From: Mukesh R <mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
To: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kys@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, mhkelley58@gmail.com,
mrathor@linux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH V0 2/2] mshv: Redesign hypervisor memory deposit logic
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:05:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812000507.3809046-3-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812000507.3809046-1-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
There are few issues/bugs in the deposit memory implementation:
o It is very slow
o Contiguous range requirement is ignored, and is critical bug
o An incorrect assumption is made that contiguous memory size would
always be power of 2.
o Two pages are allocated, only one is really needed. This adds to
overhead.
o For a 512 page deposit, the allocation is split into two: one for 511
and second for 1. Thus, an order 9 allocation never happens. A
contiguous 2M range would significantly improve performance in the
hypervisor.
o Since a page is already allocated to collect the frames, there is
not really a need to use per cpu input page, and hence avoid local
irq disable.
All of above is addressed by:
o Start with a full 2M range alloc, thus getting contiguous if available.
o Allocate only one page in the deposit function and collect 511 pfns
there. Just use a local variable for last pfn.
o Use the page as input to hypercall. Since this page is allocated, irq
disable can be avoided helping speed up the deposit.
o Fix the contiguous requirement by using kmalloc in such case.
o A minimum deposit of 2M done universally to overcome bad performance
overheads. The hypervisor will always first reuse any unused memory
that was previously deposited before asking for more.
Signed-off-by: Mukesh R <mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
---
drivers/hv/hv_proc.c | 180 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c | 10 +-
include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h | 5 -
3 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
index d5ce9a032e9c..fd74c286e612 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
@@ -9,15 +9,182 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <asm/mshyperv.h>
-int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_MAX 512
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX ((HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE - \
+ offsetof(struct hv_deposit_memory, gpa_page_list)) / sizeof(u64))
+
+static int hv_alloc_contig_pages(int node, u64 *pfna, u64 *lastpfnp,
+ int num_pages)
+{
+ void *p;
+ int i, tmp;
+ ulong pfn;
+ size_t size = num_pages * HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+ if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX ||
+ (num_pages == HV_DEPOSIT_MAX && lastpfnp == NULL))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ p = kmalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+ if (p == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ pfn = PFN_DOWN(virt_to_phys(p));
+ tmp = min(num_pages, HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < tmp; i++, pfn++)
+ pfna[i] = pfn;
+
+ if (num_pages == HV_DEPOSIT_MAX)
+ *lastpfnp = pfn;
+
+ return num_pages;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Allocate free pages for deposit to hypervisor. pfna[] must be large enough
+ * to hold HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX (511) pages. If num_pages is 512, return last
+ * pfn in lastpfn.
+ *
+ * Returns : -ENOMEM if zero allocated, else number of pages allocated
+ */
+static int hv_alloc_dep_pages(int node, u64 *pfna, u64 *lastpfnp, int num_pages)
+{
+ struct page *page;
+ int num_allocd, count = 0;
+
+ /* Published ABI, enforce its immutability. */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX != 511);
+
+ if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX ||
+ (num_pages == HV_DEPOSIT_MAX && lastpfnp == NULL))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ while (num_pages) {
+ /* Find highest order we can actually allocate */
+ int order = 31 - __builtin_clz(num_pages);
+
+ while (1) {
+ page = alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL, order);
+ if (page || order == 0)
+ break;
+
+ order--;
+ }
+
+ if (page == NULL)
+ break;
+
+ split_page(page, order);
+ num_allocd = 1 << order;
+ num_pages -= num_allocd;
+
+ while (num_allocd && count < HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX) {
+ pfna[count++] = page_to_pfn(page++);
+ num_allocd--;
+ }
+
+ if (num_allocd-- && count == HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX) {
+ *lastpfnp = page_to_pfn(page);
+ count++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return count ? count : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deposit memory in the hypervisor. A contiguous 2M worth of pfns is utmost
+ * desired, but short of that, we deposit whatever contiguous chunks we can
+ * get.
