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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:55:47 -0800
From: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>
To: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
CC: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Jan H . Schoenherr" <jschoenh@...zon.de>,
Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/1] locking/qspinlock/x86: Avoid test-and-set when
PV_DEDICATED is set
Hello,
On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:36:52PM +0100, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> 2017-11-06 12:26-0800, Eduardo Valentin:
> > Currently, the existing qspinlock implementation will fallback to
> > test-and-set if the hypervisor has not set the PV_UNHALT flag.
> >
> > This patch gives the opportunity to guest kernels to select
> > between test-and-set and the regular queueu fair lock implementation
> > based on the PV_DEDICATED KVM feature flag. When the PV_DEDICATED
> > flag is not set, the code will still fall back to test-and-set,
> > but when the PV_DEDICATED flag is set, the code will use
> > the regular queue spinlock implementation.
> >
> > With this patch, when in autoselect mode, the guest will
> > use the default spinlock implementation based on host feature
> > flags as follows:
> >
> > PV_DEDICATED = 1, PV_UNHALT = anything: default is qspinlock
> > PV_DEDICATED = 0, PV_UNHALT = 1: default is pvqspinlock
> > PV_DEDICATED = 0, PV_UNHALT = 0: default is tas
> >
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> > Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> > Cc: x86@...nel.org
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> > Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Jan H. Schoenherr <jschoenh@...zon.de>
> > Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...zon.com>
> > Suggested-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>
> > ---
> > V3:
> > - When PV_DEDICATED is set (1), qspinlock is selected,
> > regardless of the value of PV_UNHAULT. Suggested by Paolo Bonzini.
> > - Refreshed on top of tip/master.
> > V2:
> > - rebase on top of tip/master
> >
> > Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 6 ++++++
> > arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 4 ++++
> > arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 ++
> > 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> > index 3c65feb..117066a 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> > @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT || 7 || guest checks this feature bit
> > || || before enabling paravirtualized
> > || || spinlock support.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED || 8 || guest checks this feature bit
> > + || || to determine if they run on
> > + || || dedicated vCPUs, allowing opti-
> > + || || mizations such as usage of
> > + || || qspinlocks.
> > +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side
> > || || per-cpu warps are expected in
> > || || kvmclock.
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
> > index 5e16b5d..de42694 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
> > @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
> > #define _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
> >
> > #include <linux/jump_label.h>
> > +#include <linux/kvm_para.h>
> > +
> > #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
> > #include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
> > #include <asm/paravirt.h>
> > @@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ static inline bool virt_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
> > if (!static_branch_likely(&virt_spin_lock_key))
> > return false;
> >
> > + if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
> > + return false;
>
> Hm, every spinlock slowpath calls cpuid, which causes a VM exit, so I
> wouldn't expect it to be faster than the existing implementations.
> (Using the static key would be better.)
>
> How does this patch perform compared to user-forced qspinlock and hybrid
> pvqspinlock?
This patch should have same effect as user-forced qspinlock. However, the key aspect
here is this patch gives a way for the host to instruct the guest to use qspinlock.
Even with Longman's patch which allows guest to select the spinlock implementation,
there should still be the auto-select mode. In such mode, PV_DEDICATED should
allow the host to get the guest to use qspinlock, without, the guest will fallback
to tas when PV_UNHALT == 0.
>
> Thanks.
>
--
All the best,
Eduardo Valentin
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