[RFC PATCH 06/45] KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Implement virtual IRQ injection

Andre Przywara andre.przywara at arm.com
Thu Apr 14 03:53:14 PDT 2016


Hej,

On 06/04/16 15:23, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 06:28:55PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 29/03/16 22:16, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 02:04:29AM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
>>>> From: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
>>>>
>>>> Provide a vgic_queue_irq() function which decides whether a given
>>>> IRQ needs to be queued to a VCPU's ap_list.
>>>> This should be called whenever an IRQ became pending or got enabled,
>>>
>>> becomes pending or enabled,
>>>
>>>> either as a result of userspace injection, from in-kernel emulated
>>>> devices like the architected timer or from MMIO accesses to the
>>>> distributor emulation.
>>>> Also provides the necessary functions to allow userland to inject an
>>>> IRQ to a guest.
>>>
>>> Since this is the first code that starts using our locking mechanism, we
>>> add some (hopefully) clear documentation of our locking strategy and
>>> requirements along with this patch.
>>>
>>>> [Andre: refactor out vgic_queue_irq()]
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h  |   3 +
>>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c | 181 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h |   1 +
>>>>  3 files changed, 185 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h b/include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h
>>>> index 659f8b1..f32b284 100644
>>>> --- a/include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h
>>>> +++ b/include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h
>>>> @@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ struct vgic_cpu {
>>>>  	struct list_head ap_list_head;
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>> +int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, int cpuid, unsigned int intid,
>>>> +			bool level);
>>>> +
>>>>  #define irqchip_in_kernel(k)	(!!((k)->arch.vgic.in_kernel))
>>>>  #define vgic_initialized(k)	(false)
>>>>  #define vgic_ready(k)		((k)->arch.vgic.ready)
>>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
>>>> index 8e34916..a95aabc 100644
>>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
>>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
>>>> @@ -19,8 +19,25 @@
>>>>  
>>>>  #include "vgic.h"
>>>>  
>>>> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>>>> +#include "../trace.h"
>>>> +
>>>>  struct vgic_global kvm_vgic_global_state;
>>>>  
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Locking order is always:
>>>> + *   vgic_cpu->ap_list_lock
>>>> + *     vgic_irq->irq_lock
>>>> + *
>>>> + * (that is, always take the ap_list_lock before the struct vgic_irq lock).
>>>> + *
>>>> + * When taking more than one ap_list_lock at the same time, always take the
>>>> + * lowest numbered VCPU's ap_list_lock first, so:
>>>> + *   vcpuX->vcpu_id < vcpuY->vcpu_id:
>>>> + *     spin_lock(vcpuX->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> + *     spin_lock(vcpuY->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>>  struct vgic_irq *vgic_get_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>  			      u32 intid)
>>>>  {
>>>> @@ -39,3 +56,167 @@ struct vgic_irq *vgic_get_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>  	WARN(1, "Looking up struct vgic_irq for reserved INTID");
>>>>  	return NULL;
>>>>  }
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * kvm_vgic_target_oracle - compute the target vcpu for an irq
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @irq:	The irq to route. Must be already locked.
>>
>>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Based on the current state of the interrupt (enabled, pending,
>>>> + * active, vcpu and target_vcpu), compute the next vcpu this should be
>>>> + * given to. Return NULL if this shouldn't be injected at all.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static struct kvm_vcpu *vgic_target_oracle(struct vgic_irq *irq)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	/* If the interrupt is active, it must stay on the current vcpu */
>>>> +	if (irq->active)
>>>> +		return irq->vcpu;
>>>
>>> we are not taking a lock here.  What are the locking expectations?  If
>>> the expectarions are that the IRQ is locked when calling this function,
>>> can we have a BIG FAT COMMENT saying that then?
>>
>> Do you mean really BIG FAT or is the above sufficient? (I guess not).
>> I will make it more prominent.
> 
> well, maybe it doesn't have to be BIG FAT.  But I did miss the existing
> comment.  I think it would be preferred to have a separate paragraph
> explaining the locking expectaions, but perhaps I'm just
> being stupid.

Fixed - not you being stupid - which you clearly aren't, so nothing to
fix here; but the insufficient comment ;-)

