linux-kernel - [PATCH v11 08/12] xen/pvh: MMU changes for PVH

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Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:51:39 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	mukesh.rathor@...cle.com, jbeulich@...e.com
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v11 08/12] xen/pvh: MMU changes for PVH

From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>

.. which are surprinsingly small compared to the amount for PV code.

PVH uses mostly native mmu ops, we leave the generic (native_*) for
the majority and just overwrite the baremetal with the ones we need.

We also optimize one - the TLB flush. The native operation would
needlessly IPI offline VCPUs causing extra wakeups. Using the
Xen one avoids that and lets the hypervisor determine which
VCPU needs the TLB flush.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/mmu.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index ce563be..77b7622 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <xen/interface/version.h>
 #include <xen/interface/memory.h>
 #include <xen/hvc-console.h>
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
 
 #include "multicalls.h"
 #include "mmu.h"
@@ -1207,6 +1208,8 @@ static void __init xen_pagetable_init(void)
 #endif
 	paging_init();
 	xen_setup_shared_info();
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
+		return;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
 		unsigned long new_mfn_list;
@@ -1556,6 +1559,10 @@ static void __init xen_set_pte_init(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 static void pin_pagetable_pfn(unsigned cmd, unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	struct mmuext_op op;
+
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_writable_page_tables))
+		return;
+
 	op.cmd = cmd;
 	op.arg1.mfn = pfn_to_mfn(pfn);
 	if (HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op(&op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF))
@@ -1753,6 +1760,10 @@ static void set_page_prot_flags(void *addr, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long flags)
 	unsigned long pfn = __pa(addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	pte_t pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
 
+	/* recall for PVH, page tables are native. */
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
+		return;
+
 	if (HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping((unsigned long)addr, pte, flags))
 		BUG();
 }
@@ -1834,6 +1845,9 @@ static void convert_pfn_mfn(void *v)
 	pte_t *pte = v;
 	int i;
 
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
+		return;
+
 	/* All levels are converted the same way, so just treat them
 	   as ptes. */
 	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++)
@@ -1863,6 +1877,7 @@ static void __init check_pt_base(unsigned long *pt_base, unsigned long *pt_end,
  * but that's enough to get __va working.  We need to fill in the rest
  * of the physical mapping once some sort of allocator has been set
  * up.
+ * NOTE: for PVH, the page tables are native.
  */
 void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
 {
@@ -1940,10 +1955,13 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
 	 * structure to attach it to, so make sure we just set kernel
 	 * pgd.
 	 */
-	xen_mc_batch();
-	__xen_write_cr3(true, __pa(init_level4_pgt));
-	xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
-
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_writable_page_tables)) {
+		native_write_cr3(__pa(init_level4_pgt));
+	} else {
+		xen_mc_batch();
+		__xen_write_cr3(true, __pa(init_level4_pgt));
+		xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
+	}
 	/* We can't that easily rip out L3 and L2, as the Xen pagetables are
 	 * set out this way: [L4], [L1], [L2], [L3], [L1], [L1] ...  for
 	 * the initial domain. For guests using the toolstack, they are in:
@@ -2207,6 +2225,15 @@ static const struct pv_mmu_ops xen_mmu_ops __initconst = {
 void __init xen_init_mmu_ops(void)
 {
 	x86_init.paging.pagetable_init = xen_pagetable_init;
+
+	/* Optimization - we can use the HVM one but it has no idea which
+	 * VCPUs are descheduled - which means that it will needlessly IPI
+	 * them. Xen knows so let it do the job.
+	 */
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
+		pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = xen_flush_tlb_others;
+		return;
+	}
 	pv_mmu_ops = xen_mmu_ops;
 
 	memset(dummy_mapping, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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