On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 01:21, Sean Christopherson
<sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:11:53PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Expose the per-vCPU advancement information to the user via per-vCPU debugfs
> > entry. wait_lapic_expire() call was moved above guest_enter_irqoff() because
> > of its tracepoint, which violated the RCU extended quiescent state invoked
> > by guest_enter_irqoff()[1][2]. This patch simply removes the tracepoint,
> > which would allow moving wait_lapic_expire(). Sean pointed out:
> >
> > | Now that the advancement time is tracked per-vCPU, realizing a change
> > | in the advancement time requires creating a new VM. For all intents
> > | and purposes this makes it impractical to hand tune the advancement
> > | in real time using the tracepoint as the feedback mechanism.
> >
> > [1] Commit 8b89fe1f6c43 ("kvm: x86: move tracepoints outside extended quiescent state")
> > [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7821111/
> >
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kvm/trace.h | 20 --------------------
> > 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c
> > index c19c7ed..8cf542e 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c
> > @@ -9,12 +9,22 @@
> > */
> > #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> > #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> > +#include "lapic.h"
> >
> > bool kvm_arch_has_vcpu_debugfs(void)
> > {
> > return true;
> > }
> >
> > +static int vcpu_get_timer_expire_delta(void *data, u64 *val)
> > +{
> > + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = (struct kvm_vcpu *) data;
> > + *val = vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.advance_expire_delta;
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(vcpu_timer_expire_delta_fops, vcpu_get_timer_expire_delta, NULL, "%lld\n");
> > +
> > static int vcpu_get_tsc_offset(void *data, u64 *val)
> > {
> > struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = (struct kvm_vcpu *) data;
> > @@ -51,6 +61,12 @@ int kvm_arch_create_vcpu_debugfs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > if (!ret)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + ret = debugfs_create_file("advance_expire_delta", 0444,
> > + vcpu->debugfs_dentry,
> > + vcpu, &vcpu_timer_expire_delta_fops);
>
> I was thinking we would expose 'kvm_timer.timer_advance_ns', not the
> delta, the idea being that being able to query the auto-adjusted value
> is now the desired behavior. But rethinking things, that enhancement is
> orthogonal to removing the tracepoint.
>
> Back to the tracepoint, an alternative solution would be to add
> kvm_timer.advance_expire_delta as you did, but rather than add a new
> debugfs entry, simply move the tracepoint below guest_exit_irqoff()
> in vcpu_enter_guest(). I.e. snapshot the delta before VM-Enter, but
> trace it after VM-Exit.
>
> If we want to continue supporting hand tuning the advancement, then a
> tracepoint is much easier for userspace to consume, e.g. it allows the
> user to monitor the history of the delta while adjusting the advancement
> time. Manually approximating that behavior by sampling the value from
> debugfs would be quite cumbersome.
Good point, handle it in v3.
Regards,
Wanpeng Li
>
> > + if (!ret)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > if (kvm_has_tsc_control) {
> > ret = debugfs_create_file("tsc-scaling-ratio", 0444,
> > vcpu->debugfs_dentry,
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > index 2f364fe..af38ece 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > @@ -1502,27 +1502,27 @@ static inline void __wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 guest_cycles)
> > }
> >
> > static inline void adaptive_tune_timer_advancement(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> > - u64 guest_tsc, u64 tsc_deadline)
> > + s64 advance_expire_delta)
> > {
> > struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
> > u32 timer_advance_ns = apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns;
> > u64 ns;
> >
> > /* too early */
> > - if (guest_tsc < tsc_deadline) {
> > - ns = (tsc_deadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL;
> > + if (advance_expire_delta < 0) {
> > + ns = -advance_expire_delta * 1000000ULL;
> > do_div(ns, vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz);
> > timer_advance_ns -= min((u32)ns,
> > timer_advance_ns / LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_STEP);
> > } else {
> > /* too late */
> > - ns = (guest_tsc - tsc_deadline) * 1000000ULL;
> > + ns = advance_expire_delta * 1000000ULL;
> > do_div(ns, vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz);
> > timer_advance_ns += min((u32)ns,
> > timer_advance_ns / LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_STEP);
> > }
> >
> > - if (abs(guest_tsc - tsc_deadline) < LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_DONE)
> > + if (abs(advance_expire_delta) < LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_DONE)
> > apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_adjust_done = true;
> > if (unlikely(timer_advance_ns > 5000)) {
> > timer_advance_ns = 0;
> > @@ -1545,13 +1545,13 @@ void wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > tsc_deadline = apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline;
> > apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline = 0;
> > guest_tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
> > - trace_kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu->vcpu_id, guest_tsc - tsc_deadline);
> > + apic->lapic_timer.advance_expire_delta = guest_tsc - tsc_deadline;
> >
> > - if (guest_tsc < tsc_deadline)
> > + if (apic->lapic_timer.advance_expire_delta < 0)
> > __wait_lapic_expire(vcpu, tsc_deadline - guest_tsc);
> >
> > if (unlikely(!apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_adjust_done))
> > - adaptive_tune_timer_advancement(vcpu, guest_tsc, tsc_deadline);
> > + adaptive_tune_timer_advancement(vcpu, apic->lapic_timer.advance_expire_delta);
> > }
> >
> > static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> > index d6d049b..3e72a25 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct kvm_timer {
> > u64 tscdeadline;
> > u64 expired_tscdeadline;
> > u32 timer_advance_ns;
> > + s64 advance_expire_delta;
> > atomic_t pending; /* accumulated triggered timers */
> > bool hv_timer_in_use;
> > bool timer_advance_adjust_done;
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> > index 4d47a26..3f9bc62 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> > @@ -953,26 +953,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_pvclock_update,
> > __entry->flags)
> > );
> >
> > -TRACE_EVENT(kvm_wait_lapic_expire,
> > - TP_PROTO(unsigned int vcpu_id, s64 delta),
> > - TP_ARGS(vcpu_id, delta),
> > -
> > - TP_STRUCT__entry(
> > - __field( unsigned int, vcpu_id )
> > - __field( s64, delta )
> > - ),
> > -
> > - TP_fast_assign(
> > - __entry->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
> > - __entry->delta = delta;
> > - ),
> > -
> > - TP_printk("vcpu %u: delta %lld (%s)",
> > - __entry->vcpu_id,
> > - __entry->delta,
> > - __entry->delta < 0 ? "early" : "late")
> > -);
> > -
> > TRACE_EVENT(kvm_enter_smm,
> > TP_PROTO(unsigned int vcpu_id, u64 smbase, bool entering),
> > TP_ARGS(vcpu_id, smbase, entering),
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
