Re: [PATCH] kvm: mmu: Use fast PF path for access tracking of huge pages when possible

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On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 8:30 PM Junaid Shahid <junaids@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The fast page fault path bails out on write faults to huge pages in
> order to accommodate dirty logging. This change adds a check to do that
> only when dirty logging is actually enabled, so that access tracking for
> huge pages can still use the fast path for write faults in the common
> case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index 354d2ca92df4..5df9181c5082 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -3191,8 +3191,9 @@ static int fast_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
>                         new_spte |= PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
>
>                         /*
> -                        * Do not fix write-permission on the large spte.  Since
> -                        * we only dirty the first page into the dirty-bitmap in
> +                        * Do not fix write-permission on the large spte when
> +                        * dirty logging is enabled. Since we only dirty the
> +                        * first page into the dirty-bitmap in
>                          * fast_pf_fix_direct_spte(), other pages are missed
>                          * if its slot has dirty logging enabled.
>                          *
> @@ -3201,7 +3202,8 @@ static int fast_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
>                          *
>                          * See the comments in kvm_arch_commit_memory_region().
>                          */
> -                       if (sp->role.level > PG_LEVEL_4K)
> +                       if (sp->role.level > PG_LEVEL_4K &&
> +                           kvm_slot_dirty_track_enabled(fault->slot))
>                                 break;
>                 }
>
> --
> 2.33.1.1089.g2158813163f-goog
>



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