Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 4/5] kvm: Remove ept_identity_pagetable from struct kvm_arch.

Gleb Natapov
2014-07-14T14:27:43Z

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 05:17:04PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
> On 07/12/2014 03:44 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:08:03AM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
> >>kvm_arch->ept_identity_pagetable holds the ept identity pagetable page. But
> >>it is never used to refer to the page at all.
> >>
> >>In vcpu initialization, it indicates two things:
> >>1. indicates if ept page is allocated
> >>2. indicates if a memory slot for identity page is initialized
> >>
> >>Actually, kvm_arch->ept_identity_pagetable_done is enough to tell if the ept
> >>identity pagetable is initialized. So we can remove ept_identity_pagetable.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Tang Chen<tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >>---
> >> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
> >> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
> >> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >>
> >>diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >>index 4931415..62f973e 100644
> >>--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >>+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >>@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ struct kvm_arch {
> >>
> >> gpa_t wall_clock;
> >>
> >>- struct page *ept_identity_pagetable;
> >> bool ept_identity_pagetable_done;
> >> gpa_t ept_identity_map_addr;
> >>
> >>diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>index 0918635e..fe2e5f4 100644
> >>--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static void vmx_sync_pir_to_irr_dummy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> >> static void copy_vmcs12_to_shadow(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx);
> >> static void copy_shadow_to_vmcs12(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx);
> >> static bool vmx_mpx_supported(void);
> >>+static int alloc_identity_pagetable(struct kvm *kvm);
> >>
> >> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmcs *, vmxarea);
> >> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmcs *, current_vmcs);
> >>@@ -3921,21 +3922,21 @@ out:
> >>
> >> static int init_rmode_identity_map(struct kvm *kvm)
> >> {
> >>- int i, idx, r, ret;
> >>+ int i, idx, r, ret = 0;
> >> pfn_t identity_map_pfn;
> >> u32 tmp;
> >>
> >> if (!enable_ept)
> >> return 1;
> >>- if (unlikely(!kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable)) {
> >>- printk(KERN_ERR "EPT: identity-mapping pagetable "
> >>- "haven't been allocated!\n");
> >>- return 0;
> >>- }
> >> if (likely(kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable_done))
> >> return 1;
> >>- ret = 0;
> >> identity_map_pfn = kvm->arch.ept_identity_map_addr>> PAGE_SHIFT;
> >>+
> >>+ mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
> >Why move this out of alloc_identity_pagetable()?
> >
>
> Referring to the original code, I think mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock) is used
> to protect kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable. If two or more threads try to
> modify it at the same time, the mutex ensures that the identity table is
> only
> allocated once.
>
> Now, we dropped kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable. And use
> kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable_done
> to check if the identity table is allocated and initialized. So we should
> protect
> memory slot operation in alloc_identity_pagetable() and
> kvm->arch.ept_identity_pagetable_done
> with this mutex.
>
> Of course, I can see that the name "slots_lock" indicates that it may be
> used
> to protect the memory slot operation only. Maybe move it out here is not
> suitable.
>
> If I'm wrong, please tell me.
>
No, you are right that besides memory slot creation slots_lock protects checking
of ept_identity_pagetable here, but after you patch ept_identity_pagetable_done is
tested outside of slots_lock so the allocation can happen twice, no?

--
Gleb.