Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: x86/MMU: Do not check unsync status for root SP.

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Wed Feb 10 2021 - 12:17:51 EST


On 09/02/21 18:01, Yu Zhang wrote:
In shadow page table, only leaf SPs may be marked as unsync;
instead, for non-leaf SPs, we store the number of unsynced
children in unsync_children. Therefore, in kvm_mmu_sync_root(),
sp->unsync shall always be zero for the root SP and there is
no need to check it. Remove the check, and add a warning
inside mmu_sync_children() to assert that the flags are used
properly.

While at it, move the warning from mmu_need_write_protect()
to kvm_unsync_page().

Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 86af58294272..5f482af125b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -1995,6 +1995,12 @@ static void mmu_sync_children(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
LIST_HEAD(invalid_list);
bool flush = false;
+ /*
+ * Only 4k SPTEs can directly be made unsync, the parent pages
+ * should never be unsyc'd.
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(parent->unsync);
+
while (mmu_unsync_walk(parent, &pages)) {
bool protected = false;
@@ -2502,6 +2508,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_unprotect_page);
static void kvm_unsync_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
{
+ WARN_ON(sp->role.level != PG_LEVEL_4K);
+
trace_kvm_mmu_unsync_page(sp);
++vcpu->kvm->stat.mmu_unsync;
sp->unsync = 1;
@@ -2524,7 +2532,6 @@ bool mmu_need_write_protect(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn,
if (sp->unsync)
continue;
- WARN_ON(sp->role.level != PG_LEVEL_4K);
kvm_unsync_page(vcpu, sp);
}
@@ -3406,8 +3413,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_sync_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* mmu_need_write_protect() describe what could go wrong if this
* requirement isn't satisfied.
*/
- if (!smp_load_acquire(&sp->unsync) &&
- !smp_load_acquire(&sp->unsync_children))
+ if (!smp_load_acquire(&sp->unsync_children))
return;
write_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);


Queued, thanks.

Paolo