From: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>
To: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Don't always save PMU for guest capable of nesting
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:38:58 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgr9w3dp.fsf@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211004160049.1338837-11-npiggin@gmail.com>
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> writes:
> Provide a config option that controls the workaround added by commit
> 63279eeb7f93 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Always save guest pmu for guest
> capable of nesting"). The option defaults to y for now, but is expected
> to go away within a few releases.
>
> Nested capable guests running with the earlier commit ("KVM: PPC: Book3S
> HV Nested: Indicate guest PMU in-use in VPA") will now indicate the PMU
I think the commit reference is now: 178266389794 (KVM: PPC: Book3S HV
Nested: Reflect guest PMU in-use to L0 when guest SPRs are live)
> in-use status of their guests, which means the parent does not need to
> unconditionally save the PMU for nested capable guests.
>
> After this latest round of performance optimisations, this option costs
> about 540 cycles or 10% entry/exit performance on a POWER9 nested-capable
> guest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
> index ff581d70f20c..1e7aae522be8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
> @@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ config KVM_BOOK3S_HV_EXIT_TIMING
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> +config KVM_BOOK3S_HV_NESTED_PMU_WORKAROUND
> + bool "Nested L0 host workaround for L1 KVM host PMU handling bug" if EXPERT
> + depends on KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
> + default !EXPERT
> + help
> + Old nested HV capable Linux guests have a bug where the don't
s/the/they/
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-16 12:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-04 15:59 [PATCH v3 00/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: entry/exit optimisations Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 15:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/52] powerpc/64s: Remove WORT SPR from POWER9/10 (take 2) Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 15:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/52] powerpc/64s: guard optional TIDR SPR with CPU ftr test Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-11 18:44 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-12 2:08 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-10-13 16:51 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 03/52] KMV: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use set_dec to set decrementer to host Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 04/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use host timer accounting to avoid decrementer read Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 05/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use large decrementer for HDEC Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 06/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mftb per guest entry/exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 07/52] powerpc/time: add API for KVM to re-arm the host timer/decrementer Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 08/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: POWER10 enable HAIL when running radix guests Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 09/52] powerpc/64s: Keep AMOR SPR a constant ~0 at runtime Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 10/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Don't always save PMU for guest capable of nesting Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:38 ` Fabiano Rosas [this message]
2021-10-20 5:26 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 11/52] powerpc/64s: Always set PMU control registers to frozen/disabled when not in use Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 12/52] powerpc/64s: Implement PMU override command line option Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 13/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Implement PMU save/restore in C Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 14/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Factor PMU save/load into context switch functions Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 15/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault PMU SPRs when marked not inuse Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 16/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Factor out yield_count increment Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 17/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: CTRL SPR does not require read-modify-write Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:54 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 18/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move SPRG restore to restore_p9_host_os_sprs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:59 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 19/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mtmsrd instructions required to save host SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 13:45 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-20 5:35 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 20/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Improve mtmsrd scheduling by delaying MSR[EE] disable Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 21/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Add kvmppc_stop_thread to match kvmppc_start_thread Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 22/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Change dec_expires to be relative to guest timebase Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 23/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move TB updates Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 24/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Optimise timebase reads Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 25/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid SPR scoreboard stalls Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 26/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Only execute mtSPR if the value changed Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 27/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Juggle SPR switching around Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 28/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move vcpu register save/restore into functions Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 29/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move host OS save/restore functions to built-in Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 30/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move nested guest entry into its own function Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 31/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move remaining SPR and MSR access into low level entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 32/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Implement TM fastpath for guest entry/exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 33/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Switch PMU to guest as late as possible Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 34/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Restrict DSISR canary workaround to processors that require it Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 35/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: More SPR speed improvements Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 36/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault EBB facility registers Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 37/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault TM " Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 38/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use Linux SPR save/restore to manage some host SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 39/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Comment and fix MMU context switching code Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 40/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Test dawr_enabled() before saving host DAWR SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 41/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Don't restore PSSCR if not needed Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 42/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid tlbsync sequence on radix guest exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 43/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV Nested: Avoid extra mftb() in nested entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 44/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Improve mfmsr performance on entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 45/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Optimise hash guest SLB saving Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 46/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid changing MSR[RI] in entry and exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 47/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Add unlikely annotation for !mmu_ready Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 48/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid cpu_in_guest atomics on entry and exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 49/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Remove most of the vcore logic Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 50/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Tidy kvmppc_create_dtl_entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 51/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Stop using vc->dpdes Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 52/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Remove subcore HMI handling Nicholas Piggin
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