linux-kernel - [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.15 2/4] KVM: x86: do not set st->preempted when going back to user space

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:11:38 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.15 2/4] KVM: x86: do not set st->preempted when going back to user space

From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

[ Upstream commit 54aa83c90198e68eee8b0850c749bc70efb548da ]

Similar to the Xen path, only change the vCPU's reported state if the vCPU
was actually preempted.  The reason for KVM's behavior is that for example
optimistic spinning might not be a good idea if the guest is doing repeated
exits to userspace; however, it is confusing and unlikely to make a difference,
because well-tuned guests will hardly ever exit KVM_RUN in the first place.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 arch/x86/kvm/xen.h |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index fbf10fa99507..16c1c5403b52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4412,19 +4412,21 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	int idx;
 
-	if (vcpu->preempted && !vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
-		vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = !static_call(kvm_x86_get_cpl)(vcpu);
+	if (vcpu->preempted) {
+		if (!vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
+			vcpu->arch.preempted_in_kernel = !static_call(kvm_x86_get_cpl)(vcpu);
 
-	/*
-	 * Take the srcu lock as memslots will be accessed to check the gfn
-	 * cache generation against the memslots generation.
-	 */
-	idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
-	if (kvm_xen_msr_enabled(vcpu->kvm))
-		kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(vcpu);
-	else
-		kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(vcpu);
-	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
+		/*
+		 * Take the srcu lock as memslots will be accessed to check the gfn
+		 * cache generation against the memslots generation.
+		 */
+		idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
+		if (kvm_xen_msr_enabled(vcpu->kvm))
+			kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(vcpu);
+		else
+			kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(vcpu);
+		srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
+	}
 
 	static_call(kvm_x86_vcpu_put)(vcpu);
 	vcpu->arch.last_host_tsc = rdtsc();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
index cc0cf5f37450..a7693a286e40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ static inline void kvm_xen_runstate_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * behalf of the vCPU. Only if the VMM does actually block
 	 * does it need to enter RUNSTATE_blocked.
 	 */
-	if (vcpu->preempted)
-		kvm_xen_update_runstate_guest(vcpu, RUNSTATE_runnable);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!vcpu->preempted))
+		return;
+
+	kvm_xen_update_runstate_guest(vcpu, RUNSTATE_runnable);
 }
 
 /* 32-bit compatibility definitions, also used natively in 32-bit build */
-- 
2.35.1