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Subject[PATCH v3 6/7] KVM: VMX: runtime knobs for dynamic PLE window
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ple_window is updated on every vmentry, so there is no reason to have it
read-only anymore.
ple_window* weren't writable to prevent runtime overflow races;
they are prevented by a seqlock.

Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 273cbd5..1318232 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -132,24 +132,29 @@ module_param(nested, bool, S_IRUGO);
#define KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_MAX \
INT_MAX / KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_GROW

+static struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ple_int;
+#define param_check_ple_int(name, p) __param_check(name, p, int)
+
+static DEFINE_SEQLOCK(ple_window_seqlock);
+
static int ple_gap = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_GAP;
module_param(ple_gap, int, S_IRUGO);

static int ple_window = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW;
-module_param(ple_window, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(ple_window, ple_int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);

/* Default doubles per-vcpu window every exit. */
static int ple_window_grow = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_GROW;
-module_param(ple_window_grow, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(ple_window_grow, ple_int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);

/* Default resets per-vcpu window every exit to ple_window. */
static int ple_window_shrink = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_SHRINK;
-module_param(ple_window_shrink, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(ple_window_shrink, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);

/* Default is to compute the maximum so we can never overflow. */
static int ple_window_actual_max = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_MAX;
static int ple_window_max = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_MAX;
-module_param(ple_window_max, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(ple_window_max, ple_int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);

extern const ulong vmx_return;

@@ -5729,8 +5734,12 @@ static void grow_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
int old = vmx->ple_window;
+ unsigned seq;

- vmx->ple_window = __grow_ple_window(old);
+ do {
+ seq = read_seqbegin(&ple_window_seqlock);
+ vmx->ple_window = __grow_ple_window(old);
+ } while (read_seqretry(&ple_window_seqlock, seq));

trace_kvm_ple_window_grow(vcpu->vcpu_id, vmx->ple_window, old);
}
@@ -5739,9 +5748,13 @@ static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
int old = vmx->ple_window;
+ unsigned seq;

- vmx->ple_window = __shrink_ple_window(old,
- ple_window_shrink, ple_window);
+ do {
+ seq = read_seqbegin(&ple_window_seqlock);
+ vmx->ple_window = __shrink_ple_window(old, ple_window_shrink,
+ ple_window);
+ } while (read_seqretry(&ple_window_seqlock, seq));

trace_kvm_ple_window_shrink(vcpu->vcpu_id, vmx->ple_window, old);
}
@@ -5761,6 +5774,23 @@ static void update_ple_window_actual_max(void)
ple_window_grow, INT_MIN);
}

+static int param_set_ple_int(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ write_seqlock(&ple_window_seqlock);
+ ret = param_set_int(arg, kp);
+ update_ple_window_actual_max();
+ write_sequnlock(&ple_window_seqlock);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_ple_int = {
+ .set = param_set_ple_int,
+ .get = param_get_int,
+};
+
/*
* Indicate a busy-waiting vcpu in spinlock. We do not enable the PAUSE
* exiting, so only get here on cpu with PAUSE-Loop-Exiting.
@@ -9164,8 +9194,6 @@ static int __init vmx_init(void)
} else
kvm_disable_tdp();

- update_ple_window_actual_max();
-
return 0;

out7:
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2.1.0
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