[PATCH 2/4] KVM: X86: implement the logic for spinlock optimization

From: Longpeng(Mike)
Date: Tue Aug 08 2017 - 00:05:33 EST


get_cpl requires vcpu_load, so we must cache the result (whether the
vcpu was preempted when its cpl=0) in kvm_vcpu_arch.

Signed-off-by: Longpeng(Mike) <longpeng2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 5 ++++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 8 +++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 ++++++-
5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 87ac4fba6d8e..1679aabcabe5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {

/* GPA available (AMD only) */
bool gpa_available;
+
+ /* be preempted when it's in kernel-mode(cpl=0) */
+ bool preempted_in_kernel;
};

struct kvm_lpage_info {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
index 5243d54f73ab..dc97f2544b6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ int kvm_hv_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

switch (code) {
case HVCALL_NOTIFY_LONG_SPIN_WAIT:
- kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, false);
+ kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, true);
break;
case HVCALL_POST_MESSAGE:
case HVCALL_SIGNAL_EVENT:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 0cc486fd9871..fc027f2e87d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -3749,7 +3749,10 @@ static int interrupt_window_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)

static int pause_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
{
- kvm_vcpu_on_spin(&svm->vcpu, false);
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
+ bool in_kernel = (svm_get_cpl(vcpu) == 0);
+
+ kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, in_kernel);
return 1;
}

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index fef784c22190..46d08b389e36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -6781,7 +6781,13 @@ static int handle_pause(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (ple_gap)
grow_ple_window(vcpu);

- kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, false);
+ /*
+ * Intel sdm vol3 ch-25.1.3 says: The "PAUSE-loop exiting"
+ * VM-execution control is ignored if CPL > 0. OTOH, KVM
+ * never set PAUSE_EXITING and just only uses PLE,
+ * so the vcpu must be CPL=0 if it gets a PAUSE exit.
+ */
+ kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, true);
return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
}

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index aba9d038d09e..bee9ad0ed4cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2873,6 +2873,10 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
int idx;
+
+ if (vcpu->preempted)
+ vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = !kvm_x86_ops->get_cpl(vcpu);
+
/*
* Disable page faults because we're in atomic context here.
* kvm_write_guest_offset_cached() would call might_fault()
@@ -7985,6 +7989,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm_pmu_init(vcpu);

vcpu->arch.pending_external_vector = -1;
+ vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = false;

kvm_hv_vcpu_init(vcpu);

@@ -8434,7 +8439,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

bool kvm_arch_vcpu_in_kernel(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- return false;
+ return vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel;
}

int kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
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