Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: LAPIC: Delay trace advance expire delta

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On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 03:44, Sean Christopherson
<sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:06:19AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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 moves the tracepoint
> > below guest_exit_irqoff() in vcpu_enter_guest(). Snapshot the delta before
> > VM-Enter, but trace it after VM-Exit. This can help us to move
> > wait_lapic_expire() just before vmentry in the later patch.
> >
> > [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/lapic.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   |  2 ++
> >  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > 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)
>
> I'd prefer to keep "guest_tsc < tsc_deadline" here, just so that it's
> obvious that the call to __wait_lapic_expire() is safe.  My eyes did a
> few double takes reading this code :-)

Ok.

>
> >               __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/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index f2e3847..4a7b00c 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -7961,6 +7961,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >       ++vcpu->stat.exits;
> >
> >       guest_exit_irqoff();
> > +     trace_kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu->vcpu_id,
> > +             vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.advance_expire_delta);
>
> This needs to be guarded with lapic_in_kernel(vcpu).  But, since this is
> all in the same flow, a better approach would be to return the delta from
> wait_lapic_expire().  That saves 8 bytes in struct kvm_timer and avoids
> additional checks for tracing the delta.

As you know, the function wait_lapic_expire() will be moved to vmx.c
and svm.c, so this is not suitable any more.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> E.g.:
>
>         s64 lapic_expire_delta;
>
>         ...
>
>         if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
>             vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
>                 lapic_expire_delta = wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
>         else
>                 lapic_expire_delta = 0;
>
>         ...
>
>         trace_kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu->vcpu_id, lapic_expire_delta);
> >
> >       local_irq_enable();
> >       preempt_enable();
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >




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