+ */
+static int hv_call_deposit_memory(int node, u64 partition_id, bool contiguous)
{
- return -ENOTSUPP;
+ struct hv_deposit_memory *hc_input;
+ int i, rc, num_pages;
+ u64 status, *pfna, lastpfn = 0;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX);
+
+ if (contiguous)
+ num_pages = HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES;
+ else
+ num_pages = HV_DEPOSIT_MAX;
+
+ hc_input = (struct hv_deposit_memory *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (hc_input == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ hc_input->partition_id = partition_id;
+ pfna = hc_input->gpa_page_list;
+
+ if (contiguous)
+ rc = hv_alloc_contig_pages(node, pfna, &lastpfn, num_pages);
+ else
+ rc = hv_alloc_dep_pages(node, pfna, &lastpfn, num_pages);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ goto out_free;
+
+ num_pages = rc;
+ if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX)
+ num_pages = HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX;
+
+ /* We are not using hyperv_pcpu_input_arg, so no need to disable */
+
+ status = hv_do_rep_hypercall(HVCALL_DEPOSIT_MEMORY, num_pages,
+ 0, hc_input, NULL);
+ if (!hv_result_success(status)) {
+ hv_status_err(status, "\n");
+ rc = hv_result_to_errno(status);
+ goto out_free_dep_pages;
+ }
+
+ if (lastpfn) {
+ hc_input->gpa_page_list[0] = lastpfn;
+ status = hv_do_rep_hypercall(HVCALL_DEPOSIT_MEMORY, 1, 0,
+ hc_input, NULL);
+ if (!hv_result_success(status))
+ /* We deposited some earlier, so just free this */
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+ }
+
+ free_page((unsigned long)hc_input);
+ return 0;
+
+out_free_dep_pages:
+ for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(pfna[i]));
+ if (lastpfn)
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+
+out_free:
+ free_page((unsigned long)hc_input);
+ return rc;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_call_deposit_pages);
-int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 hv_status)
+int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 pt_id, u64 hv_status)
{
- return -ENOTSUPP;
+ int result = hv_result(hv_status);
+ bool contiguous = false;
+
+ if (result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_ROOT_MEMORY ||
+ result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_ROOT_MEMORY) {
+ if (!hv_root_partition()) {
+ hv_status_err(hv_status,
+ "Unexpected root memory deposit\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pt_id = HV_PARTITION_ID_SELF;
+ }
+
+ if (result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_MEMORY ||
+ result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_ROOT_MEMORY)
+ contiguous = true;
+
+ return hv_call_deposit_memory(node, pt_id, contiguous);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_deposit_memory_node);
@@ -85,8 +252,7 @@ int hv_call_create_vp(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 vp_index, u32 flags)
/* Root VPs don't seem to need pages deposited */
if (partition_id != hv_current_partition_id) {
- /* The value 90 is empirically determined. It may change. */
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(node, partition_id, 90);
+ ret = hv_call_deposit_memory(node, partition_id, false);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
index cb55d4d4be2e..b8d199f95299 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
#include "mshv_root.h"
/* Determined empirically */
-#define HV_INIT_PARTITION_DEPOSIT_PAGES 208
-#define HV_MAP_GPA_DEPOSIT_PAGES 256
#define HV_UMAP_GPA_PAGES 512
#define HV_PAGE_COUNT_2M_ALIGNED(pg_count) (!((pg_count) & (0x200 - 1)))
@@ -140,11 +138,6 @@ int hv_call_initialize_partition(u64 partition_id)
input.partition_id = partition_id;
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(NUMA_NO_NODE, partition_id,
- HV_INIT_PARTITION_DEPOSIT_PAGES);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
do {
status = hv_do_fast_hypercall8(HVCALL_INITIALIZE_PARTITION,
*(u64 *)&input);
@@ -248,8 +241,7 @@ static int hv_do_map_gpa_hcall(u64 partition_id, u64 gfn, u64 page_struct_count,
completed = hv_repcomp(status);
if (hv_result_needs_memory(status)) {
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(NUMA_NO_NODE, partition_id,
- HV_MAP_GPA_DEPOSIT_PAGES);
+ ret = hv_deposit_memory(partition_id, status);
if (ret)
break;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
index bf601d67cecb..c16abaecb65e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ static inline bool hv_parent_partition(void)
bool hv_result_needs_memory(u64 status);
int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 status);
-int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages);
int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 acpi_id);
int hv_call_notify_all_processors_started(void);
bool hv_lp_exists(u32 lp_index);
@@ -360,10 +359,6 @@ static inline int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 status)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
-static inline int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
-{
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
static inline int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 acpi_id)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.51.2.vfs.0.1
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2026-08-12 0:05 [PATCH V0 0/2] Redesign memory deposit logic Mukesh R
2026-08-12 0:05 ` [PATCH V0 1/2] mshv: Stub out deposit memory functions Mukesh R
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