linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] KVM: X86: Also prefetch the last range in __direct_pte

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Message-ID: <YSZfUqPuhENCDa9z@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:18:42 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] KVM: X86: Also prefetch the last range in
 __direct_pte_prefetch().

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> __direct_pte_prefetch() skips prefetching the last range.
> 
> The last range are often the whole range after the faulted spte when
> guest is touching huge-page-mapped(in guest view) memory forwardly
> which means prefetching them can reduce pagefault.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index e5932af6f11c..ac260e01e9d8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -2847,8 +2847,9 @@ static void __direct_pte_prefetch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	i = (sptep - sp->spt) & ~(PTE_PREFETCH_NUM - 1);
>  	spte = sp->spt + i;
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < PTE_PREFETCH_NUM; i++, spte++) {
> -		if (is_shadow_present_pte(*spte) || spte == sptep) {
> +	for (i = 0; i <= PTE_PREFETCH_NUM; i++, spte++) {
> +		if (i == PTE_PREFETCH_NUM ||
> +		    is_shadow_present_pte(*spte) || spte == sptep) {

Heh, I posted a fix just a few days ago.  I prefer having a separate call after
the loop.  The "<= PTE_PREFETCH_NUM" is subtle, and a check at the ends avoids
a CMP+Jcc in the loop, though I highly doubt that actually affects performance.

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210818235615.2047588-1-seanjc@google.com

>  			if (!start)
>  				continue;
>  			if (direct_pte_prefetch_many(vcpu, sp, start, spte) < 0)
> -- 
> 2.19.1.6.gb485710b
>