Re: [PATCH 11/15] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Lazily allocate LPI translation cache

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On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:49:05 +0000,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Reusing translation cache entries within a read-side critical section is
> fundamentally incompatible with an rculist. As such, we need to allocate
> a new entry to replace an eviction and free the removed entry
> afterwards.
> 
> Take this as an opportunity to remove the eager allocation of
> translation cache entries altogether in favor of a lazy allocation model
> on cache miss.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c |  3 --
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c  | 86 ++++++++++++++-------------------
>  include/kvm/arm_vgic.h          |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> index e25672d6e846..660d5ce3b610 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
> @@ -305,9 +305,6 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (vgic_has_its(kvm))
> -		vgic_lpi_translation_cache_init(kvm);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * If we have GICv4.1 enabled, unconditionnaly request enable the
>  	 * v4 support so that we get HW-accelerated vSGIs. Otherwise, only
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> index 8c026a530018..aec82d9a1b3c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
> @@ -608,12 +608,20 @@ static struct vgic_irq *vgic_its_check_cache(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t db,
>  	return irq;
>  }
>  
> +/* Default is 16 cached LPIs per vcpu */
> +#define LPI_DEFAULT_PCPU_CACHE_SIZE	16
> +
> +static unsigned int vgic_its_max_cache_size(struct kvm *kvm)
> +{
> +	return atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) * LPI_DEFAULT_PCPU_CACHE_SIZE;
> +}
> +
>  static void vgic_its_cache_translation(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>  				       u32 devid, u32 eventid,
>  				       struct vgic_irq *irq)
>  {
> +	struct vgic_translation_cache_entry *new, *victim;
>  	struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
> -	struct vgic_translation_cache_entry *cte;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	phys_addr_t db;
>  
> @@ -621,10 +629,11 @@ static void vgic_its_cache_translation(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>  	if (irq->hw)
>  		return;
>  
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dist->lpi_list_lock, flags);
> +	new = victim = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> +	if (!new)
> +		return;
>  
> -	if (unlikely(list_empty(&dist->lpi_translation_cache)))
> -		goto out;
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dist->lpi_list_lock, flags);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We could have raced with another CPU caching the same
> @@ -635,17 +644,15 @@ static void vgic_its_cache_translation(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>  	if (__vgic_its_check_cache(dist, db, devid, eventid))
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	/* Always reuse the last entry (LRU policy) */
> -	cte = list_last_entry(&dist->lpi_translation_cache,
> -			      typeof(*cte), entry);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Caching the translation implies having an extra reference
> -	 * to the interrupt, so drop the potential reference on what
> -	 * was in the cache, and increment it on the new interrupt.
> -	 */
> -	if (cte->irq)
> -		vgic_put_irq(kvm, cte->irq);
> +	if (dist->lpi_cache_count >= vgic_its_max_cache_size(kvm)) {
> +		/* Always reuse the last entry (LRU policy) */
> +		victim = list_last_entry(&dist->lpi_translation_cache,
> +				      typeof(*cte), entry);
> +		list_del(&victim->entry);
> +		dist->lpi_cache_count--;
> +	} else {
> +		victim = NULL;
> +	}
>
>  	/*
>  	 * The irq refcount is guaranteed to be nonzero while holding the
> @@ -654,16 +661,26 @@ static void vgic_its_cache_translation(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&its->its_lock);
>  	vgic_get_irq_kref(irq);
>  
> -	cte->db		= db;
> -	cte->devid	= devid;
> -	cte->eventid	= eventid;
> -	cte->irq	= irq;
> +	new->db		= db;
> +	new->devid	= devid;
> +	new->eventid	= eventid;
> +	new->irq	= irq;
>  
>  	/* Move the new translation to the head of the list */
> -	list_move(&cte->entry, &dist->lpi_translation_cache);
> +	list_add(&new->entry, &dist->lpi_translation_cache);
>  
>  out:
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_list_lock, flags);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Caching the translation implies having an extra reference
> +	 * to the interrupt, so drop the potential reference on what
> +	 * was in the cache, and increment it on the new interrupt.
> +	 */
> +	if (victim && victim->irq)
> +		vgic_put_irq(kvm, victim->irq);

The games you play with 'victim' are a bit odd. I'd rather have it
initialised to NULL, and be trusted to have a valid irq if non-NULL.

Is there something special I'm missing?

Thanks,

	M.

-- 
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.




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