Re: [RFC PATCH] KVM: arm64: Force a PTE mapping when logging is enabled

Zenghui Yu
2019-03-03T15:15:00Z

I think there're still some problems in this patch... Details below.

On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 11:39 AM Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com> wrote:
>
> The idea behind this is: we don't want to keep tracking of huge pages when
> logging_active is true, which will result in performance degradation. We
> still need to set vma_pagesize to PAGE_SIZE, so that we can make use of it
> to force a PTE mapping.
>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
> Cc: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
>
> ---
> Atfer looking into https://patchwork.codeaurora.org/patch/647985/ , the
> "vma_pagesize = PAGE_SIZE" logic was not intended to be deleted. As far
> as I can tell, we used to have "hugetlb" to force the PTE mapping, but
> we have "vma_pagesize" currently instead. We should set it properly for
> performance reasons (e.g, in VM migration). Did I miss something important?
>
> ---
> virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
> index 30251e2..7d41b16 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
> @@ -1705,6 +1705,13 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> (vma_pagesize == PUD_SIZE && kvm_stage2_has_pmd(kvm))) &&
> !force_pte) {
> gfn = (fault_ipa & huge_page_mask(hstate_vma(vma))) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * Fallback to PTE if it's not one of the stage2
> + * supported hugepage sizes or the corresponding level
> + * doesn't exist, or logging is enabled.

First, Instead of "logging is enabled", it should be "force_pte is true",
since "force_pte" will be true when:

1) fault_supports_stage2_pmd_mappings() return false; or
2) "logging is enabled" (e.g, in VM migration).

Second, fallback some unsupported hugepage sizes (e.g, 64K hugepage with
4K pages) to PTE is somewhat strange. And it will then _unexpectedly_
reach transparent_hugepage_adjust(), though no real adjustment will happen
since commit fd2ef358282c ("KVM: arm/arm64: Ensure only THP is candidate
for adjustment"). Keeping "vma_pagesize" there as it is will be better,
right?

So I'd just simplify the logic like:

} else if (force_pte) {
vma_pagesize = PAGE_SIZE;
}

Will send a V2 later and waiting for your comments :)

thanks,

zenghui

> + */
> + vma_pagesize = PAGE_SIZE;
> }
> up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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