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Message-ID: <20230607073728.vggwcoylibj3cp6s@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:40:37 +0800
From: yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: VMX: Retry APIC-access page reload if
invalidation is in-progress
On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 06:15:16PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Re-request an APIC-access page reload if there is a relevant mmu_notifier
> invalidation in-progress when KVM retrieves the backing pfn, i.e. stall
> vCPUs until the backing pfn for the APIC-access page is "officially"
> stable. Relying on the primary MMU to not make changes after invoking
> ->invalidate_range() works, e.g. any additional changes to a PRESENT PTE
> would also trigger an ->invalidate_range(), but using ->invalidate_range()
> to fudge around KVM not honoring past and in-progress invalidations is a
> bit hacky.
>
> Honoring invalidations will allow using KVM's standard mmu_notifier hooks
> to detect APIC-access page reloads, which will in turn allow removing
> KVM's implementation of ->invalidate_range() (the APIC-access page case is
> a true one-off).
>
> Opportunistically add a comment to explain why doing nothing if a memslot
> isn't found is functionally correct.
>
> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 44fb619803b8..59195f0dc7a5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -6708,7 +6708,12 @@ void vmx_set_virtual_apic_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> static void vmx_set_apic_access_page_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> - struct page *page;
> + const gfn_t gfn = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
> + struct kvm_memslots *slots = kvm_memslots(kvm);
> + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
> + unsigned long mmu_seq;
> + kvm_pfn_t pfn;
>
> /* Defer reload until vmcs01 is the current VMCS. */
> if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
> @@ -6720,18 +6725,53 @@ static void vmx_set_apic_access_page_addr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES))
> return;
>
> - page = gfn_to_page(vcpu->kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> - if (is_error_page(page))
> + /*
> + * Grab the memslot so that the hva lookup for the mmu_notifier retry
> + * is guaranteed to use the same memslot as the pfn lookup, i.e. rely
> + * on the pfn lookup's validation of the memslot to ensure a valid hva
> + * is used for the retry check.
> + */
> + slot = id_to_memslot(slots, APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT);
> + if (!slot || slot->flags & KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID)
> return;
>
> - vmcs_write64(APIC_ACCESS_ADDR, page_to_phys(page));
> + /*
> + * Ensure that the mmu_notifier sequence count is read before KVM
> + * retrieves the pfn from the primary MMU. Note, the memslot is
> + * protected by SRCU, not the mmu_notifier. Pairs with the smp_wmb()
> + * in kvm_mmu_invalidate_end().
> + */
> + mmu_seq = kvm->mmu_invalidate_seq;
> + smp_rmb();
> +
> + /*
> + * No need to retry if the memslot does not exist or is invalid. KVM
> + * controls the APIC-access page memslot, and only deletes the memslot
> + * if APICv is permanently inhibited, i.e. the memslot won't reappear.
> + */
> + pfn = gfn_to_pfn_memslot(slot, gfn);
> + if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
> + return;
> +
> + read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
> + if (mmu_invalidate_retry_hva(kvm, mmu_seq,
> + gfn_to_hva_memslot(slot, gfn))) {
> + kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD, vcpu);
Are the mmu_invalidate_retry_hva() and the following request meant to stall
the vCPU if there's on going invalidation?
If yes, may I ask how would the vCPU be stalled?
Below are my understandings and confusions about this process. I must have
missed something, waiting to be educated... :)
When the backing page of APIC access page is to be reclaimed:
1> kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() -> __kvm_handle_hva_range() will
increase the kvm->mmu_invalidate_in_progress and account the start/end of this
page in kvm_mmu_invalidate_begin().
2> And then kvm_unmap_gfn_range() will zap the TDP, and send the request,
KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD, to all vCPUs.
3> While a vCPU tries to reload the APIC access page before entering the guest,
kvm->mmu_invalidate_in_progress will be checked in mmu_invalidate_retry_hva(),
but it is possible(or is it?) that the kvm->mmu_invalidate_in_progess is still
positive, so KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD is set again. No reload, and no TLB flush.
4> So what if the vCPU resumes with KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD & KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH
flags being set, yet APIC access page is not reloaded and TLB is not flushed? Or,
will this happen?
One more dumb question - why does KVM not just pin the APIC access page?
> + read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + vmcs_write64(APIC_ACCESS_ADDR, pfn_to_hpa(pfn));
> + read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
> +
> vmx_flush_tlb_current(vcpu);
>
> +out:
> /*
> * Do not pin apic access page in memory, the MMU notifier
> * will call us again if it is migrated or swapped out.
> */
> - put_page(page);
> + kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
> }
>
> static void vmx_hwapic_isr_update(int max_isr)
> --
> 2.41.0.rc2.161.g9c6817b8e7-goog
>
B.R.
Yu
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