Re: [PATCH v10 03/39] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Introduce TLB flush fifo

Sean Christopherson
2022-09-21T16:57:49Z

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> To allow flushing individual GVAs instead of always flushing the whole
> VPID a per-vCPU structure to pass the requests is needed. Use standard
> 'kfifo' to queue two types of entries: individual GVA (GFN + up to 4095
> following GFNs in the lower 12 bits) and 'flush all'.
>
> The size of the fifo is arbitrary set to '16'.

s/arbitrary/arbitrarily

> +static void hv_tlb_flush_enqueue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> + struct kvm_vcpu_hv_tlb_flush_fifo *tlb_flush_fifo;
> + struct kvm_vcpu_hv *hv_vcpu = to_hv_vcpu(vcpu);
> + u64 flush_all_entry = KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSHALL_ENTRY;
> +
> + if (!hv_vcpu)
> + return;
> +
> + tlb_flush_fifo = &hv_vcpu->tlb_flush_fifo;
> +
> + kfifo_in_spinlocked(&tlb_flush_fifo->entries, &flush_all_entry,
> + 1, &tlb_flush_fifo->write_lock);

Unless I'm missing something, there's no need to disable IRQs, i.e. this can be
kfifo_in_spinlocked_noirqsave() and the later patch can use spin_lock() instead
of spin_lock_irqsave(). The only calls to hv_tlb_flush_enqueue() are from
kvm_hv_hypercall(), i.e. it's always called from process context.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h
> index 1030b1b50552..ac30091ab346 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h
> @@ -151,4 +151,20 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_hv_eventfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_hyperv_eventfd *args);
> int kvm_get_hv_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
> struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 __user *entries);
>
> +

Unnecessary newline.

> +static inline void kvm_hv_vcpu_empty_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

What about "reset" or "purge" instead of "empty"? "empty" is often used as query,
e.g. list_empty(), it took me a second to realize this is a command.

> +{
> + struct kvm_vcpu_hv_tlb_flush_fifo *tlb_flush_fifo;
> + struct kvm_vcpu_hv *hv_vcpu = to_hv_vcpu(vcpu);
> +
> + if (!hv_vcpu || !kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu))
> + return;
> +
> + tlb_flush_fifo = &hv_vcpu->tlb_flush_fifo;
> +
> + kfifo_reset_out(&tlb_flush_fifo->entries);
> +}

Missing newline.

> +void kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> +
> +

One too many newlines.

> #endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 86504a8bfd9a..45c35c5467f8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_all(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> static_call(kvm_x86_flush_tlb_all)(vcpu);
> }
>
> -static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> ++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
>
> @@ -3420,14 +3420,14 @@ void kvm_service_local_tlb_flush_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu)) {
> kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_current(vcpu);
> - kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu);
> + kvm_hv_vcpu_empty_flush_tlb(vcpu);

It might be worth adding a comment to call out that emptying the FIFO _after_ the
TLB flush is ok, because it's impossible for the CPU to insert TLB entries for the
guest while running in the host. At first glance, it looks like this (and the
existing similar pattern in vcpu_enter_guest()) has a race where it could miss a
TLB flush.

Definitely not required, e.g. kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_all() doesn't have a similar
comment. I think it's just the existence of the FIFO that made me pause.

> }
>
> if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu)) {
> kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(vcpu);
> - kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu);
> + kvm_hv_vcpu_empty_flush_tlb(vcpu);
> } else if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu)) {
> - kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(vcpu);
> + kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu);

Rather than expose kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() to Hyper-V, what about implementing
this in a similar way to how way KVM-on-HyperV implements remote TLB flushes? I.e.
fall back to kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() if the precise flush "fails".

I don't mind exposing kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(), but burying the calls inside
Hyper-V code makes it difficult to see the relationship between KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH
and KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST.

And as a minor bonus, that also helps document that kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb() doesn't
yet support precise flushing.

E.g.

if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu)) {
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(vcpu);
} else if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_HV_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu)) {
/*
* Fall back to a "full" guest flush if Hyper-V's precise
* flushing fails.
*/
if (kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu))
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest(vcpu);
}

int kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_vcpu_hv_tlb_flush_fifo *tlb_flush_fifo;
struct kvm_vcpu_hv *hv_vcpu = to_hv_vcpu(vcpu);

if (!hv_vcpu)
return -EINVAL;

tlb_flush_fifo = &hv_vcpu->tlb_flush_fifo;

kfifo_reset_out(&tlb_flush_fifo->entries);

/* Precise flushing isn't implemented yet. */
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}