linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM/MMU: Combine flushing remote tlb in mmu_set

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jul 2018 08:17:07 +0000
From:   Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
CC:     Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>,
        "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "rkrcmar@...hat.com" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM/MMU: Combine flushing remote tlb in mmu_set_spte()

mmu_set_spte() flushes remote tlbs for drop_parent_pte/drop_spte()
and set_spte() separately. This may introduce redundant flush. This
patch is to combine these flushes and check flush request after
calling set_spte().

Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 22a7984..8f21632 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2901,6 +2901,7 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
 	int rmap_count;
 	int set_spte_ret;
 	int ret = RET_PF_RETRY;
+	bool flush = false;
 
 	pgprintk("%s: spte %llx write_fault %d gfn %llx\n", __func__,
 		 *sptep, write_fault, gfn);
@@ -2917,12 +2918,12 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
 
 			child = page_header(pte & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
 			drop_parent_pte(child, sptep);
-			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
+			flush = true;
 		} else if (pfn != spte_to_pfn(*sptep)) {
 			pgprintk("hfn old %llx new %llx\n",
 				 spte_to_pfn(*sptep), pfn);
 			drop_spte(vcpu->kvm, sptep);
-			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
+			flush = true;
 		} else
 			was_rmapped = 1;
 	}
@@ -2934,7 +2935,7 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
 			ret = RET_PF_EMULATE;
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu);
 	}
-	if (set_spte_ret & SET_SPTE_NEED_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH)
+	if (set_spte_ret & SET_SPTE_NEED_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH || flush)
 		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
 
 	if (unlikely(is_mmio_spte(*sptep)))
-- 
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