Re: [PATCH v8 08/46] KVM: Provide generic interface for checking memory private/shared status

[Ackerley Tng]

Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> writes:

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> [...snip...]
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>>>> @@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_pre_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>   bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>                                           struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
>>>>
>>>> -static inline bool kvm_mem_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
>>>> +static inline bool kvm_vm_mem_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
>>
>> Should have read the Sashiko review first, but where is this used?
>> It's not used at all in this series...
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> See below:
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>> /fuad
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>>>>   {
>>>>          return kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn) & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE;
>>>>   }
>>>> @@ -2557,6 +2557,16 @@ static inline bool kvm_mem_range_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start,
>>>>                                                    KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
>>>>                                                    KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE);
>>>>   }
>>>> +#endif  /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifdef kvm_arch_has_private_mem
>>>> +typedef bool (kvm_mem_is_private_t)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
>>>> +DECLARE_STATIC_CALL(__kvm_mem_is_private, kvm_mem_is_private_t);
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline bool kvm_mem_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       return static_call(__kvm_mem_is_private)(kvm, gfn);
>>>> +}
>>>>   #else
>>>>   static inline bool kvm_mem_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
>>>>   {
>>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>>>> index 6669f1477013c..8b238e461b854 100644
>>>> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>>>> @@ -2627,6 +2627,20 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>   }
>>>>   #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
>>>>
>>>> +#ifdef kvm_arch_has_private_mem
>>>> +DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(__kvm_mem_is_private, kvm_mem_is_private_t);
>>>> +EXPORT_STATIC_CALL_GPL(__kvm_mem_is_private);
>>>> +
>>>> +static void kvm_init_memory_attributes(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
>>>> +       static_call_update(__kvm_mem_is_private, kvm_vm_mem_is_private);
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +}
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>
> Here ^^ as the static call update ?
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>
> Suzuki

Thanks Suzuki, it is used here. kvm_mem_is_private() was and still is
the function used to check if some gfn is private or shared. Hence, in
this patch, the usages of kvm_mem_is_private() were not
updated. Instead, kvm_mem_is_private() is now set up as a static call,
and the static call is hard-wired to kvm_vm_mem_is_private() in this
patch.

In the later wiring patch, all the places where attributes are looked up
are updated all at once: if conversion enabled, take gmem route, else
take VM route.

kvm_mem_is_private() is special in that the if-else is done at KVM load
time rather than runtime, and I believe that's for performance reasons
since this is checked quite often from the KVM fault handling code.

Buut I think perhaps Fuad was referring to kvm_mem_range_is_private(),
which is indeed not used anywhere. Binbin also asked about this, I think
we should drop kvm_mem_range_is_private(). My reply to Binbin is at [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAEvNRgGbBcrX5Fw3vNTsTOBNC=Ypi=9-S07674yPxLU9i4akjA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/