linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] KVM: x86: Fold kvm_arch_sched_in() into kvm_arch_vcpu

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 10:47:12 +1200
From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
	Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>, Tianrui Zhao
	<zhaotianrui@...ngson.cn>, Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>, Huacai Chen
	<chenhuacai@...nel.org>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Anup Patel
	<anup@...infault.org>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, "Palmer
 Dabbelt" <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, "Christian
 Borntraeger" <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>, Janosch Frank
	<frankja@...ux.ibm.com>, Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>, "Paolo
 Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC: <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <loongarch@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	<kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] KVM: x86: Fold kvm_arch_sched_in() into
 kvm_arch_vcpu_load()



On 22/05/2024 1:40 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Fold the guts of kvm_arch_sched_in() into kvm_arch_vcpu_load(), keying
> off the recently added kvm_vcpu.scheduled_out as appropriate.
> 
> Note, there is a very slight functional change, as PLE shrink updates will
> now happen after blasting WBINVD, but that is quite uninteresting as the
> two operations do not interact in any way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>

[...]

> @@ -1548,6 +1548,9 @@ static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>   	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
>   	struct svm_cpu_data *sd = per_cpu_ptr(&svm_data, cpu);
>   
> +	if (vcpu->scheduled_out && !kvm_pause_in_guest(vcpu->kvm))
> +		shrink_ple_window(vcpu);
> +

[...]

> @@ -1517,6 +1517,9 @@ void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>   {
>   	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
>   
> +	if (vcpu->scheduled_out && !kvm_pause_in_guest(vcpu->kvm))
> +		shrink_ple_window(vcpu);
> +

Nit:  Perhaps we need a kvm_x86_ops::shrink_ple_window()?  :-)