Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] KVM: X86: Add vCPU running/preempted state

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Nov 14 2017 - 11:45:49 EST


On 13.11.2017 01:33, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch reuses the preempted field in kvm_steal_time, and will export
> the vcpu running/pre-empted information to the guest from host. This will
> enable guest to intelligently send ipi to running vcpus and set flag for
> pre-empted vcpus. This will prevent waiting for vcpus that are not running.
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h | 3 +++
> arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 554aa8f..bf17b30 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
> __u32 pad[11];
> };
>
> +#define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED (0 << 0)
> +#define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED (1 << 0)

These should have a prefix that makes it obvious that they are used
for kvm_steal_time/preempted.

What about renaming preempted to "flags" or something like that.
Then we could have

KVM_STEAL_TIME_(FLAG_)PREEMPTED
KVM_STEAL_TIME_(FLAG_)NOT_PREEMPTED

> +
> #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
> struct kvm_clock_pairing {
> __s64 sec;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 8bb9594..1b1b641 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ __visible bool __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu)
> {
> struct kvm_steal_time *src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
>
> - return !!src->preempted;
> + return !!(src->preempted & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED);
> }
> PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 03869eb..5e63033 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> &vcpu->arch.st.steal, sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time))))
> return;
>
> - vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 0;
> + vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED;
>
> if (vcpu->arch.st.steal.version & 1)
> vcpu->arch.st.steal.version += 1; /* first time write, random junk */
> @@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
> return;
>
> - vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 1;
> + vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
>
> kvm_write_guest_offset_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
> &vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted,
>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb