Message-ID: <20160414150827.GP30804@cbox>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:08:27 +0200
From:	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
To:	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	marc.zyngier@....com, mark.rutland@....com, will.deacon@....com,
	catalin.marinas@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/17] kvm: arm64: Get rid of fake page table levels

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 02:21:03PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On arm64, the hardware supports concatenation of upto 16 tables,
> at entry level for stage2 translations and we make use that whenever
> possible. This could lead to reduced number of translation levels than
> the normal (stage1 table) table. Also, since the IPA(40bit) is smaller
> than the some of the supported VA_BITS (e.g, 48bit), there could be
> different number of levels in stage-1 vs stage-2 tables. To reuse the
> kernel host page table walker for stage2 we have been using a fake
> software page table level, not known to the hardware. But with 16K
> translations, there could be upto 2 fake software levels (with 48bit VA
> and 40bit IPA), which complicates the code. Hence, we want to get rid of
> the hack.
> 
> Now that we have explicit accessors for hyp vs stage2 page tables,
> define the stage2 walker helpers accordingly based on the actual
> table used by the hardware.
> 
> Once we know the number of translation levels used by the hardware,
> it is merely a job of defining the helpers based on whether a
> particular level is folded or not, looking at the number of levels.
> 
> Some facts before we calculate the translation levels:
> 
> 1) Smallest page size supported by arm64 is 4K.
> 2) The minimum number of bits resolved at any page table level
>    is (PAGE_SHIFT - 3) at intermediate levels.
> Both of them implies, minimum number of bits required for a level
> change is 9.
> 
> Since we can concatenate upto 16 tables at stage2 entry, the total
> number of page table levels used by the hardware for resolving N bits
> is same as that for (N - 4) bits (with concatenation), as there cannot
> be a level in between (N, N-4) as per the above rules.
> 
> Hence, we have
> 
>  STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS = PGTABLE_LEVELS(KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - 4)
> 
> With the current IPA limit (40bit), for all supported translations
> and VA_BITS, we have the following condition (even for 36bit VA with
> 16K page size):
> 
>  CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS >= STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS.
> 
> So, for e.g,  if PUD is present in stage2, it is present in the hyp(host).
> Hence, we fall back to the host definition if we find that a level is not
> folded. Otherwise we redefine it accordingly. A build time check is added
> to make sure the above condition holds. If this condition breaks in future,
> we can rearrange the host level helpers and fix our code easily.
> 
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> 
> ---
> Changes since V1:
>  - Update comments about the stage2 table handling
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h              |   64 +------------
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h |   42 +++++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h |   39 ++++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable.h       |  119 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  4 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> index a3c0d05..e3fee0a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h
> @@ -45,18 +45,6 @@
>   */
>  #define TRAMPOLINE_VA		(HYP_PAGE_OFFSET_MASK & PAGE_MASK)
>  
> -/*
> - * KVM_MMU_CACHE_MIN_PAGES is the number of stage2 page table translation
> - * levels in addition to the PGD and potentially the PUD which are
> - * pre-allocated (we pre-allocate the fake PGD and the PUD when the Stage-2
> - * tables use one level of tables less than the kernel.
> - */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
> -#define KVM_MMU_CACHE_MIN_PAGES	1
> -#else
> -#define KVM_MMU_CACHE_MIN_PAGES	2
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
>  #include <asm/alternative.h>
> @@ -155,69 +143,21 @@ static inline bool kvm_s2pmd_readonly(pmd_t *pmd)
>  
>  static inline void *kvm_get_hwpgd(struct kvm *kvm)
>  {
> -	pgd_t *pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
> -	pud_t *pud;
> -
> -	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 0)
> -		return pgd;
> -
> -	pud = pud_offset(pgd, 0);
> -	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
> -		return pud;
> -
> -	BUG_ON(KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL != 2);
> -	return pmd_offset(pud, 0);
> +	return kvm->arch.pgd;
>  }
>  
>  static inline unsigned int kvm_get_hwpgd_size(void)
>  {
> -	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
> -		return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * PAGE_SIZE;
>  	return PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t);
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Allocate fake pgd for the host kernel page table macros to work.
> - * This is not used by the hardware and we have no alignment
> - * requirement for this allocation.
> - */
>  static inline pgd_t *kvm_setup_fake_pgd(pgd_t *hwpgd)
>  {
> -	int i;
> -	pgd_t *pgd;
> -
> -	if (!KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL)
> -		return hwpgd;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==2, we allocate a single page for
> -	 * the PMD and the kernel will use folded pud.
> -	 * When KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL==1, we allocate 2 consecutive PUD
> -	 * pages.
> -	 */
> -
> -	pgd = kmalloc(PTRS_PER_S2_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t),
> -			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
> -	if (!pgd)
> -		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -
> -	/* Plug the HW PGD into the fake one. */
> -	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_S2_PGD; i++) {
> -		if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 1)
> -			pgd_populate(NULL, pgd + i,
> -				     (pud_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PUD);
> -		else if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL == 2)
> -			pud_populate(NULL, pud_offset(pgd, 0) + i,
> -				     (pmd_t *)hwpgd + i * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> -	}
> -
> -	return pgd;
> +	return hwpgd;
>  }
>  
>  static inline void kvm_free_fake_pgd(pgd_t *pgd)
>  {
> -	if (KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL > 0)
> -		kfree(pgd);
>  }
>  static inline bool kvm_page_empty(void *ptr)
>  {
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..2656a0f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2016 - ARM Ltd
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __ARM64_S2_PGTABLE_NOPMD_H_
> +#define __ARM64_S2_PGTABLE_NOPMD_H_
> +
> +#include <asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h>
> +
> +#define __S2_PGTABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> +
> +#define S2_PMD_SHIFT		S2_PUD_SHIFT
> +#define S2_PTRS_PER_PMD		1
> +#define S2_PMD_SIZE		(1UL << S2_PMD_SHIFT)
> +#define S2_PMD_MASK		(~(S2_PMD_SIZE-1))
> +
> +#define stage2_pud_none(pud)			(0)
> +#define stage2_pud_present(pud)			(1)
> +#define stage2_pud_clear(pud)			do { } while (0)
> +#define stage2_pud_populate(pud, pmd)		do { } while (0)
> +#define stage2_pmd_offset(pud, address)		((pmd_t *)(pud))
> +
> +#define stage2_pmd_free(pmd)			do { } while (0)
> +
> +#define stage2_pmd_addr_end(addr, end)		(end)
> +
> +#define stage2_pud_huge(pud)			(0)
> +#define stage2_pmd_table_empty(pmdp)		(0)
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5ee87b5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2016 - ARM Ltd
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __ARM64_S2_PGTABLE_NOPUD_H_
> +#define __ARM64_S2_PGTABLE_NOPUD_H_
> +
> +#define __S2_PGTABLE_PUD_FOLDED
> +
> +#define S2_PUD_SHIFT		S2_PGDIR_SHIFT
> +#define S2_PTRS_PER_PUD		1
> +#define S2_PUD_SIZE		(_AC(1, UL) << S2_PUD_SHIFT)
> +#define S2_PUD_MASK		(~(S2_PUD_SIZE-1))
> +
> +#define stage2_pgd_none(pgd)			(0)
> +#define stage2_pgd_present(pgd)			(1)
> +#define stage2_pgd_clear(pgd)			do { } while (0)
> +#define stage2_pgd_populate(pgd, pud)	do { } while (0)
> +
> +#define stage2_pud_offset(pgd, address)		((pud_t *)(pgd))
> +
> +#define stage2_pud_free(x)			do { } while (0)
> +
> +#define stage2_pud_addr_end(addr, end)		(end)
> +#define stage2_pud_table_empty(pmdp)		(0)
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable.h
> index 0ec218f..6d9298b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/stage2_pgtable.h
> @@ -22,32 +22,61 @@
>  #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>  
>  /*
> - * In the case where PGDIR_SHIFT is larger than KVM_PHYS_SHIFT, we can address
> - * the entire IPA input range with a single pgd entry, and we would only need
> - * one pgd entry.  Note that in this case, the pgd is actually not used by
> - * the MMU for Stage-2 translations, but is merely a fake pgd used as a data
> - * structure for the kernel pgtable macros to work.
> + * The hardware supports concatenation of up to 16 tables at stage2 entry level
> + * and we use the feature whenever possible.
> + *
> + * Now, the minimum number of bits resolved at any level is (PAGE_SHIFT - 3).
> + * On arm64, the smallest PAGE_SIZE supported is 4k, which means
> + *             (PAGE_SHIFT - 3) > 4 holds for all page sizes.
> + * This implies, the total number of page table levels at stage2 expected
> + * by the hardware is actually the number of levels required for (KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - 4)
> + * in normal translations(e.g, stage1), since we cannot have another level in
> + * the range (KVM_PHYS_SHIFT, KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - 4).
>   */
> -#if PGDIR_SHIFT > KVM_PHYS_SHIFT
> -#define PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT	0
> -#else
> -#define PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT	(KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - PGDIR_SHIFT)
> -#endif
> -#define PTRS_PER_S2_PGD		(1 << PTRS_PER_S2_PGD_SHIFT)
> +#define STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS		ARM64_HW_PGTABLE_LEVELS(KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - 4)
>  
>  /*
> - * If we are concatenating first level stage-2 page tables, we would have less
> - * than or equal to 16 pointers in the fake PGD, because that's what the
> - * architecture allows.  In this case, (4 - CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS)
> - * represents the first level for the host, and we add 1 to go to the next
> - * level (which uses contatenation) for the stage-2 tables.
> + * With all the supported VA_BITs and 40bit guest IPA, the following condition
> + * is always true:
> + *
> + *       STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS <= CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS
> + *
> + * We base our stage-2 page table walker helpers on this assumption and
> + * fall back to using the host version of the helper wherever possible.
> + * i.e, if a particular level is not folded (e.g, PUD) at stage2, we fall back
> + * to using the host version, since it is guaranteed it is not folded at host.
> + *
> + * If the condition breaks in the future, we can rearrange the host level
> + * definitions and reuse them for stage2. Till then...
>   */
> -#if PTRS_PER_S2_PGD <= 16
> -#define KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL	(4 - CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS + 1)
> -#else
> -#define KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL	(0)
> +#if STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS > CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS
> +#error "Unsupported combination of guest IPA and host VA_BITS."
>  #endif
>  
> +/* S2_PGDIR_SHIFT is the size mapped by top-level stage2 entry */
> +#define S2_PGDIR_SHIFT			ARM64_HW_PGTABLE_LEVEL_SHIFT(4 - STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS)
> +#define S2_PGDIR_SIZE			(_AC(1, UL) << S2_PGDIR_SHIFT)
> +#define S2_PGDIR_MASK			(~(S2_PGDIR_SIZE - 1))
> +
> +/*
> + * The number of PTRS across all concatenated stage2 tables given by the
> + * number of bits resolved at the initial level.
> + */
> +#define PTRS_PER_S2_PGD			(1 << (KVM_PHYS_SHIFT - S2_PGDIR_SHIFT))
> +
> +/*
> + * KVM_MMU_CACHE_MIN_PAGES is the number of stage2 page table translation
> + * levels in addition to the PGD.
