Re: [PATCH v4 05/11] KVM: arm/arm64: replace pause checks with vcpu request checks

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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 04:20:29AM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> The current use of KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT for pause is fine.  Even the
> requester clearing the request is OK, as this is the special case
> where the sole requesting thread and receiving VCPU are executing
> synchronously (see "Clearing Requests" in
> Documentation/virtual/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst) However, that's about
> to change, so let's ensure only the receiving VCPU clears the
> request. Additionally, by guaranteeing KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT is always
> set when pause is, we can avoid checking pause directly in VCPU RUN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> index 138212605ad9..21a4db90073f 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> @@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ void kvm_arm_resume_guest(struct kvm *kvm)
>  
>  	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
>  		vcpu->arch.pause = false;
> -		kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT, vcpu);
>  		swake_up(kvm_arch_vcpu_wq(vcpu));
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -557,6 +556,11 @@ static void vcpu_sleep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  	swait_event_interruptible(*wq, ((!vcpu->arch.power_off) &&
>  				       (!vcpu->arch.pause)));
> +
> +	if (vcpu->arch.pause) {
> +		/* Awaken to handle a signal, request we sleep again later. */
> +		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT, vcpu);
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  static int kvm_vcpu_initialized(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> @@ -564,6 +568,14 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_initialized(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	return vcpu->arch.target >= 0;
>  }
>  
> +static void check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	if (kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
> +		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT, vcpu))
> +			vcpu_sleep(vcpu);
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run - the main VCPU run function to execute guest code
>   * @vcpu:	The VCPU pointer
> @@ -609,7 +621,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  
>  		update_vttbr(vcpu->kvm);
>  
> -		if (vcpu->arch.power_off || vcpu->arch.pause)
> +		check_vcpu_requests(vcpu);
> +
> +		if (vcpu->arch.power_off)
>  			vcpu_sleep(vcpu);
>  
>  		/*
> @@ -649,7 +663,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  
>  		if (ret <= 0 || need_new_vmid_gen(vcpu->kvm) ||
>  		    kvm_request_pending(vcpu) ||
> -		    vcpu->arch.power_off || vcpu->arch.pause) {
> +		    vcpu->arch.power_off) {
>  			vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
>  			local_irq_enable();
>  			kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 



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