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KVM: Clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set

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Series KVM: Clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set | expand

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Li RongQing Oct. 19, 2021, 2:05 a.m. UTC
clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set, to avoid calling
pv_eoi_put_user()

and this can speed pv_eoi_clr_pending about 300 nsec on AMD EPYC
most of the time

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Vitaly Kuznetsov Oct. 19, 2021, 7:23 a.m. UTC | #1
Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com> writes:

> clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set, to avoid calling
> pv_eoi_put_user()
>
> and this can speed pv_eoi_clr_pending about 300 nsec on AMD EPYC
> most of the time
>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c |    7 ++++---
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 76fb009..c434f70 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -694,9 +694,9 @@ static void pv_eoi_set_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	__set_bit(KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention);
>  }
>  
> -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pending)

Nitpick (and probably a matter of personal taste): pv_eoi_clr_pending()
has only one user and the change doesn't make its interface much nicer,
I'd suggest we just inline in instead. (we can probably do the same to
pv_eoi_get_pending()/pv_eoi_set_pending() too).

>  {
> -	if (pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
> +	if (pending && pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
>  		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't clear EOI MSR value: 0x%llx\n",
>  			   (unsigned long long)vcpu->arch.pv_eoi.msr_val);
>  		return;
> @@ -2693,7 +2693,8 @@ static void apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	 * While this might not be ideal from performance point of view,
>  	 * this makes sure pv eoi is only enabled when we know it's safe.
>  	 */
> -	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
> +	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu, pending);
> +
>  	if (pending)
>  		return;
>  	vector = apic_set_eoi(apic);

Could you probably elaborate a bit (probably by enhancing the comment
above pv_eoi_clr_pending()) why the race we have here (even before the
patch) doesn't matter? As far as I understand it, the guest can change
PV EOI status from a different CPU (it shouldn't do it but it still can)
at any time: e.g. between pv_eoi_get_pending() and pv_eoi_clr_pending()
but also right after we do pv_eoi_clr_pending() so the patch doesn't
really change much in this regard.
Paolo Bonzini Oct. 19, 2021, 7:29 a.m. UTC | #2
On 19/10/21 09:23, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>   
>> -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pending)
> Nitpick (and probably a matter of personal taste): pv_eoi_clr_pending()
> has only one user and the change doesn't make its interface much nicer,
> I'd suggest we just inline in instead. (we can probably do the same to
> pv_eoi_get_pending()/pv_eoi_set_pending() too).

Alternatively, merge pv_eoi_get_pending and pv_eoi_clr_pending into a 
single function pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending, which returns the value 
of the pending bit.

So the caller can do essentially:

-	pending = pv_eoi_get_pending(vcpu);
-	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
-	if (pending)
+	if (pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending(vcpu))
                 return;


Paolo
Li RongQing Oct. 20, 2021, 3:36 a.m. UTC | #3
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> 发送时间: 2021年10月19日 15:29
> 收件人: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>; Li,Rongqing
> <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> 抄送: seanjc@google.com; wanpengli@tencent.com; jmattson@google.com;
> joro@8bytes.org; tglx@linutronix.de; mingo@redhat.com; bp@alien8.de;
> x86@kernel.org; hpa@zytor.com; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> 主题: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set
> 
> On 19/10/21 09:23, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >>
> >> -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> +static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pending)
> > Nitpick (and probably a matter of personal taste):
> > pv_eoi_clr_pending() has only one user and the change doesn't make its
> > interface much nicer, I'd suggest we just inline in instead. (we can
> > probably do the same to
> > pv_eoi_get_pending()/pv_eoi_set_pending() too).
> 
> Alternatively, merge pv_eoi_get_pending and pv_eoi_clr_pending into a single
> function pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending, which returns the value of the
> pending bit.
> 
> So the caller can do essentially:
> 
> -	pending = pv_eoi_get_pending(vcpu);
> -	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
> -	if (pending)
> +	if (pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending(vcpu))
>                  return;
> 
> 

It is better to implement pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending(), and it can fix the race that Vitaly suggested

And I will write a new function kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached, to be called in pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending

Bool kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,  struct gfn_to_hva_cache * ghc, long nr)

