From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
To: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] KVM: avoid unnecessary wait for a async pf
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:42:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101027104210.GN26191@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CC7EB3A.6070002@cn.fujitsu.com>
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 05:04:58PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> In current code, it checks async pf completion out of the wait context,
> like this:
>
> if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE &&
> !vcpu->arch.apf.halted)
> r = vcpu_enter_guest(vcpu);
> else {
> ......
> kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu)
> ^- waiting until 'async_pf.done' is not empty
> }
>
> kvm_check_async_pf_completion(vcpu)
> ^- delete list from async_pf.done
>
> So, if we check aysnc pf completion first, it can be blocked at
> kvm_vcpu_block
>
Correct, but it can be fixed by adding vcpu->arch.apf.halted = false; to
kvm_arch_async_page_present(), no?
Adding kvm_check_async_pf_completion() to arch independent kvm_vcpu_block()
constrains how other archs may implement async pf support IMO.
> Fixed by move the check into wait context
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ---
> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 -
> virt/kvm/async_pf.c | 6 ++++--
> virt/kvm/async_pf.h | 6 ++++++
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 ++-
> 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 16f42ff..0b2c420 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -5321,8 +5321,6 @@ static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
> ++vcpu->stat.request_irq_exits;
> }
> -
> - kvm_check_async_pf_completion(vcpu);
>
> if (signal_pending(current)) {
> r = -EINTR;
> @@ -6108,7 +6106,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> return (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE &&
> !vcpu->arch.apf.halted)
> - || !list_empty_careful(&vcpu->async_pf.done)
> || vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED
> || vcpu->arch.nmi_pending ||
> (kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed(vcpu) &&
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index ee4314e..0c1b7c5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ struct kvm_async_pf {
> };
>
> void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> -void kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> int kvm_setup_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, gfn_t gfn,
> struct kvm_arch_async_pf *arch);
> int kvm_async_pf_wakeup_all(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> index 60df9e0..e213ca4 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vcpu->async_pf.queued = 0;
> }
>
> -void kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +bool kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct kvm_async_pf *work;
>
> if (list_empty_careful(&vcpu->async_pf.done) ||
> !kvm_arch_can_inject_async_page_present(vcpu))
> - return;
> + return false;
>
> spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
> work = list_first_entry(&vcpu->async_pf.done, typeof(*work), link);
> @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ void kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (work->page)
> put_page(work->page);
> kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
> +
> + return true;
> }
>
> int kvm_setup_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, gfn_t gfn,
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.h b/virt/kvm/async_pf.h
> index e7ef644..e21533c 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.h
> +++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.h
> @@ -27,10 +27,16 @@
> int kvm_async_pf_init(void);
> void kvm_async_pf_deinit(void);
> void kvm_async_pf_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> +bool kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> +
> #else
> #define kvm_async_pf_init() (0)
> #define kvm_async_pf_deinit() do{}while(0)
> #define kvm_async_pf_vcpu_init(C) do{}while(0)
> +static inline bool kvm_check_async_pf_completion(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> #endif
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 88d869e..d9aed28 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -1347,7 +1347,8 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> for (;;) {
> prepare_to_wait(&vcpu->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>
> - if (kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(vcpu)) {
> + if (kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(vcpu) ||
> + kvm_check_async_pf_completion(vcpu)) {
> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_UNHALT, vcpu);
> break;
> }
> --
> 1.7.0.4
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-27 10:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-27 9:01 [PATCH 1/8] KVM: fix tracing kvm_try_async_get_page Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 9:02 ` [PATCH 2/8] KVM: cleanup aysnc_pf tracepoints Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:10 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-27 9:03 ` [PATCH 3/8] KVM: fix searching async gfn in kvm_async_pf_gfn_slot Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:29 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-27 9:04 ` [PATCH 4/8] KVM: avoid unnecessary wait for a async pf Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:42 ` Gleb Natapov [this message]
2010-10-28 7:06 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 9:05 ` [PATCH 5/8] KVM: don't touch vcpu stat after async pf is complete Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:44 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-28 7:35 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-28 7:41 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-27 9:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] KVM: simply wakup async pf Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:50 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-28 7:59 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 9:09 ` [PATCH 7/8] KVM: make async_pf work queue lockless Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 11:41 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-28 9:08 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-28 9:14 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-27 9:10 ` [PATCH 8/8] KVM: add debugfs file to show the number of async pf Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 10:58 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-10-28 9:09 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-10-27 9:59 ` [PATCH 1/8] KVM: fix tracing kvm_try_async_get_page Gleb Natapov
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