We are currently cutting hva_to_pfn_fast short if we do not want an
immediate exit, which is represented by !async && !atomic. However,
this is unnecessary, and __get_user_pages_fast is *much* faster
because the regular get_user_pages takes pmd_lock/pte_lock.
In fact, when many CPUs take a nested vmexit at the same time
the contention on those locks is visible, and this patch removes
about 25% (compared to 4.18) from vmexit.flat on a 16 vCPU
nested guest.
Suggested-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 861bb20e8451..0f26ff7ddedb 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1343,18 +1343,16 @@ static inline int check_user_page_hwpoison(unsigned long addr)
}
/*
- * The atomic path to get the writable pfn which will be stored in @pfn,
- * true indicates success, otherwise false is returned.
+ * The fast path to get the writable pfn which will be stored in @pfn,
+ * true indicates success, otherwise false is returned. It's also the
+ * only part that runs if we can are in atomic context.
*/
-static bool hva_to_pfn_fast(unsigned long addr, bool atomic, bool *async,
- bool write_fault, bool *writable, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
+static bool hva_to_pfn_fast(unsigned long addr, bool write_fault,
+ bool *writable, kvm_pfn_t *pfn)
{
struct page *page[1];
int npages;
- if (!(async || atomic))
- return false;
-
/*
* Fast pin a writable pfn only if it is a write fault request
* or the caller allows to map a writable pfn for a read fault
@@ -1498,7 +1496,7 @@ static kvm_pfn_t hva_to_pfn(unsigned long addr, bool atomic, bool *async,
/* we can do it either atomically or asynchronously, not both */
BUG_ON(atomic && async);
- if (hva_to_pfn_fast(addr, atomic, async, write_fault, writable, &pfn))
+ if (hva_to_pfn_fast(addr, write_fault, writable, &pfn))
return pfn;
if (atomic)
--
1.8.3.1
