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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 V1 2/3] mshv: Redesign hypervisor memory deposit logic
Date: Mon,  7 Sep 2026 19:13:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908021340.2548924-3-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908021340.2548924-1-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>

The current memory deposit implementation has a few issues and bugs:
 o It is very slow
 o Contiguous range requirement is broken, 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, if possible, significantly improves 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.
 o In hv_call_deposit_pages(), in case of error, under err_free_allocations
   label, all pages are freed without checking status to see if some pages
   were deposited. This is a critical bug as it would free pages that hyp
   may be using.

All of above is addressed by:
 o Allocate 2M by default, this is the recommendation from the hypervisor
   team, and greatly improves performance.
 o Always start with a full 2M range allocation, thus getting contiguous if
   available. In cases where possible, the deposits are much faster.
 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 locally allocated,
   irq disable can be avoided helping speed up the deposit.
 o Fix the physical contiguous memory requirement.
 o Lastly, remove pre-deposits hv_call_create_vp() and
   hv_call_initialize_partition() as they were removed internally while
   ago, most likely because they didn't help much.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh R <mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_proc.c           | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c |  10 +-
 include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h |   5 -
 3 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
index 57864bb5bcd8..0ebede0bc8b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
@@ -9,6 +9,184 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <asm/mshyperv.h>
 
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_MAX 512
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX ((HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE -  \
+	offsetof(struct hv_deposit_memory, gpa_page_list)) / sizeof(u64))
+
+/*
+ * 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. If @single, then it must be a single allocation (not split
+ * over multiple contiguous ranges).
+ *
+ * Returns: number of pages allocated or -ENOMEM
+ */
+static int hv_alloc_dep_pages(int node, u64 *pfna, u64 *lastpfnp, int num_pages,
+			      bool single)
+{
+	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);
+		gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL;
+
+		if (!single)
+			gfp_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+
+		while (1) {
+			page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_flags, order);
+			if (page || order == 0 || single)
+				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. Even if @contiguous is false, a contiguous
+ * 2M worth of pfns is utmost desired for performance reasons. But short of
+ * that, we deposit whatever contiguous chunks we can get. If @contiguous is
+ * true, then the entire range has to be physically contiguous. Note, in that
+ * case, upon withdrawl, hypervisor could return any page in between the range,
+ * so we must split that also. Lastly, HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES is
+ * not guaranteed to always be power of 2.
+ */
+static int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, bool contiguous)
+{
+	struct hv_deposit_memory *hc_input;
+	int i, rc, num_pages;
+	u64 status, *pfna, lastpfn = 0;
+	bool trunc_extra = false;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX);
+
+	if (contiguous) {
+		num_pages = roundup_pow_of_two(
+					  HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES);
+		trunc_extra = 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;
+
+	rc = hv_alloc_dep_pages(node, pfna, &lastpfn, num_pages, contiguous);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	num_pages = rc;
+	if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX)
+		num_pages = HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX;
+
+	if (contiguous && trunc_extra) {
+		for (i = HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES; i < num_pages; i++)
+			__free_page(pfn_to_page(pfna[i]));
+
+		if (lastpfn) {
+			__free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+			lastpfn = 0;
+		}
+
+		num_pages = HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES;
+	}
+
+	/* 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))
+		goto err_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)) {
+			if (contiguous)
+				goto err_free_dep_pages;
+
+			/* We deposited lot earlier, so give it a go */
+			__free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+		}
+	}
+
+	free_page((unsigned long)hc_input);
+	return 0;
+
+err_free_dep_pages:
+	hv_status_err(status, "\n");
+	rc = hv_result_to_errno(status);
+
+	for (i = hv_repcomp(status); 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;
+}
+
+int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 pt_id, u64 hv_status)
+{
+	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_pages(node, pt_id, contiguous);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_deposit_memory_node);
+
 /*
  * See struct hv_deposit_memory. The first u64 is partition ID, the rest
  * are GPAs.
@@ -109,12 +287,6 @@ static int hv_call_deposit_pages_old(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
-{
-	return hv_call_deposit_pages_old(node, partition_id, num_pages);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_call_deposit_pages);
-
 static int __maybe_unused hv_deposit_memory_node_old(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 hv_status)
 {
 	u32 num_pages = 1;
@@ -144,12 +316,6 @@ static int __maybe_unused hv_deposit_memory_node_old(int node, u64 partition_id,
 	return hv_call_deposit_pages_old(node, partition_id, num_pages);
 }
 
-int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 hv_status)
-{
-	return hv_deposit_memory_node_old(node, partition_id, hv_status);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_deposit_memory_node);
-
 bool hv_result_needs_memory(u64 status)
 {
 	switch (hv_result(status)) {
@@ -212,14 +378,6 @@ int hv_call_create_vp(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 vp_index, u32 flags)
 	unsigned long irq_flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	/* 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);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	do {
 		local_irq_save(irq_flags);
 
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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08  2:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08  2:13 [PATCH V1 0/3] Redesign memory deposit logic Mukesh R
2026-09-08  2:13 ` [PATCH V1 1/3] mshv: Rename memory deposit memory functions to _old Mukesh R
2026-09-08 18:01   ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-08 20:43     ` Mukesh R
2026-09-08 21:31       ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-08  2:13 ` Mukesh R [this message]
2026-09-08  2:24   ` [PATCH V1 2/3] mshv: Redesign hypervisor memory deposit logic sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 18:02   ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-08 22:32     ` Mukesh R
2026-09-09 17:32       ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-09 18:22         ` Mukesh R
2026-09-08  2:13 ` [PATCH V1 3/3] mshv: Remove unused *_old memory deposit functions Mukesh R
2026-09-08 18:03   ` Michael Kelley

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