linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] KVM: Introduce __kvm_follow

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Message-ID: <20230705031002.xrxk42hli6oavtlt@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 11:10:02 +0800
From:   Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
To:     David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] KVM: Introduce __kvm_follow_pfn function

> @@ -2514,35 +2512,26 @@ static bool hva_to_pfn_fast(unsigned long addr, bool write_fault,
>   * The slow path to get the pfn of the specified host virtual address,
>   * 1 indicates success, -errno is returned if error is detected.
>   */
> -static int hva_to_pfn_slow(unsigned long addr, bool *async, bool write_fault,
> -			   bool interruptible, bool *writable, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
> +static int hva_to_pfn_slow(struct kvm_follow_pfn *foll, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
>  {
> -	unsigned int flags = FOLL_HWPOISON;
> +	unsigned int flags = FOLL_HWPOISON | FOLL_GET | foll->flags;
>  	struct page *page;
>  	int npages;
>  
>  	might_sleep();
>  
> -	if (writable)
> -		*writable = write_fault;
> -
> -	if (write_fault)
> -		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
> -	if (async)
> -		flags |= FOLL_NOWAIT;
> -	if (interruptible)
> -		flags |= FOLL_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> -
> -	npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(addr, 1, &page, flags);
> +	npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(foll->hva, 1, &page, flags);
>  	if (npages != 1)
>  		return npages;
>  
> +	foll->writable = (foll->flags & FOLL_WRITE) && foll->allow_write_mapping;
> +
>  	/* map read fault as writable if possible */
> -	if (unlikely(!write_fault) && writable) {
> +	if (unlikely(!foll->writable) && foll->allow_write_mapping) {

I guess !foll->writable should be !(foll->flags & FOLL_WRITE) here.

>  		struct page *wpage;
>  
> -		if (get_user_page_fast_only(addr, FOLL_WRITE, &wpage)) {
> -			*writable = true;
> +		if (get_user_page_fast_only(foll->hva, FOLL_WRITE, &wpage)) {
> +			foll->writable = true;
>  			put_page(page);
>  			page = wpage;
>  		}
> @@ -2572,23 +2561,23 @@ static int kvm_try_get_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
>  	return get_page_unless_zero(page);
>  }
>  
...

> +kvm_pfn_t __gfn_to_pfn_memslot(const struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn,
> +			       bool atomic, bool interruptible, bool *async,
> +			       bool write_fault, bool *writable, hva_t *hva)
> +{
> +	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
> +	struct kvm_follow_pfn foll = {
> +		.slot = slot,
> +		.gfn = gfn,
> +		.flags = 0,
> +		.atomic = atomic,
> +		.allow_write_mapping = !!writable,
> +	};
> +
> +	if (write_fault)
> +		foll.flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
> +	if (async)
> +		foll.flags |= FOLL_NOWAIT;
> +	if (interruptible)
> +		foll.flags |= FOLL_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> +
> +	pfn = __kvm_follow_pfn(&foll);
> +	if (pfn == KVM_PFN_ERR_NEEDS_IO) {

Could we just use KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT and foll.flags here? I.e.,
	if (pfn == KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT && (foll.flags & FOLL_NOWAIT))?
Setting pfn to KVM_PFN_ERR_NEEDS_IO just to indicate an async fault
seems unnecessary.

> +		*async = true;
> +		pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
> +	}
> +	if (hva)
> +		*hva = foll.hva;
> +	if (writable)
> +		*writable = foll.writable;
> +	return pfn;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__gfn_to_pfn_memslot);
>  

B.R.
Yu