linux-kernel - [RESEND v5 4/4] KVM: X86: Add the Document for KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK

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Date:   Fri,  8 Jan 2021 14:55:30 +0800
From:   Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RESEND v5 4/4] KVM: X86: Add the Document for KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT

Introduce a new capability named KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT, which is
used to handle bus locks detected in guest. It allows the userspace to
do custom throttling policies to mitigate the 'noisy neighbour' problem.

Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 70254eaa5229..68bdefca5372 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -4887,9 +4887,11 @@ local APIC is not used.
 	__u16 flags;
 
 More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may
-affect the device's behavior.  The only currently defined flag is
-KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the
-VCPU is in system management mode.
+affect the device's behavior. Current defined flags:
+  /* x86, set if the VCPU is in system management mode */
+  #define KVM_RUN_X86_SMM     (1 << 0)
+  /* x86, set if bus lock detected in VM */
+  #define KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK    (1 << 1)
 
 ::
 
@@ -6032,6 +6034,43 @@ KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications which user space
 can then handle to implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications
 to inform a user that an MSR was not handled.
 
+7.22 KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT
+-------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+:Target: VM
+:Parameters: args[0] defines the policy used when bus locks detected in guest
+:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid bits
+
+Valid bits in args[0] are::
+
+  #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF      (1 << 0)
+  #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT     (1 << 1)
+
+Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to select
+a policy to handle the bus locks detected in guest. Userspace can obtain
+the supported modes from the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and define it
+through the KVM_ENABLE_CAP.
+
+KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF and KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT are supported
+currently and mutually exclusive with each other. More bits can be added in
+the future.
+
+With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF set, bus locks in guest will not cause vm exits
+so that no additional actions are needed. This is the default mode.
+
+With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT set, vm exits happen when bus lock detected
+in VM. KVM just exits to userspace when handling them. Userspace can enforce
+its own throttling or other policy based mitigations.
+
+This capability is aimed to address the thread that VM can exploit bus locks to
+degree the performance of the whole system. Once the userspace enable this
+capability and select the KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT mode, KVM will set the
+KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag in vcpu-run->flags field and exit to userspace. Concerning
+the bus lock vm exit can be preempted by a higher priority VM exit, the exit
+notifications to userspace can be KVM_EXIT_BUS_LOCK or other reasons.
+KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag is used to distinguish between them.
+
 8. Other capabilities.
 ======================
 
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