Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] KVM: nVMX: nested TPR shadow/threshold emulation
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Aug 21 2014 - 08:33:47 EST
Il 21/08/2014 13:46, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
> This patch fix bug https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61411
>
> TPR shadow/threshold feature is important to speed up the Windows guest.
> Besides, it is a must feature for certain VMM.
>
> We map virtual APIC page address and TPR threshold from L1 VMCS. If
> TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD VM exit is triggered by L2 guest and L1 interested
> in, we inject it into L1 VMM for handling.
>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v5 -> v6:
> * fix bisect issue
> v4 -> v5:
> * moving the nested_vmx_failValid call inside the "if (!vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page)"
> v3 -> v4:
> * add Paolo's Reviewed-by
> * unconditionally fail the vmentry, with a comment
> * setup the TPR_SHADOW/virtual_apic_page of vmcs02 based on vmcs01 if L2 owns the APIC
> v2 -> v3:
> * nested vm entry failure if both tpr shadow and cr8 exiting bits are not set
> v1 -> v2:
> * don't take L0's "virtualize APIC accesses" setting into account
> * virtual_apic_page do exactly the same thing that is done for apic_access_page
> * add the tpr threshold field to the read-write fields for shadow VMCS
>
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 24380a9..0eea49c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ struct nested_vmx {
> * we must keep them pinned while L2 runs.
> */
> struct page *apic_access_page;
> + struct page *virtual_apic_page;
> u64 msr_ia32_feature_control;
>
> struct hrtimer preemption_timer;
> @@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ static int max_shadow_read_only_fields =
> ARRAY_SIZE(shadow_read_only_fields);
>
> static unsigned long shadow_read_write_fields[] = {
> + TPR_THRESHOLD,
> GUEST_RIP,
> GUEST_RSP,
> GUEST_CR0,
> @@ -2330,7 +2332,7 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
> CPU_BASED_MOV_DR_EXITING | CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING |
> CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS | CPU_BASED_MONITOR_EXITING |
> CPU_BASED_RDPMC_EXITING | CPU_BASED_RDTSC_EXITING |
> - CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING |
> + CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING | CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |
> CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS;
> /*
> * We can allow some features even when not supported by the
> @@ -6150,6 +6152,10 @@ static void free_nested(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
> nested_release_page(vmx->nested.apic_access_page);
> vmx->nested.apic_access_page = 0;
> }
> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page) {
> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page = 0;
> + }
>
> nested_free_all_saved_vmcss(vmx);
> }
> @@ -6938,7 +6944,7 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> case EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY:
> return 0;
> case EXIT_REASON_TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD:
> - return 1;
> + return nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW);
> case EXIT_REASON_APIC_ACCESS:
> return nested_cpu_has2(vmcs12,
> SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES);
> @@ -7059,6 +7065,12 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
> {
> + struct vmcs12 *vmcs12 = get_vmcs12(vcpu);
> +
> + if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
> + nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW))
> + return;
> +
> if (irr == -1 || tpr < irr) {
> vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, 0);
> return;
> @@ -7847,6 +7859,27 @@ static bool nested_get_vmcs12_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> vmx->nested.apic_access_page =
> nested_get_page(vcpu, vmcs12->apic_access_addr);
> }
> +
> + if (nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW)) {
Missing PAGE_ALIGNED check. I should have spotted this before, so I
just fixed it and will commit the patch soon.
Thanks for your persistence!
Paolo
> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page) /* shouldn't happen */
> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page =
> + nested_get_page(vcpu, vmcs12->virtual_apic_page_addr);
> +
> + /*
> + * Failing the vm entry is _not_ what the processor does
> + * but it's basically the only possibility we have.
> + * We could still enter the guest if CR8 load exits are
> + * enabled, CR8 store exits are enabled, and virtualize APIC
> + * access is disabled; in this case the processor would never
> + * use the TPR shadow and we could simply clear the bit from
> + * the execution control. But such a configuration is useless,
> + * so let's keep the code simple.
> + */
> + if (!vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page)
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> return true;
> }
>
> @@ -8040,6 +8073,15 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
> exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_VIRTUAL_NMI_PENDING;
> exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW;
> exec_control |= vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control;
> +
> + if (exec_control & CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW) {
> + vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR,
> + page_to_phys(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page));
> + vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, vmcs12->tpr_threshold);
> + } else if (vm_need_tpr_shadow(vmx->vcpu.kvm))
> + vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR,
> + __pa(vmx->vcpu.arch.apic->regs));
> +
> /*
> * Merging of IO and MSR bitmaps not currently supported.
> * Rather, exit every time.
> @@ -8807,6 +8849,10 @@ static void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason,
> nested_release_page(vmx->nested.apic_access_page);
> vmx->nested.apic_access_page = 0;
> }
> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page) {
> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page = 0;
> + }
>
> /*
> * Exiting from L2 to L1, we're now back to L1 which thinks it just
>
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