Re: [PATCH v3 13/17] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Support mirror root for TDP MMU

From: Yan Zhao
Date: Mon Jun 24 2024 - 04:31:55 EST


On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 03:36:10PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index e9c1783a8743..287dcc2685e4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -3701,7 +3701,9 @@ static int mmu_alloc_direct_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> int r;
>
> if (tdp_mmu_enabled) {
> - kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(vcpu);
> + if (kvm_has_mirrored_tdp(vcpu->kvm))
> + kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(vcpu, true);
> + kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(vcpu, false);
> return 0;
> }
mmu_alloc_direct_roots() is called when vcpu->arch.mmu->root.hpa is INVALID_PAGE
in kvm_mmu_reload(), which could happen after direct root is invalidated.

> -void kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +void kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool mirror)
> {
> struct kvm_mmu *mmu = vcpu->arch.mmu;
> union kvm_mmu_page_role role = mmu->root_role;
> @@ -241,6 +246,9 @@ void kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
> struct kvm_mmu_page *root;
>
> + if (mirror)
> + role.is_mirror = 1;
> +
Could we add a validity check of mirror_root_hpa to prevent an incorrect ref
count increment of the mirror root?

+ if (mirror) {
+ if (mmu->mirror_root_hpa != INVALID_PAGE)
+ return;
+
role.is_mirror = true;
+ }

> /*
> * Check for an existing root before acquiring the pages lock to avoid
> * unnecessary serialization if multiple vCPUs are loading a new root.
> @@ -292,8 +300,12 @@ void kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * and actually consuming the root if it's invalidated after dropping
> * mmu_lock, and the root can't be freed as this vCPU holds a reference.
> */
> - mmu->root.hpa = __pa(root->spt);
> - mmu->root.pgd = 0;
> + if (mirror) {
> + mmu->mirror_root_hpa = __pa(root->spt);
> + } else {
> + mmu->root.hpa = __pa(root->spt);
> + mmu->root.pgd = 0;
> + }
> }