-Li 

> Paolo
Li RongQing Oct. 20, 2021, 3:43 a.m. UTC | #4
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
> 发送时间: 2021年10月19日 15:24
> 收件人: Li,Rongqing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> 抄送: Li,Rongqing <lirongqing@baidu.com>; pbonzini@redhat.com;
> seanjc@google.com; wanpengli@tencent.com; jmattson@google.com;
> joro@8bytes.org; tglx@linutronix.de; mingo@redhat.com; bp@alien8.de;
> x86@kernel.org; hpa@zytor.com; kvm@vger.kernel.org
> 主题: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set
> 
> Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com> writes:
> 
> > clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set, to avoid calling
> > pv_eoi_put_user()
> >
> > and this can speed pv_eoi_clr_pending about 300 nsec on AMD EPYC most
> > of the time
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c |    7 ++++---
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c index
> > 76fb009..c434f70 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > @@ -694,9 +694,9 @@ static void pv_eoi_set_pending(struct kvm_vcpu
> *vcpu)
> >  	__set_bit(KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention);  }
> >
> > -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pending)
> 
> Nitpick (and probably a matter of personal taste): pv_eoi_clr_pending() has only
> one user and the change doesn't make its interface much nicer, I'd suggest we
> just inline in instead. (we can probably do the same to
> pv_eoi_get_pending()/pv_eoi_set_pending() too).
> 
> >  {
> > -	if (pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
> > +	if (pending && pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
> >  		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't clear EOI MSR value: 0x%llx\n",
> >  			   (unsigned long long)vcpu->arch.pv_eoi.msr_val);
> >  		return;
> > @@ -2693,7 +2693,8 @@ static void apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest(struct
> kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >  	 * While this might not be ideal from performance point of view,
> >  	 * this makes sure pv eoi is only enabled when we know it's safe.
> >  	 */
> > -	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
> > +	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu, pending);
> > +
> >  	if (pending)
> >  		return;
> >  	vector = apic_set_eoi(apic);
> 
> Could you probably elaborate a bit (probably by enhancing the comment above
> pv_eoi_clr_pending()) why the race we have here (even before the
> patch) doesn't matter? As far as I understand it, the guest can change PV EOI
> status from a different CPU (it shouldn't do it but it still can) at any time: e.g.
> between pv_eoi_get_pending() and pv_eoi_clr_pending() but also right after we
> do pv_eoi_clr_pending() so the patch doesn't really change much in this regard.
> 

Is it reasonable that the guest change PV EOI status from a different CPU?  I think this can lead to guest error or stuck

And new function pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending and kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached should be able to fix the race

I will send V2

Thanks

-Li



> --
> Vitaly
Li RongQing Oct. 20, 2021, 11:15 a.m. UTC | #5
> >
> > On 19/10/21 09:23, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> > >>
> > >> -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > >> +static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool
> > >> +pending)
> > > Nitpick (and probably a matter of personal taste):
> > > pv_eoi_clr_pending() has only one user and the change doesn't make
> > > its interface much nicer, I'd suggest we just inline in instead. (we
> > > can probably do the same to
> > > pv_eoi_get_pending()/pv_eoi_set_pending() too).
> >
> > Alternatively, merge pv_eoi_get_pending and pv_eoi_clr_pending into a
> > single function pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending, which returns the value
> > of the pending bit.
> >
> > So the caller can do essentially:
> >
> > -	pending = pv_eoi_get_pending(vcpu);
> > -	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
> > -	if (pending)
> > +	if (pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending(vcpu))
> >                  return;
> >
> >
> 
> It is better to implement pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending(), and it can fix the
> race that Vitaly suggested
> 
> And I will write a new function kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached, to be
> called in pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending
> 
> Bool kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,  struct
> gfn_to_hva_cache * ghc, long nr)
> 

gfn_to_hva_cache has hva(user space address), but no hpa, and test_and_clear() can not be used to user space address. So kvm_test_and_clear_bit_guest_cached seems not work

-Li

> -Li
> 
> > Paolo
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 76fb009..c434f70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -694,9 +694,9 @@  static void pv_eoi_set_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	__set_bit(KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention);
 }
 
-static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pending)
 {
-	if (pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
+	if (pending && pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Can't clear EOI MSR value: 0x%llx\n",
 			   (unsigned long long)vcpu->arch.pv_eoi.msr_val);
 		return;
@@ -2693,7 +2693,8 @@  static void apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * While this might not be ideal from performance point of view,
 	 * this makes sure pv eoi is only enabled when we know it's safe.
 	 */
-	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
+	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu, pending);
+
 	if (pending)
 		return;
 	vector = apic_set_eoi(apic);