are in
interrupt context or if we are already in PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU mode, so
check for both conditions before doing so.

Changes in v4:
- rebased on 3.4-rc4: all the m2p_override users call gnttab_unmap_refs
and gnttab_map_refs;
- check whether we are in interrupt context and the lazy_mode we are in
before calling arch_enter/leave_lazy_mmu_mode.

Changes in v3:
- do not call arch_enter/leave_lazy_mmu_mode in xen_blkbk_unmap, that
can be called in interrupt context.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
index e570c6f..a18a3e8 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>

#include <xen/xen.h>
#include <xen/interface/xen.h>
@@ -826,7 +827,7 @@ int gnttab_map_refs(struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *map_ops,
struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *kmap_ops,
struct page **pages, unsigned int count)
{
- int i, ret;
+ int i, ret, lazy = 0;
pte_t *pte;
unsigned long mfn;

@@ -837,6 +838,11 @@ int gnttab_map_refs(struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *map_ops,
if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
return ret;

+ if (!in_interrupt() && paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE) {
+ arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ lazy = 1;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
/* Do not add to override if the map failed. */
if (map_ops[i].status)
@@ -855,6 +861,9 @@ int gnttab_map_refs(struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *map_ops,
return ret;
}

+ if (lazy)
+ arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gnttab_map_refs);
@@ -862,7 +871,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gnttab_map_refs);
int gnttab_unmap_refs(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
struct page **pages, unsigned int count, bool clear_pte)
{
- int i, ret;
+ int i, ret, lazy = 0;

ret = HYPERVISOR_grant_table_op(GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref, unmap_ops, count);
if (ret)
@@ -871,12 +880,20 @@ int gnttab_unmap_refs(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
return ret;

+ if (!in_interrupt() && paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE) {
+ arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ lazy = 1;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
ret = m2p_remove_override(pages[i], clear_pte);
if (ret)
return ret;
}

+ if (lazy)
+ arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gnttab_unmap_refs);
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