From: Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>,
Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: Avoid synchronize_srcu() in kvm_io_bus_register_dev()
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:00:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250909100007.3136249-5-keirf@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250909100007.3136249-1-keirf@google.com>
Device MMIO registration may happen quite frequently during VM boot,
and the SRCU synchronization each time has a measurable effect
on VM startup time. In our experiments it can account for around 25%
of a VM's startup time.
Replace the synchronization with a deferred free of the old kvm_io_bus
structure.
Tested-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keirf@google.com>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e7d6111cf254..103be35caf0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ struct kvm_io_range {
struct kvm_io_bus {
int dev_count;
int ioeventfd_count;
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
struct kvm_io_range range[];
};
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 870ad8ea93a7..bcef324ccbf2 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_free_memslots(kvm, &kvm->__memslots[i][1]);
}
cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
+ srcu_barrier(&kvm->srcu);
cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
xa_destroy(&kvm->mem_attr_array);
@@ -5952,6 +5953,13 @@ int kvm_io_bus_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_io_bus_read);
+static void __free_bus(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+ struct kvm_io_bus *bus = container_of(rcu, struct kvm_io_bus, rcu);
+
+ kfree(bus);
+}
+
int kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
int len, struct kvm_io_device *dev)
{
@@ -5990,8 +5998,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr,
memcpy(new_bus->range + i + 1, bus->range + i,
(bus->dev_count - i) * sizeof(struct kvm_io_range));
rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->buses[bus_idx], new_bus);
- synchronize_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu);
- kfree(bus);
+ call_srcu(&kvm->srcu, &bus->rcu, __free_bus);
return 0;
}
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-09 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-09 10:00 [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: Speed up MMIO registrations Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] KVM: arm64: vgic-init: Remove vgic_ready() macro Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] KVM: arm64: vgic: Explicitly implement vgic_dist::ready ordering Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] KVM: Implement barriers before accessing kvm->buses[] on SRCU read paths Keir Fraser
2025-09-09 10:00 ` Keir Fraser [this message]
2026-02-13 15:42 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: Avoid synchronize_srcu() in kvm_io_bus_register_dev() Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-13 23:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-16 17:53 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-17 19:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-18 12:55 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-18 16:02 ` Keir Fraser
2026-02-18 16:15 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2026-02-19 7:50 ` Keir Fraser
2026-02-19 11:02 ` Nikita Kalyazin
2025-09-15 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] KVM: Speed up MMIO registrations Marc Zyngier
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