[RFC 1/3] x86: KVM: stats: Add a stat to report status of APICv inhibition

Alejandro Jimenez
2024-02-15T16:01:50Z

The inhibition status of APICv can currently be checked using the
'kvm_apicv_inhibit_changed' tracepoint, but this is not accessible if
tracefs is not available (e.g. kernel lockdown, non-root user). Export
inhibition status as a binary stat that can be monitored from userspace
without elevated privileges.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Jimenez <alejandro.j.jimenez@oracle.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ad5319a503f0..9b960a523715 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@ struct kvm_vm_stat {
u64 nx_lpage_splits;
u64 max_mmu_page_hash_collisions;
u64 max_mmu_rmap_size;
+ u64 apicv_inhibited;
};

struct kvm_vcpu_stat {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b66c45e7f6f8..f7f598f066e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, pages_1g),
STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, nx_lpage_splits),
STATS_DESC_PCOUNTER(VM, max_mmu_rmap_size),
- STATS_DESC_PCOUNTER(VM, max_mmu_page_hash_collisions)
+ STATS_DESC_PCOUNTER(VM, max_mmu_page_hash_collisions),
+ STATS_DESC_IBOOLEAN(VM, apicv_inhibited)
};

const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
@@ -10588,6 +10589,13 @@ void __kvm_set_or_clear_apicv_inhibit(struct kvm *kvm,
*/
kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE);
kvm->arch.apicv_inhibit_reasons = new;
+
+ /*
+ * Update inhibition statistic only when toggling APICv
+ * activation status.
+ */
+ kvm->stat.apicv_inhibited = !!new;
+
if (new) {
unsigned long gfn = gpa_to_gfn(APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE);
int idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
--
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