linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] KVM: LAPIC: Reduce world switch latency caused by timer_advance

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Message-Id: <1599549472-26052-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com>
Date:   Tue,  8 Sep 2020 15:17:52 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: LAPIC: Reduce world switch latency caused by timer_advance_ns

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>

All the checks in lapic_timer_int_injected(), __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(), and 
these function calls waste cpu cycles when the timer mode is not tscdeadline. 
We can observe ~1.3% world switch time overhead by kvm-unit-tests/vmexit.flat 
vmcall testing on AMD server. This patch reduces the world switch latency 
caused by timer_advance_ns feature when the timer mode is not tscdeadline by 
simpling move the check against apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline much 
earlier.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
 * move the check against apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline much earlier 
   instead of reset timer_advance_ns

 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c   | 11 +++++------
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c |  4 +---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c |  4 +---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 3b32d3b..51ed4f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1582,9 +1582,6 @@ static void __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
 	u64 guest_tsc, tsc_deadline;
 
-	if (apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline == 0)
-		return;
-
 	tsc_deadline = apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline;
 	apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline = 0;
 	guest_tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
@@ -1599,7 +1596,10 @@ static void __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 void kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (lapic_timer_int_injected(vcpu))
+	if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
+	    vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline &&
+	    vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns &&
+	    lapic_timer_int_injected(vcpu))
 		__kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_wait_lapic_expire);
@@ -1635,8 +1635,7 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic, bool from_timer_fn)
 	}
 
 	if (kvm_use_posted_timer_interrupt(apic->vcpu)) {
-		if (apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
-			__kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
+		kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 		kvm_apic_inject_pending_timer_irqs(apic);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 0194336..19e622a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3456,9 +3456,7 @@ static __no_kcsan fastpath_t svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	clgi();
 	kvm_load_guest_xsave_state(vcpu);
 
-	if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
-		vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
-		kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
+	kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 
 	/*
 	 * If this vCPU has touched SPEC_CTRL, restore the guest's value if
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index a544351..d6e1656 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6800,9 +6800,7 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (enable_preemption_timer)
 		vmx_update_hv_timer(vcpu);
 
-	if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
-		vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
-		kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
+	kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 
 	/*
 	 * If this vCPU has touched SPEC_CTRL, restore the guest's value if
-- 
2.7.4