linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v19 087/130] KVM: TDX: handle vcpu migration over logical processor

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Message-ID: <20240413004031.GQ3039520@ls.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:40:31 -0700
From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>,
	Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, isaku.yamahata@...il.com,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
	Sagi Shahar <sagis@...gle.com>, Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
	chen.bo@...el.com, hang.yuan@...el.com, tina.zhang@...el.com,
	isaku.yamahata@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v19 087/130] KVM: TDX: handle vcpu migration over logical
 processor

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 03:46:05PM -0700,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:15:29AM -0700, Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com> wrote:
> > > > +void tdx_mmu_release_hkid(struct kvm *kvm)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	while (__tdx_mmu_release_hkid(kvm) == -EBUSY)
> > > > +		;
> > > >  }
> > > 
> > > As I understand, __tdx_mmu_release_hkid() returns -EBUSY
> > > after TDH.VP.FLUSH has been sent for every vCPU followed by
> > > TDH.MNG.VPFLUSHDONE, which returns TDX_FLUSHVP_NOT_DONE.
> > > 
> > > Considering earlier comment that a retry of TDH.VP.FLUSH is not
> > > needed, why is this while() loop here that sends the
> > > TDH.VP.FLUSH again to all vCPUs instead of just a loop within
> > > __tdx_mmu_release_hkid() to _just_ resend TDH.MNG.VPFLUSHDONE?
> > > 
> > > Could it be possible for a vCPU to appear during this time, thus
> > > be missed in one TDH.VP.FLUSH cycle, to require a new cycle of
> > > TDH.VP.FLUSH?
> > 
> > Yes. There is a race between closing KVM vCPU fd and MMU notifier release hook.
> > When KVM vCPU fd is closed, vCPU context can be loaded again.
> 
> But why is _loading_ a vCPU context problematic?

It's nothing problematic.  It becomes a bit harder to understand why
tdx_mmu_release_hkid() issues IPI on each loop.  I think it's reasonable
to make the normal path easy and to complicate/penalize the destruction path.
Probably I should've added comment on the function.
-- 
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>