Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: Guard cpusmask NULL check with CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK

[Lai Jiangshan]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 8:09 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Check for a NULL cpumask_var_t when kicking multiple vCPUs if and only if
> cpumasks are configured to be allocated off-stack.  This is a meaningless
> optimization, e.g. avoids a TEST+Jcc and TEST+CMOV on x86, but more
> importantly helps document that the NULL check is necessary even though
> all callers pass in a local variable.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 786b914db98f..82c5280dd5ce 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void ack_flush(void *_completed)
>
>  static inline bool kvm_kick_many_cpus(const struct cpumask *cpus, bool wait)
>  {
> -       if (unlikely(!cpus))
> +       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK) && unlikely(!cpus))
>                 cpus = cpu_online_mask;
>
>         if (cpumask_empty(cpus))
> @@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ bool kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int req,
>                 if (!(req & KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP) && kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu))
>                         continue;
>
> +               /*
> +                * tmp can be NULL if cpumasks are allocated off stack, as
> +                * allocation of the mask is deliberately not fatal and is
> +                * handled by falling back to kicking all online CPUs.
> +                */
> +               if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK) && !tmp)
> +                       continue;
> +

Hello, Sean

I don't think it is a good idea to reinvent the cpumask_available().
You can rework the patch as the following code if cpumask_available()
fits for you.

Thanks
Lai

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 3e67c93ca403..ca043ec7ed74 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ static void ack_flush(void *_completed)
 {
 }

-static inline bool kvm_kick_many_cpus(const struct cpumask *cpus, bool wait)
+static inline bool kvm_kick_many_cpus(cpumask_var_t tmp, bool wait)
 {
-       if (unlikely(!cpus))
+       const struct cpumask *cpus = tmp;
+
+       if (unlikely(!cpumask_available(tmp)))
                cpus = cpu_online_mask;

        if (cpumask_empty(cpus))
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ bool kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(struct kvm *kvm,
unsigned int req,
                if (!(req & KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP) && kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu))
                        continue;

-               if (tmp != NULL && cpu != -1 && cpu != me &&
+               if (cpumask_available(tmp) && cpu != -1 && cpu != me &&
                    kvm_request_needs_ipi(vcpu, req))
                        __cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmp);
        }

>                 /*
>                  * Note, the vCPU could get migrated to a different pCPU at any
>                  * point after kvm_request_needs_ipi(), which could result in
> @@ -288,7 +296,7 @@ bool kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int req,
>                  * were reading SPTEs _before_ any changes were finalized.  See
>                  * kvm_vcpu_kick() for more details on handling requests.
>                  */
> -               if (tmp != NULL && kvm_request_needs_ipi(vcpu, req)) {
> +               if (kvm_request_needs_ipi(vcpu, req)) {
>                         cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
>                         if (cpu != -1 && cpu != me)
>                                 __cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmp);
> --
> 2.33.0.rc2.250.ged5fa647cd-goog
>