>>
>>> It seems to me that we are somehow expecting irq->active and irq->vcpu
>>> to be in sync, but that's not necessarily the case if the IRQ is not
>>> locked.
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +	/* If enabled and pending, it can migrate to a new one */
>>>
>>> I think this comment should be rewritten to:
>>>
>>> If the IRQ is not active but enabled and pending, we should direct it to
>>> its configured target VCPU.
>>>
>>>> +	if (irq->enabled && irq->pending)
>>>> +		return irq->target_vcpu;
>>>> +
>>>> +	/* Otherwise, it is considered idle */
>>>
>>> not sure what idle means here, I suggest something like:
>>>
>>> If neither active nor pending and enabled, then this IRQ should not be
>>> queued to any VCPU.
>>>
>>>> +	return NULL;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Only valid injection if changing level for level-triggered IRQs or for a
>>>> + * rising edge.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static bool vgic_validate_injection(struct vgic_irq *irq, bool level)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	switch (irq->config) {
>>>> +	case VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL:
>>>> +		return irq->line_level != level;
>>>> +	case VGIC_CONFIG_EDGE:
>>>> +		return level;
>>>> +	default:
>>>> +		BUG();
>>>
>>> is the default case there for making the compiler happy or can we just
>>> get rid of it?
>>
>> Just removing it was fine (for GCC 5.3.0, at least).
>>
>>>> +	}
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Check whether an IRQ needs to (and can) be queued to a VCPU's ap list.
>>>> + * Do the queuing if necessary, taking the right locks in the right order.
>>>> + * Returns true when the IRQ was queued, false otherwise.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Needs to be entered with the IRQ lock already held, but will return
>>>> + * with all locks dropped.
>>>> + */
>>>> +bool vgic_queue_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_irq *irq)
>>>
>>> should we name this vgic_try_queue_irq_locked ?
>>
>> Mmh, since it (re-)tries quite hard I am not sure _try_ would be
>> misleading. Basically it queues the IRQ whenever possible and/or
>> sensible. Having _unlock in it like you suggested in another reply makes
>> more sense, I think.
> 
> agreed
> 
>>
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = vgic_target_oracle(irq);
>>>
>>> should we have something like BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(irq->irq_lock));
>>> here?
>>>
>>> Not sure if there's some bug checking here which is only emitted if a
>>> user select CONFIG_CHECK_SOME_LOCKING_THINGS that we could use...?
>>
>> There is CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK, but I couldn't find some conditional
>> debug macro suitable for the purpose. I defined one now for the file
>> only (since we have quite some users here).
>>
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (irq->vcpu || !(irq->pending && irq->enabled) || !vcpu) {
>>>> +		/*
>>>> +		 * If this IRQ is already on a VCPU's ap_list, then it
>>>> +		 * cannot be moved or modified and there is no more work for
>>>> +		 * us to do.
>>>> +		 *
>>>> +		 * Otherwise, if the irq is not pending and enabled, it does
>>>> +		 * not need to be inserted into an ap_list and there is also
>>>> +		 * no more work for us to do.
>>>> +		 */
>>>
>>> is the !vcpu check here not redundant because if you ever get to
>>> evaluating it, then irq->vcpu is null, and pending and enabled are set,
>>> which means the oracle couldn't have returned null, could it?
>>
>> In this case vcpu is always irq->target_vcpu, if I did the math
>> correctly. So can this be NULL?
>> Even if this is correct reasoning, I wonder if we optimize something
>> prematurely here and rely on the current implementation of
>> vgic_target_oracle(). I think the check for "!vcpu" is here to avoid a
>> NULL pointer deference below (in the first spin_lock after the retry:
>> label), so I'd rather keep this explicit check in here.
> 
> I'm really not a fan of building the correctness of one of the most
> crucial parts of our code based on "let's add a few extra checks which
> may not be necessary, just in case" kind of logic.
> 
> So let's be clear on why we have an if-statement here exactly:
> 
> As the comment says, if we can't move the IRQ, because it's already
> assigned to somebody or if this IRQ is not pending or active, then it's
> shouldn't be queued.
> 
> So the simple and all-encompassing check here is simply:
> 
> 	if (irq->vcpu || !vcpu) {
> 		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
> 		return false;
> 	}
> 
> The only requirement for this to be correct is that the MMIO handler for
> ISACTIVER to both set the active bit and the irq->vcpu pointer (and put
> it on the AP list), without calling this function...).  That was my
> quesiton below.
> 
> Because if that's not the case, you could end up here with irq->active
> set, but irq->vcpu == NULL and !(pending && enabled) and you'd error
> out, which means you would have to check explicitly for the active state
> here as well, but I think that just becomes too messy.
> 
> So, just change this to what I propose and we can deal with the active
> state MMIO handler separately.

I agree that setting the active state via MMIO is a mess in general and
stuffing this case into this function here gets hairy.
I am tempted to not support it in the first version, I guess it never
really worked reliably before ...

At the moment I am trying to code this explicitly into the SACTIVER
handler and it's messy, too (because of the corner cases).
Let's see how this will look like ...

