[PATCH v3 07/11] KVM: arm64: Dirty-bitmap: avoid splitting previously split blocks
From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 07:26:50 EST
If previous dirty-clean already split a block, then avoid calling the
split helper on that block again.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/dirty_bit.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/dirty_bit.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/dirty_bit.c
index 5a6266205295..d7e624f9b630 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/dirty_bit.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/dirty_bit.c
@@ -244,20 +244,21 @@ int __kvm_arch_dirty_log_clear(struct kvm *kvm,
bool *flush)
{
int ret = 0;
int idx = 0;
unsigned long *dirty_bitmap = memslot->dirty_bitmap;
u64 *hw_entries;
const int entries_sz = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*hw_entries);
u64 ttwl;
u64 start, end;
gfn_t base_gfn;
+ gpa_t last_split = 0;
hw_entries = kmalloc_objs(u64, entries_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!hw_entries)
return -ENOMEM;
ttwl = HDBSS_ENTRY_TTWL(KVM_PGTABLE_LAST_LEVEL);
if (log) {
start = log->first_page / BITS_PER_LONG;
end = start + DIV_ROUND_UP(log->num_pages, BITS_PER_LONG);
@@ -288,24 +289,29 @@ int __kvm_arch_dirty_log_clear(struct kvm *kvm,
mask = xchg(&dirty_bitmap[i], 0);
bitmap[i] = mask;
}
if (!mask)
continue;
offset = base_gfn + i * BITS_PER_LONG;
- if (kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm))
- kvm_mmu_split_huge_pages(kvm,
- gfn_to_gpa(offset + __ffs(mask)),
- gfn_to_gpa(offset + __fls(mask) + 1));
+ if (kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm)) {
+ gpa_t split_start = gfn_to_gpa(offset + __ffs(mask));
+ gpa_t split_end = gfn_to_gpa(offset + __fls(mask) + 1);
+
+ if (split_end > last_split) {
+ kvm_mmu_split_huge_pages(kvm, split_start, split_end);
+ last_split = ALIGN_DOWN(split_end - 1, PMD_SIZE) + PMD_SIZE;
+ }
+ }
do {
idx = mask_to_hdbss(&mask, hw_entries, offset, ttwl, idx, entries_sz);
if (idx >= entries_sz) {
ret = dirty_bit_clear(kvm, hw_entries, idx);
*flush = *flush || ret > 0;
if (ret != idx) {
/* Restore mask as before processing */
atomic_long_or(mask, (atomic_long_t *)&dirty_bitmap[i]);
end = i + 1;
--
2.55.0