From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 24/25] KVM: nSVM: Use different ASIDs for L1 and L2
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:41:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616004155.1435766-25-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616004155.1435766-1-yosry@kernel.org>
Now that TLB flushes are properly handled and tracked for L1 vs L2
ASIDs, allocate a separate new ASID for L2 for each vCPU, similar to how
VMX handles VPIDs. Drop the unconditional flushes and syncs on nested
transitions.
On a Turin CPU, this results in 8-15% performance boost in CPUID rate
microbenchmark [1] and netperf TCP_RR latency/throughput.
[1]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20231109180646.2963718-1-khorenko@virtuozzo.com/
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 11 +++--------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index a226aca8f9108..56b769b603ca9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -718,10 +718,6 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
}
-
- /* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -733,9 +729,6 @@ static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Flush L1's own ASID if it request a *full* TLB flush on VMRUN */
if (svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl == TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID)
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
-
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
static void svm_switch_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct kvm_vmcb_info *target_vmcb)
@@ -1539,7 +1532,7 @@ int svm_allocate_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
if (!svm->nested.msrpm)
goto err_free_vmcb02;
- svm->nested.asid02 = svm->asid;
+ svm->nested.asid02 = allocate_asid();
svm->nested.initialized = true;
return 0;
@@ -1557,6 +1550,8 @@ void svm_free_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->vmcb01.ptr))
svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
+ free_asid(svm->nested.asid02);
+
svm_vcpu_free_msrpm(svm->nested.msrpm);
svm->nested.msrpm = NULL;
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 0:41 [RFC PATCH v2 00/25] Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB after forcefully leaving nested Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 02/25] KVM: SVM: Passthrough the number of supported ASIDs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/25] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/25] KVM: x86/mmu: Support specifying a minimum TLB tag Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/25] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/25] KVM: SVM: Fallback to flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/25] KVM: SVM: Duplicate pre-run ASID check for SEV and non-SEV guests Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/25] KVM: SEV: Stop using per-vCPU ASID for SEV VMs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/25] KVM: SVM: Use a static ASID per vCPU Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 10/25] KVM: nSVM: Add a placeholder ASID for L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 11/25] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Rename kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 12/25] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Allow puring all TLB flush FIFOs Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 13/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 14/25] KVM: nSVM: Move svm_switch_vmcb() to nested.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 15/25] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() on every VMCB switch Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 16/25] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 17/25] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 18/25] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 19/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID in vmcb12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 20/25] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in vmcb02 on nested VM-Enter Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 21/25] KVM: x86/mmu: rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 22/25] KVM: x86/mmu: Refactor kvm_mmu_invlpg() to allow skipping the gva flush Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 23/25] KVM: nSVM: Flush L2's ASID when emulating INVLPGA Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-16 0:41 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-06-16 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 25/25] DO NOT MERGE: Add nested_tlb_force_flush Yosry Ahmed
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