linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 16/69] KVM: x86/mmu: Zap only leaf SPTEs for deleted/moved memslot by default

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Date:   Tue, 6 Jul 2021 15:44:22 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
        Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...il.com,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 16/69] KVM: x86/mmu: Zap only leaf SPTEs for
 deleted/moved memslot by default

On 03/07/21 00:04, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> 
> Zap only leaf SPTEs when deleting/moving a memslot by default, and add a
> module param to allow reverting to the old behavior of zapping all SPTEs
> at all levels and memslots when any memslot is updated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index 8d5876dfc6b7..5b8a640f8042 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio, "uint");
>   static bool __read_mostly force_flush_and_sync_on_reuse;
>   module_param_named(flush_on_reuse, force_flush_and_sync_on_reuse, bool, 0644);
>   
> +static bool __read_mostly memslot_update_zap_all;
> +module_param(memslot_update_zap_all, bool, 0444);
> +
>   /*
>    * When setting this variable to true it enables Two-Dimensional-Paging
>    * where the hardware walks 2 page tables:
> @@ -5480,11 +5483,27 @@ static bool kvm_has_zapped_obsolete_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
>   	return unlikely(!list_empty_careful(&kvm->arch.zapped_obsolete_pages));
>   }
>   
> +static void kvm_mmu_zap_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Zapping non-leaf SPTEs, a.k.a. not-last SPTEs, isn't required, worst
> +	 * case scenario we'll have unused shadow pages lying around until they
> +	 * are recycled due to age or when the VM is destroyed.
> +	 */
> +	write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> +	slot_handle_level(kvm, slot, kvm_zap_rmapp, PG_LEVEL_4K,
> +			  KVM_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL, true);
> +	write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> +}
> +
>   static void kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_pages_in_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
>   			struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
>   			struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node *node)
>   {
> -	kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast(kvm);
> +	if (memslot_update_zap_all)
> +		kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast(kvm);
> +	else
> +		kvm_mmu_zap_memslot(kvm, slot);
>   }
>   
>   void kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> 

This is the old patch that broke VFIO for some unknown reason.  The 
commit message should at least say why memslot_update_zap_all is not 
true by default.  Also, IIUC the bug still there with NX hugepage splits 
disabled, but what if the TDP MMU is enabled?

Paolo