linux-kernel - [PATCH v11 18/19] KVM: pfncache: check the need for invalidation under read lock first

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Message-Id: <20231219161109.1318-19-paul@xen.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:11:08 +0000
From: Paul Durrant <paul@....org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Paul Durrant <paul@....org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v11 18/19] KVM: pfncache: check the need for invalidation under read lock first

From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>

Taking a write lock on a pfncache will be disruptive if the cache is
heavily used (which only requires a read lock). Hence, in the MMU notifier
callback, take read locks on caches to check for a match; only taking a
write lock to actually perform an invalidation (after a another check).

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
---
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>

v10:
 - New in this version.
---
 virt/kvm/pfncache.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
index ae822bff812f..70394d7c9a38 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
@@ -29,14 +29,30 @@ void gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long start,
 
 	spin_lock(&kvm->gpc_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(gpc, &kvm->gpc_list, list) {
-		write_lock_irq(&gpc->lock);
+		read_lock_irq(&gpc->lock);
 
 		/* Only a single page so no need to care about length */
 		if (gpc->valid && !is_error_noslot_pfn(gpc->pfn) &&
 		    gpc->uhva >= start && gpc->uhva < end) {
-			gpc->valid = false;
+			read_unlock_irq(&gpc->lock);
+
+			/*
+			 * There is a small window here where the cache could
+			 * be modified, and invalidation would no longer be
+			 * necessary. Hence check again whether invalidation
+			 * is still necessary once the write lock has been
+			 * acquired.
+			 */
+
+			write_lock_irq(&gpc->lock);
+			if (gpc->valid && !is_error_noslot_pfn(gpc->pfn) &&
+			    gpc->uhva >= start && gpc->uhva < end)
+				gpc->valid = false;
+			write_unlock_irq(&gpc->lock);
+			continue;
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&gpc->lock);
+
+		read_unlock_irq(&gpc->lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->gpc_lock);
 }
-- 
2.39.2