Re: [PATCH v3 20/23] KVM: Allow for different capacities in kvm_mmu_memory_cache structs

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:19 AM Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 10:56 AM David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Allow the capacity of the kvm_mmu_memory_cache struct to be chosen at
> > declaration time rather than being fixed for all declarations. This will
> > be used in a follow-up commit to declare an cache in x86 with a capacity
> > of 512+ objects without having to increase the capacity of all caches in
> > KVM.
> >
> > This change requires each cache now specify its capacity at runtime,
> > since the cache struct itself no longer has a fixed capacity known at
> > compile time. To protect against someone accidentally defining a
> > kvm_mmu_memory_cache struct directly (without the extra storage), this
> > commit includes a WARN_ON() in kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache().
> >
> > This change, unfortunately, adds some grottiness to
> > kvm_phys_addr_ioremap() in arm64, which uses a function-local (i.e.
> > stack-allocated) kvm_mmu_memory_cache struct. Since C does not allow
> > anonymous structs in functions, the new wrapper struct that contains
> > kvm_mmu_memory_cache and the objects pointer array, must be named, which
> > means dealing with an outer and inner struct. The outer struct can't be
> > dropped since then there would be no guarantee the kvm_mmu_memory_cache
> > struct and objects array would be laid out consecutively on the stack.
>
> What do you think about lazily allocating the array to hold the objs
> for the cache when we go to top up the cache?
> We already have to do error handling there and the allocation for the
> array to hold pointers for the cache objs will be small relative to
> filling up the cache.
> It seems like this introduces a lot of complexity to preserve the
> static / stack allocation of that array in an increasingly dynamic
> context.

That's a really interesting idea and would eliminate the need for the
outer struct. I'll play around with that in v4. Thanks!

