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Subject[PATCH 4/4] kvm: reduce stack usage in kvm_pv_mmu_op()
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This time, we're in a hot path.  We can't use kmalloc() because
it might impact performance. So, we just stick the buffer that
we need into the kvm_vcpu_arch structure. This is used very
often, so it is not really a waste.

We also have to move the buffer structure's definition to the
arch-specific x86 kvm header.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 23 ++++++++---------------
include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 0bfe2bd..c2ce32c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -135,13 +135,6 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
#define ACC_USER_MASK PT_USER_MASK
#define ACC_ALL (ACC_EXEC_MASK | ACC_WRITE_MASK | ACC_USER_MASK)

-struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer {
- void *ptr;
- unsigned len;
- unsigned processed;
- char buf[512] __aligned(sizeof(long));
-};
-
struct kvm_rmap_desc {
u64 *shadow_ptes[RMAP_EXT];
struct kvm_rmap_desc *more;
@@ -2287,18 +2280,18 @@ int kvm_pv_mmu_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long bytes,
gpa_t addr, unsigned long *ret)
{
int r;
- struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer buffer;
+ struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer *buffer = &vcpu->arch.mmu_op_buffer;

- buffer.ptr = buffer.buf;
- buffer.len = min_t(unsigned long, bytes, sizeof buffer.buf);
- buffer.processed = 0;
+ buffer->ptr = buffer->buf;
+ buffer->len = min_t(unsigned long, bytes, sizeof buffer->buf);
+ buffer->processed = 0;

- r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, addr, buffer.buf, buffer.len);
+ r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, addr, buffer->buf, buffer->len);
if (r)
goto out;

- while (buffer.len) {
- r = kvm_pv_mmu_op_one(vcpu, &buffer);
+ while (buffer->len) {
+ r = kvm_pv_mmu_op_one(vcpu, buffer);
if (r < 0)
goto out;
if (r == 0)
@@ -2307,7 +2300,7 @@ int kvm_pv_mmu_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long bytes,

r = 1;
out:
- *ret = buffer.processed;
+ *ret = buffer->processed;
return r;
}

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h b/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h
index 0f3c531..ab0b351 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h
@@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ struct kvm_mmu_page {
};
};

+struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer {
+ void *ptr;
+ unsigned len;
+ unsigned processed;
+ char buf[512] __aligned(sizeof(long));
+};
+
/*
* x86 supports 3 paging modes (4-level 64-bit, 3-level 64-bit, and 2-level
* 32-bit). The kvm_mmu structure abstracts the details of the current mmu
@@ -237,6 +244,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
bool tpr_access_reporting;

struct kvm_mmu mmu;
+ /* only needed in kvm_pv_mmu_op() path, but it's hot so
+ * put it here to avoid allocation */
+ struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer mmu_op_buffer;

struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_pte_chain_cache;
struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_rmap_desc_cache;
--
1.5.4.3


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