On 04.08.21 17:40, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
Improve make_secure_pte to avoid stalls when the system is heavily
overcommitted. This was especially problematic in kvm_s390_pv_unpack,
because of the loop over all pages that needed unpacking.
Also fix kvm_s390_pv_init_vm to avoid stalls when the system is heavily
overcommitted.
I suggest splitting this change into a separate patch and adding a bit
more meat to the description why using the other variant is possible in
the called context. I was kind of surprise to find that change buried in
this patch.
Then, you can give both patches a more descriptive patch subject.
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 214d9bbcd3a672 ("s390/mm: provide memory management functions for protected KVM guests")
---
arch/s390/kernel/uv.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
arch/s390/kvm/pv.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
index aeb0a15bcbb7..68a8fbafcb9c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int make_secure_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
{
pte_t entry = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
struct page *page;
- int expected, rc = 0;
+ int expected, cc = 0;
if (!pte_present(entry))
return -ENXIO;
@@ -196,12 +196,25 @@ static int make_secure_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr,
if (!page_ref_freeze(page, expected))
return -EBUSY;
set_bit(PG_arch_1, &page->flags);
- rc = uv_call(0, (u64)uvcb);
+ /*
+ * If the UVC does not succeed or fail immediately, we don't want to
+ * loop for long, or we might get stall notifications.
+ * On the other hand, this is a complex scenario and we are holding a lot of
+ * locks, so we can't easily sleep and reschedule. We try only once,
+ * and if the UVC returned busy or partial completion, we return
+ * -EAGAIN and we let the callers deal with it.
+ */
+ cc = __uv_call(0, (u64)uvcb);
page_ref_unfreeze(page, expected);
- /* Return -ENXIO if the page was not mapped, -EINVAL otherwise */
- if (rc)
- rc = uvcb->rc == 0x10a ? -ENXIO : -EINVAL;
- return rc;
+ /*
+ * Return -ENXIO if the page was not mapped, -EINVAL for other errors.
+ * If busy or partially completed, return -EAGAIN.
+ */
+ if (cc == UVC_CC_OK)
+ return 0;
+ else if (cc == UVC_CC_BUSY || cc == UVC_CC_PARTIAL)
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ return uvcb->rc == 0x10a ? -ENXIO : -EINVAL;
}
That looks conceptually like the right thing to me.
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
