From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pl1-f202.google.com (mail-pl1-f202.google.com [209.85.214.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2D7D36EAA9 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:07:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.214.202 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771355233; cv=none; b=X5AjejVK+HKujJYnMkM2M2hzD7rqyPenOeRdhiUxstpdWn15HPbeJYDhZqoQUIgeXcg8zuoYb9SAj92tzMUpu9WbFc8tclfUsCXtyd9sgqUO5PVM8lBa7tOEagf3INuKcGUCkXCbQeSJ1imqxT4cVXdxx5tcmOgyPqeAEWErf5s= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771355233; c=relaxed/simple; bh=reGbZPMRQCC0kj1jFlDO98IpMMNB/uUPMXZwwwAFyPI=; h=Date:In-Reply-To:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:From: To:Cc:Content-Type; b=IFxUSDVHNiRxE65imzQo5F84s+d6uAvAKayTkze63BgM30OUTAOtEuLUOI50DchQpyaTW0JWhZVzYARkW0Twjwik1aCWQHZENUlubGbZvNIY4y54CoLFHND6lZuofklt6rrhoNVSprUkgmRfK+164kXj0UU1KOaEEJYTJh3EY04= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--seanjc.bounces.google.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b=psU6HTMv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.214.202 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--seanjc.bounces.google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="psU6HTMv" Received: by mail-pl1-f202.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-2aad60525deso234071905ad.1 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:07:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20230601; t=1771355231; x=1771960031; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4mGOCCVLTr299NsqFOYVBdQ9l7JaHEtHLFfNu9E/0HQ=; b=psU6HTMv2N2sLGAUsM3a2Llo8AVvqx0iV7HnYbApwtSKWJwKZLuzwLC4RT5c+Y9Gvj fDSUpXgx7s2ezBJJgAYG8ulMhECNwkSLiGii3Ulu4Pe81W79nFTH5KueGnliPLASpfVc EZaD2TolAjvnXrIP+GEm0jwpOtREpUWh2vzv96Xg3a5UqHjyx0a3ijOkAyO9N6RhxBY+ K+2HSk8keOt9i2ou2/6q/+yEyivcT8YqYSFJP9Yju5VHgR44L9sfFfNyNzGkcF69oo3A NsWBBVaBH4jkGWoKt/qZS1oz7UlSlxxKXA8tXd9TZ3kehr6hKhWJzGMLUVjV3DCzCLFy 4ESw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1771355231; x=1771960031; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4mGOCCVLTr299NsqFOYVBdQ9l7JaHEtHLFfNu9E/0HQ=; b=GM8guViLPv2/TeJHTMBVRhO6gxOGjfJCnbc2Ltf7cZFOUFKYx0Mr+hRJ5MkleClNwa mQbgBygx82mutIOdrgtpN+ionM0qMgRiQS2NaQmalxhA3JNDvFPZclOZMHrEaiM252P9 YZQXL2qHZafDSAMhSIYS3wlBTXT5DugvufhYCbhHd935kJ6t7UKS2LUsVL3IgrIxStdk 7ulWESGBvNrwrkWm9caYg1+QXXKWBtf5jeHGZoQDLGIEBzaFpg3pg4/ZXILWXPi/X377 6R/qcMblRU3FxFV1kAwdkqh4yhiWM6XVa87GbFNY3GEfPNmvkZGQz62KAqvF0+AVdiP0 r1cg== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCVhSRFtMt8wADF4lD2iBBLFCARqcz7C5+q3CNDCMrZ3UzKe0hDtn5SNJqjFql7Fle0XcNvQUdsxhlFdT5E=@vger.kernel.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzeTmGB+oVdGTN47LHU0r8wm89+Ra2CzUU11T0CTAgPNLfVBrd+ wxDUsDCg6jM16mALUny8mLZCpK4aJhFD/tiac1wngBT6hQexxXxLCT0EWCrNApq1A2daoJgWZUB jUZF5AQ== X-Received: from plbkp8.prod.google.com ([2002:a17:903:2808:b0:2a9:5b22:145a]) (user=seanjc job=prod-delivery.src-stubby-dispatcher) by 2002:a17:903:f84:b0:2aa:e574:c9f7 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-2ab4d0aed90mr146214705ad.57.1771355230961; Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:07:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:07:09 -0800 In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <20250909100007.3136249-1-keirf@google.com> <20250909100007.3136249-5-keirf@google.com> Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] KVM: Avoid synchronize_srcu() in kvm_io_bus_register_dev() From: Sean Christopherson To: Nikita Kalyazin Cc: Keir Fraser , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Eric Auger , Oliver Upton , Marc Zyngier , Will Deacon , Paolo Bonzini , Li RongQing Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Mon, Feb 16, 2026, Nikita Kalyazin wrote: > On 13/02/2026 23:20, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026, Nikita Kalyazin wrote: > > > I am not aware of way to make it fast for both use cases and would be more > > > than happy to hear about possible solutions. > > > > What if we key off of vCPUS being created? The motivation for Keir's change was > > to avoid stalling during VM boot, i.e. *after* initial VM creation. > > It doesn't work as is on x86 because the delay we're seeing occurs after the > created_cpus gets incremented I don't follow, the suggestion was to key off created_vcpus in kvm_io_bus_register_dev(), not in kvm_swap_active_memslots(). I can totally imagine the patch not working, but the ordering in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() should