Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v2 04/10] kvm/arm64: make stage2 page tables RCU safe

Yu Zhao
2023-05-31T23:11:32Z

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:28 PM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 02:06:55PM -0600, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 1:37 PM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Yu,
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 02:13:07PM -0600, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > > > On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 12:08 PM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > > > > index 3d61bd3e591d..bfbebdcb4ef0 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > > > > @@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static int stage2_unmap_walker(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx,
> > > > > kvm_granule_size(ctx->level));
> > > > >
> > > > > if (childp)
> > > > > - mm_ops->put_page(childp);
> > > > > + mm_ops->free_removed_table(childp, ctx->level);
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Oliver.
> > > >
> > > > A couple of things I haven't had the chance to verify -- I'm hoping
> > > > you could help clarify:
> > > > 1. For unmapping, with free_removed_table(), wouldn't we have to look
> > > > into the table we know it's empty unnecessarily?
> > >
> > > As it is currently implemented, yes. But, there's potential to fast-path
> > > the implementation by checking page_count() before starting the walk.
> >
> > Do you mind posting another patch? I'd be happy to ack it, as well as
> > the one you suggested above.
>
> I'd rather not take such a patch independent of the test_clear_young
> series if you're OK with that. Do you mind implementing something
> similar to the above patch w/ the proposed optimization if you need it?

No worries. I can take the above together with the following, which
would form a new series with its own merits, since apparently you
think the !AF case is important.

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 26a8d955b49c..6ce73ce9f146 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1453,10 +1453,10 @@ static void handle_access_fault(struct
kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa)

trace_kvm_access_fault(fault_ipa);

- read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
mmu = vcpu->arch.hw_mmu;
pte = kvm_pgtable_stage2_mkyoung(mmu->pgt, fault_ipa);
- read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();

if (kvm_pte_valid(pte))
kvm_set_pfn_accessed(kvm_pte_to_pfn(pte));