> + */
> +#define KVM_MMU_CACHE_MIN_PAGES		(STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS - 1)
> +
> +
> +#if STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 3
> +
> +#define S2_PUD_SHIFT			ARM64_HW_PGTABLE_LEVEL_SHIFT(1)
> +#define S2_PUD_SIZE			(_AC(1, UL) << S2_PUD_SHIFT)
> +#define S2_PUD_MASK			(~(S2_PUD_SIZE - 1))
> +
>  #define stage2_pgd_none(pgd)				pgd_none(pgd)
>  #define stage2_pgd_clear(pgd)				pgd_clear(pgd)
>  #define stage2_pgd_present(pgd)				pgd_present(pgd)
> @@ -55,6 +84,23 @@
>  #define stage2_pud_offset(pgd, address)			pud_offset(pgd, address)
>  #define stage2_pud_free(pud)				pud_free(NULL, pud)
>  
> +#define stage2_pud_table_empty(pudp)			kvm_page_empty(pudp)
> +
> +static inline phys_addr_t stage2_pud_addr_end(phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	phys_addr_t boundary = (addr + S2_PUD_SIZE) & S2_PUD_MASK;
> +	return (boundary - 1 < end - 1) ? boundary : end;
> +}
> +
> +#endif		/* STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 3 */
> +
> +
> +#if STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
> +
> +#define S2_PMD_SHIFT			ARM64_HW_PGTABLE_LEVEL_SHIFT(2)
> +#define S2_PMD_SIZE			(_AC(1, UL) << S2_PMD_SHIFT)
> +#define S2_PMD_MASK			(~(S2_PMD_SIZE - 1))
> +
>  #define stage2_pud_none(pud)				pud_none(pud)
>  #define stage2_pud_clear(pud)				pud_clear(pud)
>  #define stage2_pud_present(pud)				pud_present(pud)
> @@ -63,24 +109,31 @@
>  #define stage2_pmd_free(pmd)				pmd_free(NULL, pmd)
>  
>  #define stage2_pud_huge(pud)				pud_huge(pud)
> +#define stage2_pmd_table_empty(pmdp)			kvm_page_empty(pmdp)
> +
> +static inline phys_addr_t stage2_pmd_addr_end(phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	phys_addr_t boundary = (addr + S2_PMD_SIZE) & S2_PMD_MASK;
> +	return (boundary - 1 < end - 1) ? boundary : end;
> +}
>  
> -#define stage2_pgd_addr_end(address, end)		pgd_addr_end(address, end)
> -#define stage2_pud_addr_end(address, end)		pud_addr_end(address, end)
> -#define stage2_pmd_addr_end(address, end)		pmd_addr_end(address, end)
> +#endif		/* STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2 */
>  
>  #define stage2_pte_table_empty(ptep)			kvm_page_empty(ptep)
> -#ifdef __PGTABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> -#define stage2_pmd_table_empty(pmdp)			(0)
> -#else
> -#define stage2_pmd_table_empty(pmdp)			((KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL < 2) && kvm_page_empty(pmdp))
> -#endif
>  
> -#ifdef __PGTABLE_PUD_FOLDED
> -#define stage2_pud_table_empty(pudp)			(0)
> -#else
> -#define stage2_pud_table_empty(pudp)			((KVM_PREALLOC_LEVEL < 1) && kvm_page_empty(pudp))
> +#if STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 2
> +#include <asm/stage2_pgtable-nopmd.h>
> +#elif STAGE2_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 3
> +#include <asm/stage2_pgtable-nopud.h>
>  #endif
>  
> -#define stage2_pgd_index(addr)				(((addr) >> PGDIR_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_S2_PGD - 1))
> +
> +#define stage2_pgd_index(addr)				(((addr) >> S2_PGDIR_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_S2_PGD - 1))
> +
> +static inline phys_addr_t stage2_pgd_addr_end(phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	phys_addr_t boundary = (addr + S2_PGDIR_SIZE) & S2_PGDIR_MASK;
> +	return (boundary - 1 < end - 1) ? boundary : end;
> +}
>  
>  #endif	/* __ARM64_S2_PGTABLE_H_ */
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>

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