In certain use-cases, we want to allocate guests fixed time slices where idle
guest cycles leave the machine idling. There are many approaches to achieve
this but the most direct is to simply avoid trapping the HLT instruction which
lets the guest directly execute the instruction putting the processor to sleep.
Introduce this as a module-level option for kvm-vmx.ko since if you do this
for one guest, you probably want to do it for all. A similar option is possible
for AMD but I don't have easy access to AMD test hardware.
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3 -> v2
- Clear HLT activity state on exception injection to fix issue with async PF
v1 -> v2
- Rename parameter to yield_on_hlt
- Remove __read_mostly
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index 42d9590..9642c22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ enum vmcs_field {
#define GUEST_INTR_STATE_SMI 0x00000004
#define GUEST_INTR_STATE_NMI 0x00000008
+/* GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE flags */
+#define GUEST_ACTIVITY_ACTIVE 0
+#define GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT 1
+#define GUEST_ACTIVITY_SHUTDOWN 2
+#define GUEST_ACTIVITY_WAIT_SIPI 3
+
/*
* Exit Qualifications for MOV for Control Register Access
*/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index caa967e..e8e64cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ module_param(emulate_invalid_guest_state, bool, S_IRUGO);
static int __read_mostly vmm_exclusive = 1;
module_param(vmm_exclusive, bool, S_IRUGO);
+static int yield_on_hlt = 1;
+module_param(yield_on_hlt, bool, S_IRUGO);
+
#define KVM_GUEST_CR0_MASK_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST \
(X86_CR0_WP | X86_CR0_NE | X86_CR0_NW | X86_CR0_CD)
#define KVM_GUEST_CR0_MASK \
@@ -1016,6 +1019,10 @@ static void vmx_queue_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned nr,
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
u32 intr_info = nr | INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK;
+ /* Cannot inject an exception in guest activity state is HLT */
+ if (vmcs_read32(GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE) == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT)
+ vmcs_write32(GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE, GUEST_ACTIVITY_ACTIVE);
+
if (has_error_code) {
vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_EXCEPTION_ERROR_CODE, error_code);
intr_info |= INTR_INFO_DELIVER_CODE_MASK;
@@ -1419,7 +1426,7 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
&_pin_based_exec_control) < 0)
return -EIO;
- min = CPU_BASED_HLT_EXITING |
+ min =
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
CPU_BASED_CR8_LOAD_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_CR8_STORE_EXITING |
@@ -1432,6 +1439,10 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
CPU_BASED_MWAIT_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_MONITOR_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_INVLPG_EXITING;
+
+ if (yield_on_hlt)
+ min |= CPU_BASED_HLT_EXITING;
+
opt = CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |
CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS |
CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS;
--
1.7.0.4
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