linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/14] KVM: x86: Directly block (instead of "halting") UNINITIALIZED vCPUs

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Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:12:50 +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 13/14] KVM: x86: Directly block (instead of "halting")
 UNINITIALIZED vCPUs

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 05:55:27PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Go directly to kvm_vcpu_block() when handling the case where userspace
> attempts to run an UNINITIALIZED vCPU.  The vCPU isn't halted and its time
> spent in limbo arguably should not be factored into halt-polling as the
> behavior of the VM at this point is not at all indicative of the behavior
> of the VM once it is up and running, i.e. executing HLT in idle tasks.
> 
> Note, because this case is encountered only on the first run of an AP vCPU,
> vcpu->halt_poll_ns is guaranteed to be '0', and so KVM will not attempt
> halt-polling, i.e. this really only affects the post-block bookkeeping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

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

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 0d71c73a61bb..b444f9315766 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -10127,7 +10127,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  			r = -EINTR;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> -		kvm_vcpu_halt(vcpu);
> +		kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu);
>  		if (kvm_apic_accept_events(vcpu) < 0) {
>  			r = 0;
>  			goto out;
> -- 
> 2.33.0.685.g46640cef36-goog
>