Re: [v4][PATCH 2/2] KVM: Clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set

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Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> merge pv_eoi_get_pending and pv_eoi_clr_pending into a single
> function pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending, which returns and clear
> the value of the pending bit.
>
> and clear pv eoi pending bit only when it is set, to avoid calling
> pv_eoi_put_user(), this can speed about 300 nsec on AMD EPYC most
> of the time
>
> Suggested-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff v2: merge as pv_eoi_test_and_clear_pending
> diff v3: remove printk in a new patch
> diff v4: fix comments place
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c |   40 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 752c48e..b1de23e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -673,15 +673,6 @@ static inline bool pv_eoi_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	return vcpu->arch.pv_eoi.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED;
>  }
>  
> -static bool pv_eoi_get_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> -{
> -	u8 val;
> -	if (pv_eoi_get_user(vcpu, &val) < 0)
> -		return false;
> -
> -	return val & KVM_PV_EOI_ENABLED;
> -}
> -
>  static void pv_eoi_set_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	if (pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_ENABLED) < 0)
> @@ -690,12 +681,26 @@ static void pv_eoi_set_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	__set_bit(KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention);
>  }
>  
> -static void pv_eoi_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +static bool pv_eoi_test_and_clr_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> -	if (pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0)
> -		return;
> +	u8 val;
> +
> +	if (pv_eoi_get_user(vcpu, &val) < 0)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	val &= KVM_PV_EOI_ENABLED;
> +
> +	if (val && pv_eoi_put_user(vcpu, KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED) < 0)
> +		return false;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Clear pending bit in any case: it will be set again on vmentry.
> +	 * While this might not be ideal from performance point of view,
> +	 * this makes sure pv eoi is only enabled when we know it's safe.
> +	 */
>  	__clear_bit(KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention);
> +
> +	return val;
>  }
>  
>  static int apic_has_interrupt_for_ppr(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 ppr)
> @@ -2671,7 +2676,6 @@ void __kvm_migrate_apic_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  static void apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  					struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>  {
> -	bool pending;
>  	int vector;
>  	/*
>  	 * PV EOI state is derived from KVM_APIC_PV_EOI_PENDING in host
> @@ -2685,14 +2689,8 @@ static void apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	 * 	-> host enabled PV EOI, guest executed EOI.
>  	 */
>  	BUG_ON(!pv_eoi_enabled(vcpu));
> -	pending = pv_eoi_get_pending(vcpu);
> -	/*
> -	 * Clear pending bit in any case: it will be set again on vmentry.
> -	 * While this might not be ideal from performance point of view,
> -	 * this makes sure pv eoi is only enabled when we know it's safe.
> -	 */
> -	pv_eoi_clr_pending(vcpu);
> -	if (pending)
> +
> +	if (pv_eoi_test_and_clr_pending(vcpu))
>  		return;
>  	vector = apic_set_eoi(apic);
>  	trace_kvm_pv_eoi(apic, vector);

I see my R-b tag is missign, so

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Vitaly




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