Re: [PATCH 11/14] KVM: arm64: Make changes block->table to leaf PTEs parallel-aware

From: Ricardo Koller
Date: Tue Sep 13 2022 - 20:53:31 EST


On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 05:51:55PM -0700, Ricardo Koller wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:51:01PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > In order to service stage-2 faults in parallel, stage-2 table walkers
> > must take exclusive ownership of the PTE being worked on. An additional
> > requirement of the architecture is that software must perform a
> > 'break-before-make' operation when changing the block size used for
> > mapping memory.
> >
> > Roll these two concepts together into helpers for performing a
> > 'break-before-make' sequence. Use a special PTE value to indicate a PTE
> > has been locked by a software walker. Additionally, use an atomic
> > compare-exchange to 'break' the PTE when the stage-2 page tables are
> > possibly shared with another software walker. Elide the DSB + TLBI if
> > the evicted PTE was invalid (and thus not subject to break-before-make).
> >
> > All of the atomics do nothing for now, as the stage-2 walker isn't fully
> > ready to perform parallel walks.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > index 61a4437c8c16..71ae96608752 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > @@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
> > #define KVM_INVALID_PTE_OWNER_MASK GENMASK(9, 2)
> > #define KVM_MAX_OWNER_ID 1
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Used to indicate a pte for which a 'break-before-make' sequence is in
> > + * progress.
> > + */
> > +#define KVM_INVALID_PTE_LOCKED BIT(10)
> > +
> > struct kvm_pgtable_walk_data {
> > struct kvm_pgtable *pgt;
> > struct kvm_pgtable_walker *walker;
> > @@ -586,6 +592,8 @@ struct stage2_map_data {
> >
> > /* Force mappings to page granularity */
> > bool force_pte;
> > +
> > + bool shared;
> > };
> >
> > u64 kvm_get_vtcr(u64 mmfr0, u64 mmfr1, u32 phys_shift)
> > @@ -691,6 +699,11 @@ static bool stage2_pte_is_counted(kvm_pte_t pte)
> > return kvm_pte_valid(pte) || kvm_invalid_pte_owner(pte);
> > }
> >
> > +static bool stage2_pte_is_locked(kvm_pte_t pte)
> > +{
> > + return !kvm_pte_valid(pte) && (pte & KVM_INVALID_PTE_LOCKED);
> > +}
> > +
> > static bool stage2_try_set_pte(kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t old, kvm_pte_t new, bool shared)
> > {
> > if (!shared) {
> > @@ -701,6 +714,69 @@ static bool stage2_try_set_pte(kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t old, kvm_pte_t new, bo
> > return cmpxchg(ptep, old, new) == old;
> > }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * stage2_try_break_pte() - Invalidates a pte according to the
> > + * 'break-before-make' requirements of the
> > + * architecture.
> > + *
> > + * @ptep: Pointer to the pte to break
> > + * @old: The previously observed value of the pte
> > + * @addr: IPA corresponding to the pte
> > + * @level: Table level of the pte
> > + * @shared: true if the stage-2 page tables could be shared by multiple software
> > + * walkers
> > + *
> > + * Returns: true if the pte was successfully broken.
> > + *
> > + * If the removed pte was valid, performs the necessary serialization and TLB
> > + * invalidation for the old value. For counted ptes, drops the reference count
> > + * on the containing table page.
> > + */
> > +static bool stage2_try_break_pte(kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t old, u64 addr, u32 level,
> > + struct stage2_map_data *data)
> > +{
> > + struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops = data->mm_ops;
> > +
> > + if (stage2_pte_is_locked(old)) {
> > + /*
> > + * Should never occur if this walker has exclusive access to the
> > + * page tables.
> > + */
> > + WARN_ON(!data->shared);
> > + return false;
> > + }
>
> The above check is not needed as the cmpxchg() will return false if the
> old pte is equal to "new" (KVM_INVALID_PTE_LOCKED).
>
> > +
> > + if (!stage2_try_set_pte(ptep, old, KVM_INVALID_PTE_LOCKED, data->shared))
> > + return false;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Perform the appropriate TLB invalidation based on the evicted pte
> > + * value (if any).
> > + */
> > + if (kvm_pte_table(old, level))
> > + kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid, data->mmu);
> > + else if (kvm_pte_valid(old))
> > + kvm_call_hyp(__kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa, data->mmu, addr, level);
> > +
> > + if (stage2_pte_is_counted(old))
> > + mm_ops->put_page(ptep);
> > +
> > + return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void stage2_make_pte(kvm_pte_t *ptep, kvm_pte_t old, kvm_pte_t new,
> > + struct stage2_map_data *data)
> > +{

nit: old is not used

> > + struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops = data->mm_ops;
> > +
> > + WARN_ON(!stage2_pte_is_locked(*ptep));
> > +
> > + if (stage2_pte_is_counted(new))
> > + mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
> > +
> > + smp_store_release(ptep, new);
> > +}
> > +
> > static void stage2_put_pte(kvm_pte_t *ptep, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu, u64 addr,
> > u32 level, struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops)
> > {
> > @@ -836,17 +912,18 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level, kvm_pte_t *ptep,
> > if (!childp)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + if (!stage2_try_break_pte(ptep, *old, addr, level, data)) {
> > + mm_ops->put_page(childp);
> > + return -EAGAIN;
> > + }
> > +
> > /*
> > * If we've run into an existing block mapping then replace it with
> > * a table. Accesses beyond 'end' that fall within the new table
> > * will be mapped lazily.
> > */
> > - if (stage2_pte_is_counted(pte))
> > - stage2_put_pte(ptep, data->mmu, addr, level, mm_ops);
> > -
> > new = kvm_init_table_pte(childp, mm_ops);
> > - mm_ops->get_page(ptep);
> > - smp_store_release(ptep, new);
> > + stage2_make_pte(ptep, *old, new, data);
> > *old = new;
> >
> > return 0;
> > --
> > 2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog
> >