linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] locking/pvqspinlock, hv: Enable PV qspinlock for Hyper-V

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1809131307110.1473@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:24:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        chao.p.peng@...el.com, chao.gao@...el.com,
        isaku.yamahata@...el.com, michael.h.kelly@...rosoft.com,
        tianyu.lan@...rosoft.com, "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] locking/pvqspinlock, hv: Enable PV qspinlock for
 Hyper-V

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018, Yi Sun wrote:
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +/*
> + * Hyper-V specific spinlock code.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2018, Intel, Inc.
> + *
> + * Author : Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>
> + *
> + * 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, GOOD TITLE or
> + * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
> + * details.

Please remove the boilerplate. The SPDX identifier is enough. If in doubt
talk to Intel legal.

> +static bool hv_pvspin = true;

__initdata please.

> +static u32 spin_wait_info = 0;

No need for 0 initialization.

> +
> +static void hv_notify_long_spin_wait(void)
> +{
> +	u64 input = spin_wait_info | 0x00000000ffffffff;

What? The result is always 0x00000000ffffffff .....

> +	spin_wait_info++;
> +	hv_do_fast_hypercall8(HVCALL_NOTIFY_LONG_SPIN_WAIT, input);
> +}
> +
> +static void hv_qlock_kick(int cpu)
> +{
> +	spin_wait_info--;

Looking at the above this is completely pointless and I have no idea what
that variable is supposed to do.

> +	apic->send_IPI(cpu, X86_PLATFORM_IPI_VECTOR);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Halt the current CPU & release it back to the host
> + */
> +static void hv_qlock_wait(u8 *byte, u8 val)
> +{
> +	unsigned long msr_val;
> +
> +	if (READ_ONCE(*byte) != val)
> +		return;
> +
> +	hv_notify_long_spin_wait();
> +
> +	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE, msr_val);

Magic rdmsrl(). That wants a comment what this is for.

> +/*
> + * Hyper-V does not support this so far.
> + */
> +bool hv_vcpu_is_preempted(int vcpu)

static ?

> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(hv_vcpu_is_preempted);
> +
> +void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void)
> +{
> +	if (!hv_pvspin ||
> +	    !apic ||
> +	    !(ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_CLUSTER_IPI_RECOMMENDED) ||
> +	    !(ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE_AVAILABLE)) {
> +		pr_warn("hv: PV spinlocks disabled\n");

Why does this need to be pr_warn? This is purely informational. Also please
use pr_fmt instead of the 'hv:' prefix.

> +static __init int hv_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
> +{
> +	hv_pvspin = false;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("hv_nopvspin", hv_parse_nopvspin);

That lacks Documentation of the command line parameter. Wants to be in the
same patch.

Thanks,

	tglx