linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/14] KVM: Update halt-polling stats if and only if halt-polling was attempted

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Message-ID: <YVNlqgEKluDRVGv0@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:57:46 +0000
From:   David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@...il.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] KVM: Update halt-polling stats if and only if
 halt-polling was attempted

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 05:55:16PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Don't update halt-polling stats if halt-polling wasn't attempted.  This
> is a nop as @poll_ns is guaranteed to be '0' (poll_end == start), but it
> will allow a future patch to move the histogram stats into the helper to
> resolve a discrepancy in what is considered a "successful" halt-poll.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>

> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 768a4cbb26a6..8b33f5045b4d 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -3214,6 +3214,7 @@ update_halt_poll_stats(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 poll_ns, bool waited)
>  void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	bool halt_poll_allowed = !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu);
> +	bool do_halt_poll = halt_poll_allowed && vcpu->halt_poll_ns;
>  	ktime_t start, cur, poll_end;
>  	bool waited = false;
>  	u64 block_ns;
> @@ -3221,7 +3222,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	kvm_arch_vcpu_blocking(vcpu);
>  
>  	start = cur = poll_end = ktime_get();
> -	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && halt_poll_allowed) {
> +	if (do_halt_poll) {
>  		ktime_t stop = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), vcpu->halt_poll_ns);
>  
>  		++vcpu->stat.generic.halt_attempted_poll;
> @@ -3273,8 +3274,9 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	kvm_arch_vcpu_unblocking(vcpu);
>  	block_ns = ktime_to_ns(cur) - ktime_to_ns(start);
>  
> -	update_halt_poll_stats(
> -		vcpu, ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(poll_end, start)), waited);
> +	if (do_halt_poll)
> +		update_halt_poll_stats(
> +			vcpu, ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(poll_end, start)), waited);
>  
>  	if (halt_poll_allowed) {
>  		if (!vcpu_valid_wakeup(vcpu)) {
> -- 
> 2.33.0.685.g46640cef36-goog
>