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Subject[RFC][PATCH 5/12] x86: introduce __set_bit() like function for bitmaps in user space
During the work of KVM's dirty page logging optimization, we encountered
the need of manipulating bitmaps in user space efficiantly. To achive this,
we introduce a uaccess function for setting a bit in user space following
Avi's suggestion.

KVM is now using dirty bitmaps for live-migration and VGA. Although we need
to update them from kernel side, copying them every time for updating the
dirty log is a big bottleneck. Especially, we tested that zero-copy bitmap
manipulation improves responses of GUI manipulations a lot.

We also found one similar need in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in which the author
implemented set_bit_to_user() locally using inefficient functions: see TODO
at the top of that.

Probably, this kind of need would be common for virtualization area.

So we introduce a macro set_bit_user_non_atomic() following the implementation
style of x86's uaccess functions.

Note: there is a one restriction to this macro: bitmaps must be 64-bit
aligned (see the comment in this patch).

Signed-off-by: Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa.takuya@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
CC: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index abd3e0e..3138e65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -98,6 +98,45 @@ struct exception_table_entry {

extern int fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);

+/**
+ * set_bit_user_non_atomic: - set a bit of a bitmap in user space.
+ * @nr: Bit offset.
+ * @addr: Base address of a bitmap in user space.
+ *
+ * Context: User context only. This function may sleep.
+ *
+ * This macro set a bit of a bitmap in user space.
+ *
+ * Restriction: the bitmap pointed to by @addr must be 64-bit aligned:
+ * the kernel accesses the bitmap by its own word length, so bitmaps
+ * allocated by 32-bit processes may cause fault.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error.
+ */
+#define __set_bit_user_non_atomic_asm(nr, addr, err, errret) \
+ asm volatile("1: bts %1,%2\n" \
+ "2:\n" \
+ ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
+ "3: mov %3,%0\n" \
+ " jmp 2b\n" \
+ ".previous\n" \
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b) \
+ : "=r"(err) \
+ : "r" (nr), "m" (__m(addr)), "i" (errret), "0" (err))
+
+#define set_bit_user_non_atomic(nr, addr) \
+({ \
+ int __ret_sbu; \
+ \
+ might_fault(); \
+ if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, addr, nr/8 + 1)) \
+ __set_bit_user_non_atomic_asm(nr, addr, __ret_sbu, -EFAULT);\
+ else \
+ __ret_sbu = -EFAULT; \
+ \
+ __ret_sbu; \
+})
+
/*
* These are the main single-value transfer routines. They automatically
* use the right size if we just have the right pointer type.
--
1.7.0.4


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