Re: [PATCH 3/9] KVM: arm64: Add kvm_pgtable_stage2_split()

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Hi Zheng,

On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 1:21 AM Zheng Chuan <zhengchuan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Ricardo
>
> On 2023/1/13 11:49, Ricardo Koller wrote:
> > Add a new stage2 function, kvm_pgtable_stage2_split(), for splitting a
> > range of huge pages. This will be used for eager-splitting huge pages
> > into PAGE_SIZE pages. The goal is to avoid having to split huge pages
> > on write-protection faults, and instead use this function to do it
> > ahead of time for large ranges (e.g., all guest memory in 1G chunks at
> > a time).
> >
> > No functional change intended. This new function will be used in a
> > subsequent commit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 29 ++++++++++++
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c         | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > index 8ad78d61af7f..5fbdc1f259fd 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > @@ -644,6 +644,35 @@ bool kvm_pgtable_stage2_is_young(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr);
> >   */
> >  int kvm_pgtable_stage2_flush(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * kvm_pgtable_stage2_split() - Split a range of huge pages into leaf PTEs pointing
> > + *                           to PAGE_SIZE guest pages.
> > + * @pgt:     Page-table structure initialised by kvm_pgtable_stage2_init*().
> > + * @addr:    Intermediate physical address from which to split.
> > + * @size:    Size of the range.
> > + * @mc:              Cache of pre-allocated and zeroed memory from which to allocate
> > + *           page-table pages.
> > + *
> > + * @addr and the end (@addr + @size) are effectively aligned down and up to
> > + * the top level huge-page block size. This is an exampe using 1GB
> > + * huge-pages and 4KB granules.
> > + *
> > + *                          [---input range---]
> > + *                          :                 :
> > + * [--1G block pte--][--1G block pte--][--1G block pte--][--1G block pte--]
> > + *                          :                 :
> > + *                   [--2MB--][--2MB--][--2MB--][--2MB--]
> > + *                          :                 :
> > + *                   [ ][ ][:][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][:][ ][ ][ ]
> > + *                          :                 :
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure. Note that
> > + * kvm_pgtable_stage2_split() is best effort: it tries to break as many
> > + * blocks in the input range as allowed by the size of the memcache. It
> > + * will fail it wasn't able to break any block.
> > + */
> > +int kvm_pgtable_stage2_split(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size, void *mc);
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * kvm_pgtable_walk() - Walk a page-table.
> >   * @pgt:     Page-table structure initialised by kvm_pgtable_*_init().
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > index 0dee13007776..db9d1a28769b 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > @@ -1229,6 +1229,73 @@ int kvm_pgtable_stage2_create_removed(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt,
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +struct stage2_split_data {
> > +     struct kvm_s2_mmu               *mmu;
> > +     void                            *memcache;
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int stage2_split_walker(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx,
> > +                            enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags visit)
> > +{
> > +     struct stage2_split_data *data = ctx->arg;
> > +     struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops = ctx->mm_ops;
> > +     kvm_pte_t pte = ctx->old, new, *childp;
> > +     enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot;
> > +     void *mc = data->memcache;
> > +     u32 level = ctx->level;
> > +     u64 phys;
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     /* Nothing to split at the last level */
> > +     if (level == KVM_PGTABLE_MAX_LEVELS - 1)
> > +             return 0;
> > +
> > +     /* We only split valid block mappings */
> > +     if (!kvm_pte_valid(pte) || kvm_pte_table(pte, ctx->level))
> > +             return 0;
> > +
> IIUC, It should be !kvm_pte_table(pte, ctx->level)?

It's the other way around; if the current PTE is a table then there's
nothing to split
(it's already a table), and we leave early.

> also, the kvm_pte_table includes the level check and kvm_pte_valid, so, it just be like:
> -       /* Nothing to split at the last level */
> -       if (level == KVM_PGTABLE_MAX_LEVELS - 1)
> -               return 0;
> -
> -       /* We only split valid block mappings */
> +       if (!kvm_pte_table(pte, ctx->level))
> +               return 0;

Still need the kvm_pte_valid() check because !kvm_pte_table() does not imply
that the pte is valid. Same with the level check.

Thanks for taking a look at the patch,
Ricardo

>
> > +     phys = kvm_pte_to_phys(pte);
> > +     prot = kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot(pte);
> > +
> > +     ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_create_removed(data->mmu->pgt, &new, phys,
> > +                                             level, prot, mc);
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             return ret;
> > +
> > +     if (!stage2_try_break_pte(ctx, data->mmu)) {
> > +             childp = kvm_pte_follow(new, mm_ops);
> > +             kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(mm_ops, childp, level);
> > +             mm_ops->put_page(childp);
> > +             return -EAGAIN;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * Note, the contents of the page table are guaranteed to be
> > +      * made visible before the new PTE is assigned because
> > +      * stage2_make_pte() writes the PTE using smp_store_release().
> > +      */
> > +     stage2_make_pte(ctx, new);
> > +     dsb(ishst);
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +int kvm_pgtable_stage2_split(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt,
> > +                          u64 addr, u64 size, void *mc)
> > +{
> > +     struct stage2_split_data split_data = {
> > +             .mmu            = pgt->mmu,
> > +             .memcache       = mc,
> > +     };
> > +
> > +     struct kvm_pgtable_walker walker = {
> > +             .cb     = stage2_split_walker,
> > +             .flags  = KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF,
> > +             .arg    = &split_data,
> > +     };
> > +
> > +     return kvm_pgtable_walk(pgt, addr, size, &walker);
> > +}
> > +
> >  int __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
> >                             struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops,
> >                             enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags,
> >
>
> --
> Regards.
> Chuan
>



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