be largely irrelevant. Probably a moot point though. > so it doesn't allow to differentiate the two > cases (below is kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu): > > kvm->created_vcpus++; // <===== incremented here > mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock); > > vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT); > if (!vcpu) { > r = -ENOMEM; > goto vcpu_decrement; > } > > BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct kvm_run) > PAGE_SIZE); > page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO); > if (!page) { > r = -ENOMEM; > goto vcpu_free; > } > vcpu->run = page_address(page); > > kvm_vcpu_init(vcpu, kvm, id); > > r = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(vcpu); // <===== the delay is here > > > firecracker 583 [001] 151.297145: probe:synchronize_srcu_expedited: > (ffffffff813e5cf0) > ffffffff813e5cf1 synchronize_srcu_expedited+0x1 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff81234986 kvm_swap_active_memslots+0x136 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff81236cdd kvm_set_memslot+0x1cd ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff81237518 kvm_set_memory_region.part.0+0x478 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff81264dbc __x86_set_memory_region+0xec ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8127e2dc kvm_alloc_apic_access_page+0x5c ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff812b9ed3 vmx_vcpu_create+0x193 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8126788a kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x1da ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8123c54c kvm_vm_ioctl+0x5fc ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8167b331 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x91 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8251a89c do_syscall_64+0x4c ([kernel.kallsyms]) > ffffffff8100012b entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76 ([kernel.kallsyms]) > 6512de ioctl+0x32 (/mnt/host/firecracker) > d99a7 std::rt::lang_start+0x37 (/mnt/host/firecracker) > > Also, given that it stumbles after the KVM_CREATE_VCPU on ARM (in > KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION), it doesn't look like a universal solution. Hmm. Under the hood, __synchronize_srcu() itself uses __call_srcu, so I _think_ the only practical difference (aside from waiting, obviously) between call_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited() with respect to "transferring" grace period latency is that using call_srcu() could start a normal, non-expedited grace period. IIUC, SRCU has best-effort logic to shift in-flight non-expedited grace periods to expedited mode, but if the normal grace period has already started the timer for the delayed invocation of process_srcu(), then SRCU will still wait for one jiffie, i.e. won't immediately queue the work. I have no idea if this is sane and/or acceptable, but before looping in Paul and others, can you try this to see if it helps? diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h index 344ad51c8f6c..30437dc8d818 100644 --- a/include/linux/srcu.h +++ b/include/linux/srcu.h @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx) __releases(ssp); void call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head)); +void call_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, + rcu_callback_t func); void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp); void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index ea3f128de06f..03333b079092 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -1493,6 +1493,13 @@ void call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_srcu); +void call_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, + rcu_callback_t func) +{ + __call_srcu(ssp, rhp, func, rcu_gp_is_normal()); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_srcu_expedited); + /* * Helper function for synchronize_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited(). */ diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index 737b74b15bb5..26215f98c98f 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -6036,7 +6036,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr, memcpy(new_bus->range + i + 1, bus->range + i, (bus->dev_count - i) * sizeof(struct kvm_io_range)); rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->buses[bus_idx], new_bus); - call_srcu(&kvm->srcu, &bus->rcu, __free_bus); + call_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu, &bus->rcu, __free_bus); return 0; }