[PATCH v3 06/18] kvm: x86: Add support for fast CR3 switch across different MMU modes

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This generalizes the lockless CR3 switch path to be able to work
across different MMU modes (e.g. nested vs non-nested) by checking
that the expected page role of the new root page matches the page role
of the previously stored root page in addition to checking that the new
CR3 matches the previous CR3. Furthermore, instead of loading the
hardware CR3 in fast_cr3_switch(), it is now done in vcpu_enter_guest(),
as by that time the MMU context would be up-to-date with the VCPU mode.

Signed-off-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 704f7df11f0b..536473411930 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4038,7 +4038,8 @@ static void nonpaging_init_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	context->nx = false;
 }
 
-static bool fast_cr3_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3)
+static bool fast_cr3_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3,
+			    union kvm_mmu_page_role new_role)
 {
 	struct kvm_mmu *mmu = &vcpu->arch.mmu;
 
@@ -4057,7 +4058,10 @@ static bool fast_cr3_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3)
 		swap(mmu->root_hpa, mmu->prev_root.hpa);
 		mmu->prev_root.cr3 = kvm_read_cr3(vcpu);
 
-		if (new_cr3 == prev_cr3 && VALID_PAGE(mmu->root_hpa)) {
+		if (new_cr3 == prev_cr3 &&
+		    VALID_PAGE(mmu->root_hpa) &&
+		    page_header(mmu->root_hpa) != NULL &&
+		    new_role.word == page_header(mmu->root_hpa)->role.word) {
 			/*
 			 * It is possible that the cached previous root page is
 			 * obsolete because of a change in the MMU
@@ -4066,12 +4070,11 @@ static bool fast_cr3_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3)
 			 * have set here and allocate a new one.
 			 */
 
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_LOAD_CR3, vcpu);
 			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
 			__clear_sp_write_flooding_count(
 				page_header(mmu->root_hpa));
 
-			mmu->set_cr3(vcpu, mmu->root_hpa);
-
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -4079,10 +4082,16 @@ static bool fast_cr3_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void __kvm_mmu_new_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3,
+			      union kvm_mmu_page_role new_role)
+{
+	if (!fast_cr3_switch(vcpu, new_cr3, new_role))
+		kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, false);
+}
+
 void kvm_mmu_new_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_cr3)
 {
-	if (!fast_cr3_switch(vcpu, new_cr3))
-		kvm_mmu_free_roots(vcpu, false);
+	__kvm_mmu_new_cr3(vcpu, new_cr3, kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role(vcpu));
 }
 
 static unsigned long get_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-- 
2.18.0.rc2.346.g013aa6912e-goog




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