Re: [PATCH] KVM: LAPIC: Reset timer_advance_ns if timer mode switch

Sean Christopherson
2020-09-04T16:06:18Z

On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 06:57:00PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 05:23, Sean Christopherson
> <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 09:35:08AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> > >
> > > per-vCPU timer_advance_ns should be set to 0 if timer mode is not tscdeadline
> > > otherwise we waste cpu cycles in the function lapic_timer_int_injected(),
> > > especially on AMD platform which doesn't support tscdeadline mode. We can
> > > reset timer_advance_ns to the initial value if switch back to tscdealine
> > > timer mode.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 6 ++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > > index 654649b..abc296d 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > > @@ -1499,10 +1499,16 @@ static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> > > kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT, 0);
> > > apic->lapic_timer.period = 0;
> > > apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = 0;
> > > + if (timer_mode == APIC_LVT_TIMER_TSCDEADLINE &&
> > > + lapic_timer_advance_dynamic)
> >
> > Bad indentation.
> >
> > > + apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT;
> >
> > Redoing the tuning seems odd. Doubt it will matter, but it feels weird to
> > have to retune the advancement just because the guest toggled between modes.
> >
> > Rather than clear timer_advance_ns, can we simply move the check against
> > apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline much earlier? I think that would
> > solve this performance hiccup, and IMO would be a logical change in any
> > case. E.g. with some refactoring to avoid more duplication between VMX and
> > SVM
>
> How about something like below:

That works too. The only reason I used the inline shenanigans was to avoid
the CALL+RET in VM-Enter when the timer hasn't expired.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 3b32d3b..51ed4f0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1582,9 +1582,6 @@ static void __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
> u64 guest_tsc, tsc_deadline;
>
> - if (apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline == 0)
> - return;
> -
> tsc_deadline = apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline;
> apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline = 0;
> guest_tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
> @@ -1599,7 +1596,10 @@ static void __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct
> kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> void kvm_wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> - if (lapic_timer_int_injected(vcpu))
> + if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
> + vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline &&
> + vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns &&
> + lapic_timer_int_injected(vcpu))
> __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_wait_lapic_expire);
> @@ -1635,8 +1635,7 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic
> *apic, bool from_timer_fn)
> }
>
> if (kvm_use_posted_timer_interrupt(apic->vcpu)) {
> - if (apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
> - __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> + kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> kvm_apic_inject_pending_timer_irqs(apic);
> return;
> }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 0194336..19e622a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -3456,9 +3456,7 @@ static __no_kcsan fastpath_t svm_vcpu_run(struct
> kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> clgi();
> kvm_load_guest_xsave_state(vcpu);
>
> - if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
> - vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
> - kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> + kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
>
> /*
> * If this vCPU has touched SPEC_CTRL, restore the guest's value if
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index a544351..d6e1656 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -6800,9 +6800,7 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (enable_preemption_timer)
> vmx_update_hv_timer(vcpu);
>
> - if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
> - vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
> - kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> + kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
>
> /*
> * If this vCPU has touched SPEC_CTRL, restore the guest's value if