Re: [PATCH 07/23] KVM: MMU: remove kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role

[David Matlack]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 06:57:02AM -0500, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Since the guest PGD is now loaded after the MMU has been set up
> completely, the desired role for a cache hit is simply the current
> mmu_role.  There is no need to compute it again, so __kvm_mmu_new_pgd
> can be folded in kvm_mmu_new_pgd.
> 
> As an aside, the !tdp_enabled case in the function was dead code,
> and that also gets mopped up as a side effect.

Couldn't the !tdp_enabled case be called via kvm_set_cr3() ->
kvm_mmu_new_pgd()?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 29 ++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index b8ab16323629..42475e4c2a48 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ struct kmem_cache *mmu_page_header_cache;
>  static struct percpu_counter kvm_total_used_mmu_pages;
>  
>  static void mmu_spte_set(u64 *sptep, u64 spte);
> -static union kvm_mmu_page_role
> -kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>  
>  struct kvm_mmu_role_regs {
>  	const unsigned long cr0;
> @@ -4159,9 +4157,9 @@ static bool fast_pgd_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd,
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> -static void __kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd,
> -			      union kvm_mmu_page_role new_role)
> +void kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd)
>  {
> +	union kvm_mmu_page_role new_role = vcpu->arch.mmu->mmu_role.base;

nit: Blank line after variable declarations.

>  	if (!fast_pgd_switch(vcpu, new_pgd, new_role)) {
>  		kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, vcpu->arch.mmu, KVM_MMU_ROOT_CURRENT);
>  		return;
> @@ -4196,11 +4194,6 @@ static void __kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd,
>  		__clear_sp_write_flooding_count(
>  				to_shadow_page(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa));
>  }
> -
> -void kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd)
> -{
> -	__kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, new_pgd, kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role(vcpu));
> -}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_new_pgd);
>  
>  static unsigned long get_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> @@ -4871,7 +4864,7 @@ void kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0,
>  
>  	shadow_mmu_init_context(vcpu, context, &regs, new_role);
>  	reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(vcpu, context, is_efer_nx(context));
> -	__kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, nested_cr3, new_role.base);
> +	kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, nested_cr3);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu);
>  
> @@ -4923,7 +4916,7 @@ void kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool execonly,
>  		reset_ept_shadow_zero_bits_mask(context, execonly);
>  	}
>  
> -	__kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, new_eptp, new_role.base);
> +	kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, new_eptp);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu);
>  
> @@ -5009,20 +5002,6 @@ void kvm_init_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init_mmu);
>  
> -static union kvm_mmu_page_role
> -kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> -{
> -	struct kvm_mmu_role_regs regs = vcpu_to_role_regs(vcpu);
> -	union kvm_mmu_role role;
> -
> -	if (tdp_enabled)
> -		role = kvm_calc_tdp_mmu_root_page_role(vcpu, &regs, true);
> -	else
> -		role = kvm_calc_shadow_mmu_root_page_role(vcpu, &regs, true);
> -
> -	return role.base;
> -}
> -
>  void kvm_mmu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	/*
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
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