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[v2] kvm/x86: Inform RCU of quiescent state when entering guest mode

Message ID 20180711180101.3711464-1-dwmw2@infradead.org (mailing list archive)
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David Woodhouse July 11, 2018, 6:01 p.m. UTC
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>

RCU can spend long periods of time waiting for a CPU which is actually in
KVM guest mode, entirely pointlessly. Treat it like the idle and userspace
modes, and don't wait for it.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
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 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c       | 2 ++
 include/linux/rcupdate.h | 7 +++++++
 kernel/rcu/tree.c        | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Paul E. McKenney July 11, 2018, 6:20 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 07:01:01PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
> 
> RCU can spend long periods of time waiting for a CPU which is actually in
> KVM guest mode, entirely pointlessly. Treat it like the idle and userspace
> modes, and don't wait for it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>

And idiot here forgot about some of the debugging code in RCU's dyntick-idle
code.  I will reply with a fixed patch.

The code below works just fine as long as you don't enable CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG,
so should be OK for testing, just not for mainline.

								Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c       | 2 ++
>  include/linux/rcupdate.h | 7 +++++++
>  kernel/rcu/tree.c        | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 0046aa70205a..b0c82f70afa7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7458,7 +7458,9 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &= ~KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD;
>  	}
> 
> +	rcu_kvm_enter();
>  	kvm_x86_ops->run(vcpu);
> +	rcu_kvm_exit();
> 
>  	/*
>  	 * Do this here before restoring debug registers on the host.  And
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 65163aa0bb04..1325f9d9ce00 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ do { \
>  #error "Unknown RCU implementation specified to kernel configuration"
>  #endif
> 
> +/*
> + * These are currently identical to the _idle_ versions but let's
> + * explicitly have separate copies to keep Paul honest in future.
> + */
> +static inline void rcu_kvm_enter(void) { rcu_idle_enter(); }
> +static inline void rcu_kvm_exit(void) { rcu_idle_exit(); }
> +
>  /*
>   * The init_rcu_head_on_stack() and destroy_rcu_head_on_stack() calls
>   * are needed for dynamic initialization and destruction of rcu_head
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index aa7cade1b9f3..d38c381bf4e3 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void)
>  	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
>  	rcu_eqs_enter(false);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
>  /**
> @@ -913,6 +914,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void)
>  	rcu_eqs_exit(false);
>  	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0046aa70205a..b0c82f70afa7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7458,7 +7458,9 @@  static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &= ~KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD;
 	}
 
+	rcu_kvm_enter();
 	kvm_x86_ops->run(vcpu);
+	rcu_kvm_exit();
 
 	/*
 	 * Do this here before restoring debug registers on the host.  And
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 65163aa0bb04..1325f9d9ce00 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@  do { \
 #error "Unknown RCU implementation specified to kernel configuration"
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * These are currently identical to the _idle_ versions but let's
+ * explicitly have separate copies to keep Paul honest in future.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_kvm_enter(void) { rcu_idle_enter(); }
+static inline void rcu_kvm_exit(void) { rcu_idle_exit(); }
+
 /*
  * The init_rcu_head_on_stack() and destroy_rcu_head_on_stack() calls
  * are needed for dynamic initialization and destruction of rcu_head
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index aa7cade1b9f3..d38c381bf4e3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@  void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 	rcu_eqs_enter(false);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 /**
@@ -913,6 +914,7 @@  void rcu_idle_exit(void)
 	rcu_eqs_exit(false);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 /**