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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mmu_notifier, kvm: Introduce dirty bit tracking in spte and mmu notifier to help KSM dirty bit tracking
* Nai Xia (nai.xia@gmail.com) wrote:
> Introduced kvm_mmu_notifier_test_and_clear_dirty(), kvm_mmu_notifier_dirty_update()
> and their mmu_notifier interfaces to support KSM dirty bit tracking, which brings
> significant performance gain in volatile pages scanning in KSM.
> Currently, kvm_mmu_notifier_dirty_update() returns 0 if and only if intel EPT is
> enabled to indicate that the dirty bits of underlying sptes are not updated by
> hardware.

Did you test with each of EPT, NPT and shadow?

> Signed-off-by: Nai Xia <nai.xia@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Izik Eidus <izik.eidus@ravellosystems.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 3 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 1 +
> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/mmu_notifier.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 8 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index d2ac8e2..f0d7aa0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ extern bool kvm_rebooting;
> int kvm_unmap_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva);
> int kvm_age_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva);
> int kvm_test_age_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva);
> +int kvm_test_and_clear_dirty_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva);
> void kvm_set_spte_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva, pte_t pte);
> int cpuid_maxphyaddr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> int kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> index aee3862..a5a0c51 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -979,6 +979,37 @@ out:
> return young;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Caller is supposed to SetPageDirty(), it's not done inside this.
> + */
> +static
> +int kvm_test_and_clear_dirty_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long *rmapp,
> + unsigned long data)
> +{
> + u64 *spte;
> + int dirty = 0;
> +
> + if (!shadow_dirty_mask) {
> + WARN(1, "KVM: do NOT try to test dirty bit in EPT\n");
> + goto out;
> + }

This should never fire with the dirty_update() notifier test, right?
And that means that this whole optimization is for the shadow mmu case,
arguably the legacy case.

> +
> + spte = rmap_next(kvm, rmapp, NULL);
> + while (spte) {
> + int _dirty;
> + u64 _spte = *spte;
> + BUG_ON(!(_spte & PT_PRESENT_MASK));
> + _dirty = _spte & PT_DIRTY_MASK;
> + if (_dirty) {
> + dirty = 1;
> + clear_bit(PT_DIRTY_SHIFT, (unsigned long *)spte);

Is this sufficient (not losing dirty state ever)?

> + }
> + spte = rmap_next(kvm, rmapp, spte);
> + }
> +out:
> + return dirty;
> +}
> +
> #define RMAP_RECYCLE_THRESHOLD 1000
>
> static void rmap_recycle(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *spte, gfn_t gfn)
> @@ -1004,6 +1035,11 @@ int kvm_test_age_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva)
> return kvm_handle_hva(kvm, hva, 0, kvm_test_age_rmapp);
>
>
> +int kvm_test_and_clear_dirty_hva(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long hva)
> +{
> + return kvm_handle_hva(kvm, hva, 0, kvm_test_and_clear_dirty_rmapp);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef MMU_DEBUG
> static int is_empty_shadow_page(u64 *spt)
> {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> index 7086ca8..b8d01c3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
> #define PT_PCD_MASK (1ULL << 4)
> #define PT_ACCESSED_SHIFT 5
> #define PT_ACCESSED_MASK (1ULL << PT_ACCESSED_SHIFT)
> -#define PT_DIRTY_MASK (1ULL << 6)
> +#define PT_DIRTY_SHIFT 6
> +#define PT_DIRTY_MASK (1ULL << PT_DIRTY_SHIFT)
> #define PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK (1ULL << 7)
> #define PT_PAT_MASK (1ULL << 7)
> #define PT_GLOBAL_MASK (1ULL << 8)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index d48ec60..b407a69 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -4674,6 +4674,7 @@ static int __init vmx_init(void)
> kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(0ull, 0ull, 0ull, 0ull,
> VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK);
> kvm_enable_tdp();
> + kvm_dirty_update = 0;

Doesn't the above shadow_dirty_mask==0ull tell us this same info?

> } else
> kvm_disable_tdp();
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index 31ebb59..2036bae 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
> struct kvm;
> struct kvm_vcpu;
> extern struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
> -
> +extern int kvm_dirty_update;
> /*
> * It would be nice to use something smarter than a linear search, TBD...
> * Thankfully we dont expect many devices to register (famous last words :),
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> index 1d1b1e1..bd6ba2d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ struct mmu_notifier_mm {
> };
>
> struct mmu_notifier_ops {

Need to add a comment to describe it. And why is it not next to
test_and_clear_dirty()? I see how it's used, but seems as if the
test_and_clear_dirty() code could return -1 (as in dirty state unknown)
for the case where it can't track dirty bit and fall back to checksum.

> + int (*dirty_update)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> + struct mm_struct *mm);
> +
> /*
> * Called either by mmu_notifier_unregister or when the mm is
> * being destroyed by exit_mmap, always before all pages are
> @@ -72,6 +75,16 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops {
> unsigned long address);
>
> /*
> + * clear_flush_dirty is called after the VM is
> + * test-and-clearing the dirty/modified bitflag in the
> + * pte. This way the VM will provide proper volatile page
> + * testing to ksm.
> + */
> + int (*test_and_clear_dirty)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> + struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long address);
> +
> + /*
> * change_pte is called in cases that pte mapping to page is changed:
> * for example, when ksm remaps pte to point to a new shared page.
> */
> @@ -170,11 +183,14 @@ extern int __mmu_notifier_register(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> extern void mmu_notifier_unregister(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> struct mm_struct *mm);
> extern void __mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm);
> +extern int __mmu_notifier_dirty_update(struct mm_struct *mm);
> extern void __mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm);
> extern int __mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long address);
> extern int __mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long address);
> +extern int __mmu_notifier_test_and_clear_dirty(struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long address);
> extern void __mmu_notifier_change_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long address, pte_t pte);
> extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
> @@ -184,6 +200,19 @@ extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
> extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
>
> +/*
> + * For ksm to make use of dirty bit, it wants to make sure that the dirty bits
> + * in sptes really carry the dirty information. Currently only intel EPT is
> + * not for ksm dirty bit tracking.
> + */
> +static inline int mmu_notifier_dirty_update(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> + if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
> + return __mmu_notifier_dirty_update(mm);
> +

No need for extra newline.

> + return 1;
> +}
> +

> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 96ebc06..22967c8 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static atomic_t hardware_enable_failed;
> struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_cache);
>
> +int kvm_dirty_update = 1;
> +
> static __read_mostly struct preempt_ops kvm_preempt_ops;
>
> struct dentry *kvm_debugfs_dir;
> @@ -398,6 +400,23 @@ static int kvm_mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> return young;
> }
>
> +/* Caller should SetPageDirty(), no need to flush tlb */
> +static int kvm_mmu_notifier_test_and_clear_dirty(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> + struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long address)
> +{
> + struct kvm *kvm = mmu_notifier_to_kvm(mn);
> + int dirty, idx;

Perhaps something like:

if (!shadow_dirty_mask)
return -1;

And adjust caller logic accordingly?

> + idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
> + spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> + dirty = kvm_test_and_clear_dirty_hva(kvm, address);
> + spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> + srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
> +
> + return dirty;
> +}


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