[PATCH 1/2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function

Waiman Long
2017-02-08T18:01:37Z

It was found when running fio sequential write test with a XFS ramdisk
on a 2-socket x86-64 system, the %CPU times as reported by perf were
as follows:

71.27% 0.28% fio [k] down_write
70.99% 0.01% fio [k] call_rwsem_down_write_failed
69.43% 1.18% fio [k] rwsem_down_write_failed
65.51% 54.57% fio [k] osq_lock
9.72% 7.99% fio [k] __raw_callee_save___kvm_vcpu_is_preempted
4.16% 4.16% fio [k] __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted

So making vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function has a pretty high
cost associated with it. As vcpu_is_preempted() is called within the
spinlock, mutex and rwsem slowpaths, there isn't much to gain by making
it callee-save. So it is now changed to a normal function call instead.

With this patch applied, the aggregrate bandwidth of the fio sequential
write test increased slightly from 2563.3MB/s to 2588.1MB/s (about 1%).

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 7 ++-----
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c | 6 ++----
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 4 +---
5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index 864f57b..2515885 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static __always_inline void pv_kick(int cpu)

static __always_inline bool pv_vcpu_is_preempted(int cpu)
{
- return PVOP_CALLEE1(bool, pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted, cpu);
+ return PVOP_CALL1(bool, pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted, cpu);
}

#endif /* SMP && PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index bb2de45..88dc852 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ struct pv_lock_ops {
void (*wait)(u8 *ptr, u8 val);
void (*kick)(int cpu);

- struct paravirt_callee_save vcpu_is_preempted;
+ bool (*vcpu_is_preempted)(int cpu);
};

/* This contains all the paravirt structures: we get a convenient
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 099fcba..eb3753d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ __visible bool __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted(int cpu)

return !!src->preempted;
}
-PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted);

/*
* Setup pv_lock_ops to exploit KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if present.
@@ -614,10 +613,8 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
pv_lock_ops.wait = kvm_wait;
pv_lock_ops.kick = kvm_kick_cpu;

- if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME)) {
- pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted =
- PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted);
- }
+ if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME))
+ pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted = __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted;
}

#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index 6259327..da050bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ __visible bool __native_vcpu_is_preempted(int cpu)
{
return false;
}
-PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(__native_vcpu_is_preempted);

bool pv_is_native_vcpu_is_preempted(void)
{
- return pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted.func ==
- __raw_callee_save___native_vcpu_is_preempted;
+ return pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted == __native_vcpu_is_preempted;
}

struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
.queued_spin_unlock = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__native_queued_spin_unlock),
.wait = paravirt_nop,
.kick = paravirt_nop,
- .vcpu_is_preempted = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__native_vcpu_is_preempted),
+ .vcpu_is_preempted = __native_vcpu_is_preempted,
#endif /* SMP */
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pv_lock_ops);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 25a7c43..c85bb8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
per_cpu(irq_name, cpu) = NULL;
}

-PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_vcpu_stolen);
-
/*
* Our init of PV spinlocks is split in two init functions due to us
* using paravirt patching and jump labels patching and having to do
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
pv_lock_ops.queued_spin_unlock = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__pv_queued_spin_unlock);
pv_lock_ops.wait = xen_qlock_wait;
pv_lock_ops.kick = xen_qlock_kick;
- pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_vcpu_stolen);
+ pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted = xen_vcpu_stolen;
}

static __init int xen_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
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