Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Copy kvm_pmu_ops by value to eliminate layer of indirection

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2021, Like Xu wrote:
> Replace the kvm_pmu_ops pointer in common x86 with an instance of the
> struct to save one pointer dereference when invoking functions. Copy the
> struct by value to set the ops during kvm_init().
> 
> Using kvm_x86_ops.hardware_enable to track whether or not the
> ops have been initialized, i.e. a vendor KVM module has been loaded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c        | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h        |  4 +++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c        |  3 +++
>  4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> index 0772bad9165c..0db1887137d9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
>   *        * AMD:   [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS-1] <=> gp counters
>   */
>  
> +struct kvm_pmu_ops kvm_pmu_ops __read_mostly;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_pmu_ops);
> +

...

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> index b4ee5e9f9e20..1e793e44b5ff 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> @@ -4796,7 +4796,7 @@ void nested_vmx_pmu_entry_exit_ctls_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		return;
>  
>  	vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
> -	if (kvm_x86_ops.pmu_ops->is_valid_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL)) {
> +	if (kvm_pmu_ops.is_valid_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL)) {

I would much prefer we export kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr() and go through that for nVMX
than export all of kvm_pmu_ops for this one case.

>  		vmx->nested.msrs.entry_ctls_high |=
>  				VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL;
>  		vmx->nested.msrs.exit_ctls_high |=
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index ac83d873d65b..72d286595012 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -11317,6 +11317,9 @@ int kvm_arch_hardware_setup(void *opaque)
>  	memcpy(&kvm_x86_ops, ops->runtime_ops, sizeof(kvm_x86_ops));
>  	kvm_ops_static_call_update();
>  
> +	if (kvm_x86_ops.hardware_enable)

Huh?  Did you intend this to be?

	if (kvm_x86_ops.pmu_ops)

Either way, I don't see the point, VMX and SVM unconditionally provide the ops.

I would also say land this memcpy() above kvm_ops_static_call_update(), then the
enabling patch can do the static call updates in kvm_ops_static_call_update()
instead of adding another helper.

> +		memcpy(&kvm_pmu_ops, kvm_x86_ops.pmu_ops, sizeof(kvm_pmu_ops));

As part of this change, the pmu_ops should be moved to kvm_x86_init_ops and tagged
as __initdata.  That'll save those precious few bytes, and more importantly make
the original ops unreachable, i.e. make it harder to sneak in post-init modification
bugs.

> +
>  	if (!kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
>  		supported_xss = 0;
>  
> -- 
> 2.33.0
>