[PATCH] riscv: kvm: refine __kvm_riscv_switch_to and __kvm_riscv_switch_from function

Vincent Chen vincent.chen at sifive.com
Tue Feb 22 16:37:04 PST 2022


On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 2:43 PM Anup Patel <anup at brainfault.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 4:13 PM Vincent Chen <vincent.chen at sifive.com> wrote:
> >
>
> I think the patch subject should be:
> RISC-V: KVM: Refine __kvm_riscv_switch_to() implementation
>
> > Kernel uses __kvm_riscv_switch_to() and __kvm_riscv_switch_from() to switch
>
> s/__kvm_riscv_switch_from/__kvm_switch_return/
>
> > the context of host kernel and guest kernel. Several CSRs belonging to the
> > context will be read and written during the context switch. To ensure
> > atomic read-modify-write control of CSR and ordering of CSR accesses, some
> > hardware blocks or flushes the pipeline when writing a CSR. In this
>
> s/hardware blocks or flushes/hardware blocks flush/
>
> > circumstance, grouping CSR executions together as much as possible can
> > reduce the performance impact of the pipeline. Therefore, this commit
> > reorders the CSR instructions to enhance the context switch performance..
>
> I am mostly fine with this patch except a few nits below.
>
Hi Anup,
Thank you for your suggestions. I will modify them in the v2 patch.

Best regards,
Vincent
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen at sifive.com>
> > Suggested-by: Hsinyi Lee <hsinyi.lee at sifive.com>
> > Suggested-by: Fu-Ching Yang <fu-ching.yang at sifive.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_switch.S | 55 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
> >  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_switch.S b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_switch.S
> > index 029a28a195c6..75cf21e5ed92 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_switch.S
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_switch.S
> > @@ -40,34 +40,35 @@ ENTRY(__kvm_riscv_switch_to)
> >         REG_S   s9, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_S9)(a0)
> >         REG_S   s10, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_S10)(a0)
> >         REG_S   s11, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_S11)(a0)
>
> Add a new line here.
>
> Also add a single line comment as follows:
> /* Load Guest CSR values */
>
> > +       REG_L   t0, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t1, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t2, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> > +       la      t4, __kvm_switch_return
> > +       REG_L   t5, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SEPC)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Host and Restore Guest SSTATUS */
> > -       REG_L   t0, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t0, CSR_SSTATUS, t0
> > -       REG_S   t0, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Host and Restore Guest HSTATUS */
> > -       REG_L   t1, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t1, CSR_HSTATUS, t1
> > -       REG_S   t1, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Host and Restore Guest SCOUNTEREN */
> > -       REG_L   t2, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t2, CSR_SCOUNTEREN, t2
> > -       REG_S   t2, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> > -
> > -       /* Save Host SSCRATCH and change it to struct kvm_vcpu_arch pointer */
> > -       csrrw   t3, CSR_SSCRATCH, a0
> > -       REG_S   t3, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSCRATCH)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Host STVEC and change it to return path */
> > -       la      t4, __kvm_switch_return
> >         csrrw   t4, CSR_STVEC, t4
> > -       REG_S   t4, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_STVEC)(a0)
> > +
> > +       /* Save Host SSCRATCH and change it to struct kvm_vcpu_arch pointer */
> > +       csrrw   t3, CSR_SSCRATCH, a0
> >
> >         /* Restore Guest SEPC */
> > -       REG_L   t0, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SEPC)(a0)
> > -       csrw    CSR_SEPC, t0
> > +       csrw    CSR_SEPC, t5
> > +
>
> Add a single line comment as follows:
> /* Store Host CSR values */
>
> > +       REG_S   t0, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t1, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t2, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t3, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSCRATCH)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t4, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_STVEC)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Restore Guest GPRs (except A0) */
> >         REG_L   ra, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_RA)(a0)
> > @@ -144,35 +145,35 @@ __kvm_switch_return:
> >         REG_S   t4, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_T4)(a0)
> >         REG_S   t5, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_T5)(a0)
> >         REG_S   t6, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_T6)(a0)
>
> Add a new line here.
>
> Also add a single line comment as follows:
> /* Load Host CSR values */
>
> > +       REG_L   t1, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_STVEC)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t2, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSCRATCH)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t3, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t4, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_L   t5, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Guest SEPC */
> >         csrr    t0, CSR_SEPC
> > -       REG_S   t0, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SEPC)(a0)
> > -
> > -       /* Restore Host STVEC */
> > -       REG_L   t1, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_STVEC)(a0)
> > -       csrw    CSR_STVEC, t1
> >
> >         /* Save Guest A0 and Restore Host SSCRATCH */
> > -       REG_L   t2, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSCRATCH)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t2, CSR_SSCRATCH, t2
> > -       REG_S   t2, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_A0)(a0)
> > +
> > +       /* Restore Host STVEC */
> > +       csrw    CSR_STVEC, t1
> >
> >         /* Save Guest and Restore Host SCOUNTEREN */
> > -       REG_L   t3, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t3, CSR_SCOUNTEREN, t3
> > -       REG_S   t3, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Guest and Restore Host HSTATUS */
> > -       REG_L   t4, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t4, CSR_HSTATUS, t4
> > -       REG_S   t4, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> >
> >         /* Save Guest and Restore Host SSTATUS */
> > -       REG_L   t5, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> >         csrrw   t5, CSR_SSTATUS, t5
> > -       REG_S   t5, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SSTATUS)(a0)
> >
>
> Add a single line comment as follows:
> /* Store Guest CSR values */
>
> > +       REG_S   t0, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SEPC)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t2, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_A0)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t3, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SCOUNTEREN)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t4, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_HSTATUS)(a0)
> > +       REG_S   t5, (KVM_ARCH_GUEST_SSTATUS)(a0)
>
> Add new line here
>
> >         /* Restore Host GPRs (except A0 and T0-T6) */
> >         REG_L   ra, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_RA)(a0)
> >         REG_L   sp, (KVM_ARCH_HOST_SP)(a0)
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
>
> Regards,
> Anup



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