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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:11:22 +0800
From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>, Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>,
Zhang Yang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: nVMX: nested TPR shadow/threshold emulation
Hi Paolo,
On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 11:05:13AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>Il 01/08/2014 10:09, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
>> This patch fix bug https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61411
>>
>> TPR shadow/threshold feature is important to speed up the Windows guest.
>> Besides, it is a must feature for certain VMM.
>>
>> We map virtual APIC page address and TPR threshold from L1 VMCS. If
>> TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD VM exit is triggered by L2 guest and L1 interested
>> in, we inject it into L1 VMM for handling.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> v1 -> v2:
>> * don't take L0's "virtualize APIC accesses" setting into account
>> * virtual_apic_page do exactly the same thing that is done for apic_access_page
>> * add the tpr threshold field to the read-write fields for shadow VMCS
>>
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index a3845b8..0e6e95e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ struct nested_vmx {
>> * we must keep them pinned while L2 runs.
>> */
>> struct page *apic_access_page;
>> + struct page *virtual_apic_page;
>> u64 msr_ia32_feature_control;
>>
>> struct hrtimer preemption_timer;
>> @@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ static int max_shadow_read_only_fields =
>> ARRAY_SIZE(shadow_read_only_fields);
>>
>> static unsigned long shadow_read_write_fields[] = {
>> + TPR_THRESHOLD,
>> GUEST_RIP,
>> GUEST_RSP,
>> GUEST_CR0,
>> @@ -2331,7 +2333,7 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
>> CPU_BASED_MOV_DR_EXITING | CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING |
>> CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS | CPU_BASED_MONITOR_EXITING |
>> CPU_BASED_RDPMC_EXITING | CPU_BASED_RDTSC_EXITING |
>> - CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING |
>> + CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING | CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |
>> CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS;
>> /*
>> * We can allow some features even when not supported by the
>> @@ -6149,6 +6151,10 @@ static void free_nested(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
>> nested_release_page(vmx->nested.apic_access_page);
>> vmx->nested.apic_access_page = 0;
>> }
>> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page) {
>> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
>> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page = 0;
>> + }
>>
>> nested_free_all_saved_vmcss(vmx);
>> }
>> @@ -6937,7 +6943,7 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> case EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY:
>> return 0;
>> case EXIT_REASON_TPR_BELOW_THRESHOLD:
>> - return 1;
>> + return nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW);
>> case EXIT_REASON_APIC_ACCESS:
>> return nested_cpu_has2(vmcs12,
>> SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES);
>> @@ -7058,6 +7064,9 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>
>> static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
>> {
>> + if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
>> + return;
>> +
>> if (irr == -1 || tpr < irr) {
>> vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, 0);
>> return;
>> @@ -8025,6 +8034,22 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
>> exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_VIRTUAL_NMI_PENDING;
>> exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW;
>> exec_control |= vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control;
>> +
>> + if (exec_control & CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW) {
>> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page)
>> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
>> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page =
>> + nested_get_page(vcpu, vmcs12->virtual_apic_page_addr);
>> + if (!vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page)
>> + exec_control &=
>> + ~CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW;
>
>This will cause L1 to miss exits when L2 writes to CR8. I think the
>only sensible thing to do if this happens is fail the vmentry.
>
>The problem is that while the APIC access page field is used to trap
>reads/writes to the APIC access page itself, here the processor will
>read/write the virtual APIC page when L2 does CR8 accesses.
How about add this:
+ if (!(exec_control & CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW) &&
+ !((exec_control & CPU_BASED_CR8_LOAD_EXITING) &&
+ (exec_control & CPU_BASED_CR8_STORE_EXITING)))
+ nested_vmx_failValid(vcpu, VMXERR_ENTRY_INVALID_CONTROL_FIELD);
+
Regards,
Wanpeng Li
>
>Paolo
>> + else
>> + vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR,
>> + page_to_phys(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page));
>> +
>> + vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, vmcs12->tpr_threshold);
>> + }
>> +
>> /*
>> * Merging of IO and MSR bitmaps not currently supported.
>> * Rather, exit every time.
>> @@ -8793,6 +8818,10 @@ static void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason,
>> nested_release_page(vmx->nested.apic_access_page);
>> vmx->nested.apic_access_page = 0;
>> }
>> + if (vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page) {
>> + nested_release_page(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page);
>> + vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page = 0;
>> + }
>>
>> /*
>> * Exiting from L2 to L1, we're now back to L1 which thinks it just
>>
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