>
> >
> > No functional change intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  2 +-
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c              |  1 +
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c              | 13 +++++++++----
> >  arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h  |  2 +-
> >  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c              |  2 ++
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  2 +-
> >  arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c              | 17 ++++++++++-------
> >  arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c             |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  8 ++++----
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c            |  9 +++++++++
> >  include/linux/kvm_types.h         | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c               | 10 +++++++++-
> >  12 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 0e96087885fe..4670491899de 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >         bool pause;
> >
> >         /* Cache some mmu pages needed inside spinlock regions */
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_page_cache;
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_page_cache);
> >
> >         /* Target CPU and feature flags */
> >         int target;
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> > index ba9165e84396..af4d8a490af5 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> > @@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >         vcpu->arch.target = -1;
> >         bitmap_zero(vcpu->arch.features, KVM_VCPU_MAX_FEATURES);
> >
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_page_cache.capacity = KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> >
> >         /* Set up the timer */
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > index 0d19259454d8..01e15bcb7be2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -764,7 +764,12 @@ int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
> >  {
> >         phys_addr_t addr;
> >         int ret = 0;
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache cache = { 0, __GFP_ZERO, NULL, };
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(cache) page_cache = {
> > +               .cache = {
> > +                       .gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO,
> > +                       .capacity = KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE,
> > +               },
> > +       };
> >         struct kvm_pgtable *pgt = kvm->arch.mmu.pgt;
> >         enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE |
> >                                      KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R |
> > @@ -777,14 +782,14 @@ int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
> >         guest_ipa &= PAGE_MASK;
> >
> >         for (addr = guest_ipa; addr < guest_ipa + size; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
> > -               ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&cache,
> > +               ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&page_cache.cache,
> >                                                  kvm_mmu_cache_min_pages(kvm));
> >                 if (ret)
> >                         break;
> >
> >                 write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> >                 ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(pgt, addr, PAGE_SIZE, pa, prot,
> > -                                            &cache);
> > +                                            &page_cache.cache);
> >                 write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> >                 if (ret)
> >                         break;
> > @@ -792,7 +797,7 @@ int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
> >                 pa += PAGE_SIZE;
> >         }
> >
> > -       kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(&cache);
> > +       kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(&page_cache.cache);
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 717716cc51c5..935511d7fc3a 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >         unsigned long pending_exceptions_clr;
> >
> >         /* Cache some mmu pages needed inside spinlock regions */
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_page_cache;
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_page_cache);
> >
> >         /* vcpu's vzguestid is different on each host cpu in an smp system */
> >         u32 vzguestid[NR_CPUS];
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > index a25e0b73ee70..45c7179144dc 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> > @@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >         if (err)
> >                 goto out_free_gebase;
> >
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_page_cache.capacity = KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> > +
> >         return 0;
> >
> >  out_free_gebase:
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 78da839657e5..4ec0b7a3d515 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >         struct kvm_sbi_context sbi_context;
> >
> >         /* Cache pages needed to program page tables with spinlock held */
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_page_cache;
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_page_cache);
> >
> >         /* VCPU power-off state */
> >         bool power_off;
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
> > index f80a34fbf102..5ffd164a5aeb 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -347,10 +347,12 @@ static int stage2_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
> >         int ret = 0;
> >         unsigned long pfn;
> >         phys_addr_t addr, end;
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache pcache;
> > -
> > -       memset(&pcache, 0, sizeof(pcache));
> > -       pcache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(cache) page_cache = {
> > +               .cache = {
> > +                       .gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO,
> > +                       .capacity = KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE,
> > +               },
> > +       };
> >
> >         end = (gpa + size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
> >         pfn = __phys_to_pfn(hpa);
> > @@ -361,12 +363,13 @@ static int stage2_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
> >                 if (!writable)
> >                         pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
> >
> > -               ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&pcache, stage2_pgd_levels);
> > +               ret = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&page_cache.cache,
> > +                                                stage2_pgd_levels);
> >                 if (ret)
> >                         goto out;
> >
> >                 spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> > -               ret = stage2_set_pte(kvm, 0, &pcache, addr, &pte);
> > +               ret = stage2_set_pte(kvm, 0, &page_cache.cache, addr, &pte);
> >                 spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> >                 if (ret)
> >                         goto out;
> > @@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ static int stage2_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
> >         }
> >
> >  out:
> > -       kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(&pcache);
> > +       kvm_mmu_free_memory_cache(&page_cache.cache);
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> > index 624166004e36..6a5f5aa45bac 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> > @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >
> >         /* Mark this VCPU never ran */
> >         vcpu->arch.ran_atleast_once = false;
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_page_cache.capacity = KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> >
> >         /* Setup ISA features available to VCPU */
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index be4349c9ffea..ffb2b99f3a60 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -694,10 +694,10 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >          */
> >         struct kvm_mmu *walk_mmu;
> >
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_pte_list_desc_cache;
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_shadow_page_cache;
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_shadowed_info_cache;
> > -       struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_page_header_cache;
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_pte_list_desc_cache);
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_shadow_page_cache);
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_shadowed_info_cache);
> > +       DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(mmu_page_header_cache);
> >
> >         /*
> >          * QEMU userspace and the guest each have their own FPU state.
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > index f058f28909ea..a8200b3f8782 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > @@ -5800,12 +5800,21 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> >         int ret;
> >
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_pte_list_desc_cache.capacity =
> > +               KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_pte_list_desc_cache.kmem_cache = pte_list_desc_cache;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_pte_list_desc_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> >
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.capacity =
> > +               KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.kmem_cache = mmu_page_header_cache;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> >
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_shadowed_info_cache.capacity =
> > +               KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> > +
> > +       vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.capacity =
> > +               KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE;
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> >
> >         vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > index ac1ebb37a0ff..579cf39986ec 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
> > @@ -83,14 +83,29 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
> >   * MMU flows is problematic, as is triggering reclaim, I/O, etc... while
> >   * holding MMU locks.  Note, these caches act more like prefetch buffers than
> >   * classical caches, i.e. objects are not returned to the cache on being freed.
> > + *
> > + * The storage for the cache object pointers is laid out after the struct, to
> > + * allow different declarations to choose different capacities. The capacity
> > + * field defines the number of object pointers available after the struct.
> >   */
> >  struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
> >         int nobjs;
> > +       int capacity;
> >         gfp_t gfp_zero;
> >         struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
> > -       void *objects[KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE];
> > +       void *objects[];
> >  };
> > -#endif
> > +
> > +#define __DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(_name, _capacity)                \
> > +       struct {                                                \
> > +               struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache _name;              \
> > +               void *_name##_objects[_capacity];               \
> > +       }
> > +
> > +#define DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(_name) \
> > +       __DEFINE_KVM_MMU_MEMORY_CACHE(_name, KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE)
> > +
> > +#endif /* KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE */
> >
> >  #define HALT_POLL_HIST_COUNT                   32
> >
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index 70e05af5ebea..c4cac4195f4a 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -373,9 +373,17 @@ int kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc, int min)
> >  {
> >         void *obj;
> >
> > +       /*
> > +        * The capacity fieldmust be initialized since the storage for the
> > +        * objects pointer array is laid out after the kvm_mmu_memory_cache
> > +        * struct and not known at compile time.
> > +        */
> > +       if (WARN_ON(mc->capacity == 0))
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +
> >         if (mc->nobjs >= min)
> >                 return 0;
> > -       while (mc->nobjs < ARRAY_SIZE(mc->objects)) {
> > +       while (mc->nobjs < mc->capacity) {
> >                 obj = mmu_memory_cache_alloc_obj(mc, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> >                 if (!obj)
> >                         return mc->nobjs >= min ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> > --
> > 2.35.1.1094.g7c7d902a7c-goog
> >



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