linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 01/47] x86/xen/p2m: hint at the last populated P2M entry

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Date:	Tue,  9 Feb 2016 14:44:15 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 01/47] x86/xen/p2m: hint at the last populated P2M entry

3.19.8-ckt15 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

commit 98dd166ea3a3c3b57919e20d9b0d1237fcd0349d upstream.

With commit 633d6f17cd91ad5bf2370265946f716e42d388c6 (x86/xen: prepare
p2m list for memory hotplug) the P2M may be sized to accomdate a much
larger amount of memory than the domain currently has.

When saving a domain, the toolstack must scan all the P2M looking for
populated pages.  This results in a performance regression due to the
unnecessary scanning.

Instead of reporting (via shared_info) the maximum possible size of
the P2M, hint at the last PFN which might be populated.  This hint is
increased as new leaves are added to the P2M (in the expectation that
they will be used for populated entries).

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
[ tim.gardner: backport to 4.2-stable ]
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/p2m.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index 0537a09..66a395b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ static unsigned long *p2m_identity;
 static pte_t *p2m_missing_pte;
 static pte_t *p2m_identity_pte;
 
+/*
+ * Hint at last populated PFN.
+ *
+ * Used to set HYPERVISOR_shared_info->arch.max_pfn so the toolstack
+ * can avoid scanning the whole P2M (which may be sized to account for
+ * hotplugged memory).
+ */
+static unsigned long xen_p2m_last_pfn;
+
 static inline unsigned p2m_top_index(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	BUG_ON(pfn >= MAX_P2M_PFN);
@@ -263,7 +272,7 @@ void xen_setup_mfn_list_list(void)
 
 	HYPERVISOR_shared_info->arch.pfn_to_mfn_frame_list_list =
 		virt_to_mfn(p2m_top_mfn);
-	HYPERVISOR_shared_info->arch.max_pfn = xen_max_p2m_pfn;
+	HYPERVISOR_shared_info->arch.max_pfn = xen_p2m_last_pfn;
 }
 
 /* Set up p2m_top to point to the domain-builder provided p2m pages */
@@ -395,6 +404,8 @@ void __init xen_vmalloc_p2m_tree(void)
 	static struct vm_struct vm;
 	unsigned long p2m_limit;
 
+	xen_p2m_last_pfn = xen_max_p2m_pfn;
+
 	p2m_limit = (phys_addr_t)P2M_LIMIT * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 / PAGE_SIZE;
 	vm.flags = VM_ALLOC;
 	vm.size = ALIGN(sizeof(unsigned long) * max(xen_max_p2m_pfn, p2m_limit),
@@ -593,6 +604,12 @@ static bool alloc_p2m(unsigned long pfn)
 			free_p2m_page(p2m);
 	}
 
+	/* Expanded the p2m? */
+	if (pfn > xen_p2m_last_pfn) {
+		xen_p2m_last_pfn = pfn;
+		HYPERVISOR_shared_info->arch.max_pfn = xen_p2m_last_pfn;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1