>>
>>> that would also explain why we don't have to re-check the same
>>> conditions below...
>>>
>>> or am I getting this wrong, because you could also have someone
>>> explicitly setting the IRQ to active via trapped MMIO, in which case we
>>> should be able to queue it without it being pending && enabled, which
>>> would indicate that it's the other way around, you should only evaluate
>>> !vcpu and kup the !(pending && enabled) part....?
>>
>> You lost me here, which hints at the fragility of this optimization ;-)
>>
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +		return false;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	/*
>>>> +	 * We must unlock the irq lock to take the ap_list_lock where
>>>> +	 * we are going to insert this new pending interrupt.
>>>> +	 */
>>>> +	spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	/* someone can do stuff here, which we re-check below */
>>>> +retry:
>>>> +	spin_lock(&vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> +	spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	/*
>>>> +	 * Did something change behind our backs?
>>>> +	 *
>>>> +	 * There are two cases:
>>>> +	 * 1) The irq became pending or active behind our backs and/or
>>>> +	 *    the irq->vcpu field was set correspondingly when putting
>>>> +	 *    the irq on an ap_list. Then drop the locks and return.
>>>> +	 * 2) Someone changed the affinity on this irq behind our
>>>> +	 *    backs and we are now holding the wrong ap_list_lock.
>>>> +	 *    Then drop the locks and try the new VCPU.
>>>> +	 */
>>>> +	if (irq->vcpu || !(irq->pending && irq->enabled)) {
>>>
>>> here I'm concerned about the active state again.
>>
>> Mmmh, can you elaborate and sketch a case where the active state would
>> cause trouble? This check is just here to avoid iterating on a no longer
>> pending or enabled IRQ. I wonder if an active IRQ can really sneak into
>> this function here in the first place?
> 
> After having gone through the series I think we should deal with
> the active state queing directly in the vgic_mmio_write_sactive()
> function.
> 
> But I still prefer to move the retry label to the very top of this
> function, and simplify these two statemtns to the condition I suggested:
> 
> 	if (unlinkely(irq->vcpu || vcpu != vgic_target_oracle(irq)))
> 		goto retry;
> 
> The cost is that we perform a few additional checks at runtime in the
> case where the IRQ was migrated while we released a lock (rare), but I
> think it simplifies the code.

OK, I made this change. Also the shorter check after asking the oracle
above.
This should also better work in the case where target_vcpu is NULL
(because either no bit in TARGETSR is set or a non-existent MPIDR has
been written into IROUTER).

Cheers,
Andre.

>>
>>> I feel like something more similar to my initial version of this patch
>>> is what we really want:
>>>
>>>        if (irq->vcpu || vcpu != vgic_target_oracle(irq))
>>>            goto real_retry;
>>>
>>> and read_retry is then a label at the very top of this function, before
>>> the initial call to vgic_target_oracle()....
>>>
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> +		return false;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (irq->target_vcpu != vcpu) {
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +		vcpu = irq->target_vcpu;
>>>> +		goto retry;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	list_add_tail(&irq->ap_list, &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_head);
>>>> +	irq->vcpu = vcpu;
>>>> +
>>>> +	spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +	spin_unlock(&vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
>>>> +
>>>> +	return true;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static void vgic_update_irq_pending(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>> +				    u32 intid, bool level)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct vgic_irq *irq = vgic_get_irq(kvm, vcpu, intid);
>>>> +
>>>> +	trace_vgic_update_irq_pending(vcpu->vcpu_id, intid, level);
>>>> +
>>>> +	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
>>>
>>> I don't remember why we thought it was a good idea to have this BUG_ON()
>>> anymore.  Anyone?
>>
>> Me neither. Is that because of the case where "kvm_notify_acked_irq
>> calls kvm_set_irq" (which in turn may call this function)?
>> I am happy to remove it, also as the old VGIC doesn't seem to have it.
> 
> ok, nuke it.
> 
>>
>>>> +
>>>> +	spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!vgic_validate_injection(irq, level)) {
>>>> +		/* Nothing to see here, move along... */
>>>> +		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
>>>> +		return;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (irq->config == VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL) {
>>>> +		irq->line_level = level;
>>>> +		irq->pending = level || irq->soft_pending;
>>>> +	} else {
>>>> +		irq->pending = true;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	vgic_queue_irq(kvm, irq);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * kvm_vgic_inject_irq - Inject an IRQ from a device to the vgic
>>>> + * @kvm:     The VM structure pointer
>>>> + * @cpuid:   The CPU for PPIs
>>>> + * @intid:   The INTID to inject a new state to.
>>>> + *           must not be mapped to a HW interrupt.
>>>
>>> stray line here?  I don't understand this bit about 'must not be mapped'
>>> and I think that should be moved to the explanation below with some
>>> rationale, and if important, perhaps guarded with a BUG_ON() ?
>>
>> I think this is a copy&paste leftover from the old VGIC with the old way
>> of handling mapped IRQs. Actually the implementations of
>> kvm_vgic_inject_irq() and kvm_vgic_inject_mapped_irq() are now
>> identical, so the former differentiation does not apply anymore. I will
>> #define the latter to the former for the new VGIC and we should schedule
>> the removal of the the "mapped" version when the old VGIC gets removed.
> 
> sounds good.
> 
>>
>> Btw: Are we OK with marking those cases which deserve some rework after
>> the old VGIC is gone with some kind of TODO comments?
>>
> 
> I really think we should avoid merging TODOs as much as possible, but in
> this case it's an exported interface function which could be hard to
> work around with the current vgic, so it may be an exception to the
> rule.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Christoffer
> 



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