Hi Paolo,
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 6:57 AM Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 7:53 AM Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache() always uses GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT for
> > memory allocation which prevents it's use in atomic context. To address
> > this limitation of kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(), we add gfp_custom flag
> > in struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache. When the gfp_custom flag is set to some
> > GFP_xyz flags, the kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache() will use that instead of
> > GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/kvm_types.h | 1 +
> > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 +++-
> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > index ac1ebb37a0ff..1dcfba68076a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
> > struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
> > int nobjs;
> > gfp_t gfp_zero;
> > + gfp_t gfp_custom;
> > struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
> > void *objects[KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE];
> > };
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index a49df8988cd6..e3a6f7647474 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -386,7 +386,9 @@ int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min)
> > if (mc->nobjs >= min)
> > return 0;
> > while (mc->nobjs < ARRAY_SIZE(mc->objects)) {
> > - obj = mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(mc, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> > + obj = mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(mc, (mc->gfp_custom) ?
> > + mc->gfp_custom :
> > + GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> > if (!obj)
> > return mc->nobjs >= min ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> > mc->objects[mc->nobjs++] = obj;
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
> Acked-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I have queued this patch for 5.20.
Please let me know if you are not okay or need changes in this patch.
Thanks,
Anup
