linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] KVM: VMX: Track common EPTP for Hyper-V's paravirt TLB flush

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:27:11 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] KVM: VMX: Track common EPTP for Hyper-V's
 paravirt TLB flush

Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> writes:

> Explicitly track the EPTP that is common to all vCPUs instead of
> grabbing vCPU0's EPTP when invoking Hyper-V's paravirt TLB flush.
> Tracking the EPTP will allow optimizing the checks when loading a new
> EPTP and will also allow dropping ept_pointer_match, e.g. by marking
> the common EPTP as invalid.
>
> This also technically fixes a bug where KVM could theoretically flush an
> invalid GPA if all vCPUs have an invalid root.  In practice, it's likely
> impossible to trigger a remote TLB flush in such a scenario.  In any
> case, the superfluous flush is completely benign.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 273a3206cef7..ebc87df4da4d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -483,12 +483,14 @@ static void check_ept_pointer_match(struct kvm *kvm)
>  		if (!VALID_PAGE(tmp_eptp)) {
>  			tmp_eptp = to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer;
>  		} else if (tmp_eptp != to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer) {
> +			to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
>  			to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointers_match
>  				= EPT_POINTERS_MISMATCH;
>  			return;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = tmp_eptp;
>  	to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointers_match = EPT_POINTERS_MATCH;
>  }
>  
> @@ -501,21 +503,18 @@ static int kvm_fill_hv_flush_list_func(struct hv_guest_mapping_flush_list *flush
>  			range->pages);
>  }
>  
> -static inline int __hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> -		struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_tlb_range *range)
> +static inline int hv_remote_flush_eptp(u64 eptp, struct kvm_tlb_range *range)
>  {
> -	u64 ept_pointer = to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer;
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * FLUSH_GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS_SPACE hypercall needs address
>  	 * of the base of EPT PML4 table, strip off EPT configuration
>  	 * information.
>  	 */
>  	if (range)
> -		return hyperv_flush_guest_mapping_range(ept_pointer & PAGE_MASK,
> +		return hyperv_flush_guest_mapping_range(eptp & PAGE_MASK,
>  				kvm_fill_hv_flush_list_func, (void *)range);
>  	else
> -		return hyperv_flush_guest_mapping(ept_pointer & PAGE_MASK);
> +		return hyperv_flush_guest_mapping(eptp & PAGE_MASK);
>  }
>  
>  static int hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> @@ -533,12 +532,11 @@ static int hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>  		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
>  			/* If ept_pointer is invalid pointer, bypass flush request. */
>  			if (VALID_PAGE(to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer))
> -				ret |= __hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(
> -					kvm, vcpu, range);
> +				ret |= hv_remote_flush_eptp(to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer,
> +							    range);
>  		}
> -	} else {
> -		ret = __hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(kvm,
> -				kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, 0), range);
> +	} else if (VALID_PAGE(to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp)) {
> +		ret = hv_remote_flush_eptp(to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp, range);
>  	}
>  
>  	spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> index a2d143276603..9a25e83f8b96 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> @@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ struct kvm_vmx {
>  	bool ept_identity_pagetable_done;
>  	gpa_t ept_identity_map_addr;
>  
> +	hpa_t hv_tlb_eptp;
>  	enum ept_pointers_status ept_pointers_match;
>  	spinlock_t ept_pointer_lock;
>  };

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

-- 
Vitaly