linux-kernel - [PATCH V3 RFC 2/2] kvm: Handle yield_to failure return code for potential undercommit case

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:38:04 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	Srikar <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Nikunj A. Dadhania" <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jiannan Ouyang <ouyang@...pitt.edu>,
	Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@...com>,
	"Andrew M. Theurer" <habanero@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <srivatsa.vaddagiri@...il.com>,
	Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH V3 RFC 2/2] kvm: Handle yield_to failure return code for potential undercommit case

From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

yield_to returns -ESRCH, When source and target of yield_to
run queue length is one. When we see three successive failures of
yield_to we assume we are in potential undercommit case and abort
from PLE handler.
The assumption is backed by low probability of wrong decision
for even worst case scenarios such as average runqueue length
between 1 and 2.

note that we do not update last boosted vcpu in failure cases.
Thank Avi for raising question on aborting after first fail from yield_to.

Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index be70035..053f494 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1639,6 +1639,7 @@ bool kvm_vcpu_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *target)
 {
 	struct pid *pid;
 	struct task_struct *task = NULL;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	pid = rcu_dereference(target->pid);
@@ -1646,17 +1647,15 @@ bool kvm_vcpu_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *target)
 		task = get_pid_task(target->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!task)
-		return false;
+		return ret;
 	if (task->flags & PF_VCPU) {
 		put_task_struct(task);
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (yield_to(task, 1)) {
-		put_task_struct(task);
-		return true;
+		return ret;
 	}
+	ret = yield_to(task, 1);
 	put_task_struct(task);
-	return false;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_yield_to);
 
@@ -1697,12 +1696,14 @@ bool kvm_vcpu_eligible_for_directed_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return eligible;
 }
 #endif
+
 void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me)
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = me->kvm;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int last_boosted_vcpu = me->kvm->last_boosted_vcpu;
 	int yielded = 0;
+	int try = 3;
 	int pass;
 	int i;
 
@@ -1714,7 +1715,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me)
 	 * VCPU is holding the lock that we need and will release it.
 	 * We approximate round-robin by starting at the last boosted VCPU.
 	 */
-	for (pass = 0; pass < 2 && !yielded; pass++) {
+	for (pass = 0; pass < 2 && !yielded && try; pass++) {
 		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
 			if (!pass && i <= last_boosted_vcpu) {
 				i = last_boosted_vcpu;
@@ -1727,10 +1728,15 @@ void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me)
 				continue;
 			if (!kvm_vcpu_eligible_for_directed_yield(vcpu))
 				continue;
-			if (kvm_vcpu_yield_to(vcpu)) {
+
+			yielded = kvm_vcpu_yield_to(vcpu);
+			if (yielded > 0) {
 				kvm->last_boosted_vcpu = i;
-				yielded = 1;
 				break;
+			} else if (yielded < 0) {
+				try--;
+				if (!try)
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 	}

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