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Message-ID: <4fb6a85b-d318-256f-b401-89c35086885c@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:35:05 +0800
From:   Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@...wei.com>
To:     Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
CC:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        <wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] KVM: x86: Support write protect huge pages lazily

Hi Ben,

Do you have any similar idea that can share with us?


Thanks
Keqian

On 2021/4/7 7:42, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> +Ben
> 
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2021, Keqian Zhu wrote:
>> Hi Paolo,
>>
>> I plan to rework this patch and do full test. What do you think about this idea
>> (enable dirty logging for huge pages lazily)?
> 
> Ben, don't you also have something similar (or maybe the exact opposite?) in the
> hopper?  This sounds very familiar, but I can't quite connect the dots that are
> floating around my head...
>  
>> PS: As dirty log of TDP MMU has been supported, I should add more code.
>>
>> On 2020/8/28 16:11, Keqian Zhu wrote:
>>> Currently during enable dirty logging, if we're with init-all-set,
>>> we just write protect huge pages and leave normal pages untouched,
>>> for that we can enable dirty logging for these pages lazily.
>>>
>>> It seems that enable dirty logging lazily for huge pages is feasible
>>> too, which not only reduces the time of start dirty logging, also
>>> greatly reduces side-effect on guest when there is high dirty rate.
>>>
>>> (These codes are not tested, for RFC purpose :-) ).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@...wei.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  3 +-
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c          | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c          |  3 +-
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 22 +++++------
>>>  4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>> index 5303dbc5c9bc..201a068cf43d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>> @@ -1296,8 +1296,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask,
>>>  
>>>  void kvm_mmu_reset_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>>  void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
>>> -				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
>>> -				      int start_level);
>>> +				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot);
>>>  void kvm_mmu_zap_collapsible_sptes(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  				   const struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot);
>>>  void kvm_mmu_slot_leaf_clear_dirty(struct kvm *kvm,
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>>> index 43fdb0c12a5d..4b7d577de6cd 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>>> @@ -1625,14 +1625,45 @@ static bool __rmap_set_dirty(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head)
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  /**
>>> - * kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked - write protect selected PT level pages
>>> + * kvm_mmu_write_protect_largepage_masked - write protect selected largepages
>>>   * @kvm: kvm instance
>>>   * @slot: slot to protect
>>>   * @gfn_offset: start of the BITS_PER_LONG pages we care about
>>>   * @mask: indicates which pages we should protect
>>>   *
>>> - * Used when we do not need to care about huge page mappings: e.g. during dirty
>>> - * logging we do not have any such mappings.
>>> + * @ret: true if all pages are write protected
>>> + */
>>> +static bool kvm_mmu_write_protect_largepage_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
>>> +				    struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
>>> +				    gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head;
>>> +	bool protected, all_protected;
>>> +	gfn_t start_gfn = slot->base_gfn + gfn_offset;
>>> +	int i;
>>> +
>>> +	all_protected = true;
>>> +	while (mask) {
>>> +		protected = false;
>>> +		for (i = PG_LEVEL_2M; i <= KVM_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL; ++i) {
>>> +			rmap_head = __gfn_to_rmap(start_gfn + __ffs(mask), i, slot);
>>> +			protectd |= __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, false);
>>> +		}
>>> +
>>> +		all_protected &= protectd;
>>> +		/* clear the first set bit */
>>> +		mask &= mask - 1;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	return all_protected;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +/**
>>> + * kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked - write protect selected PT level pages
>>> + * @kvm: kvm instance
>>> + * @slot: slot to protect
>>> + * @gfn_offset: start of the BITS_PER_LONG pages we care about
>>> + * @mask: indicates which pages we should protect
>>>   */
>>>  static void kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  				     struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
>>> @@ -1679,18 +1710,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_clear_dirty_pt_masked);
>>>  
>>>  /**
>>>   * kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked - enable dirty logging for selected
>>> - * PT level pages.
>>> - *
>>> - * It calls kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked to write protect selected pages to
>>> - * enable dirty logging for them.
>>> - *
>>> - * Used when we do not need to care about huge page mappings: e.g. during dirty
>>> - * logging we do not have any such mappings.
>>> + * dirty pages.
>>>   */
>>>  void kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  				struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
>>>  				gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask)
>>>  {
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * If we're with initial-all-set, huge pages are NOT
>>> +	 * write protected when we start dirty log, so we must
>>> +	 * write protect them here.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm)) {
>>> +		if (kvm_mmu_write_protect_largepage_masked(kvm, slot,
>>> +					gfn_offset, mask))
>>> +			return;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	/* Then we can handle the 4K level pages */
>>> +
>>>  	if (kvm_x86_ops.enable_log_dirty_pt_masked)
>>>  		kvm_x86_ops.enable_log_dirty_pt_masked(kvm, slot, gfn_offset,
>>>  				mask);
>>> @@ -5906,14 +5944,13 @@ static bool slot_rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
>>> -				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
>>> -				      int start_level)
>>> +				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
>>>  {
>>>  	bool flush;
>>>  
>>>  	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>> -	flush = slot_handle_level(kvm, memslot, slot_rmap_write_protect,
>>> -				start_level, KVM_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL, false);
>>> +	flush = slot_handle_all_level(kvm, memslot, slot_rmap_write_protect,
>>> +				      false);
>>>  	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>>  
>>>  	/*
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>>> index 819c185adf09..ba871c52ef8b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>>> @@ -7538,8 +7538,7 @@ static void vmx_sched_in(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>>>  static void vmx_slot_enable_log_dirty(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  				     struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
>>>  {
>>> -	if (!kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm))
>>> -		kvm_mmu_slot_leaf_clear_dirty(kvm, slot);
>>> +	kvm_mmu_slot_leaf_clear_dirty(kvm, slot);
>>>  	kvm_mmu_slot_largepage_remove_write_access(kvm, slot);
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> index d39d6cf1d473..c31c32f1424b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> @@ -10225,22 +10225,18 @@ static void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  	 * is enabled the D-bit or the W-bit will be cleared.
>>>  	 */
>>>  	if (new->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) {
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * If we're with initial-all-set, we don't need
>>> +		 * to write protect any page because they're
>>> +		 * reported as dirty already.
>>> +		 */
>>> +		if (kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm))
>>> +			return;
>>> +
>>>  		if (kvm_x86_ops.slot_enable_log_dirty) {
>>>  			kvm_x86_ops.slot_enable_log_dirty(kvm, new);
>>>  		} else {
>>> -			int level =
>>> -				kvm_dirty_log_manual_protect_and_init_set(kvm) ?
>>> -				PG_LEVEL_2M : PG_LEVEL_4K;
>>> -
>>> -			/*
>>> -			 * If we're with initial-all-set, we don't need
>>> -			 * to write protect any small page because
>>> -			 * they're reported as dirty already.  However
>>> -			 * we still need to write-protect huge pages
>>> -			 * so that the page split can happen lazily on
>>> -			 * the first write to the huge page.
>>> -			 */
>>> -			kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, new, level);
>>> +			kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, new);
>>>  		}
>>>  	} else {
>>>  		if (kvm_x86_ops.slot_disable_log_dirty)
>>>
> .
> 

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