linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] KVM: VMX: Do Hyper-V TLB flush iff vCPU's EPTP hasn't been flushed

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Message-ID: <878sb6zwaa.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:47:41 +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 05/11] KVM: VMX: Do Hyper-V TLB flush iff vCPU's EPTP
 hasn't been flushed

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

> Combine the for-loops for Hyper-V TLB EPTP checking and flushing, and in
> doing so skip flushes for vCPUs whose EPTP matches the target EPTP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 23 ++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index f5e9e2f61e10..17b228c4ba19 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -505,33 +505,26 @@ static int hv_remote_flush_tlb_with_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>  
>  	spin_lock(&kvm_vmx->ept_pointer_lock);
>  
> -	if (kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match == EPT_POINTERS_CHECK) {
> +	if (kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match != EPT_POINTERS_MATCH) {
>  		kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match = EPT_POINTERS_MATCH;
>  		kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
>  
>  		kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
>  			tmp_eptp = to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer;
> -			if (!VALID_PAGE(tmp_eptp))
> +			if (!VALID_PAGE(tmp_eptp) ||
> +			    tmp_eptp == kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp)
>  				continue;
>  
> -			if (!VALID_PAGE(kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp)) {
> +			if (!VALID_PAGE(kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp))
>  				kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp = tmp_eptp;
> -			} else if (kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp != tmp_eptp) {
> -				kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
> +			else
>  				kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match
>  					= EPT_POINTERS_MISMATCH;
> -				break;
> -			}
> -		}
> -	}
>  
> -	if (kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match != EPT_POINTERS_MATCH) {
> -		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_eptp(to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer,
> -							    range);
> +			ret |= hv_remote_flush_eptp(tmp_eptp, range);
>  		}
> +		if (kvm_vmx->ept_pointers_match == EPT_POINTERS_MISMATCH)
> +			kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
>  	} else if (VALID_PAGE(kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp)) {
>  		ret = hv_remote_flush_eptp(kvm_vmx->hv_tlb_eptp, range);
>  	}

It seems this patch makes EPT_POINTERS_MISMATCH an alias for
EPT_POINTERS_CHECK but this all is gone in the next patch, so

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

-- 
Vitaly