[PATCH v9 8/9] KVM: arm/arm64: Avoid work when userspace iqchips are not used
Christoffer Dall
christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Tue Jan 2 01:09:12 PST 2018
On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 04:36:04PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:36:05 +0000,
> Christoffer Dall wrote:
> >
> > We currently check if the VM has a userspace irqchip in several places
> > along the critical path, and if so, we do some work which is only
> > required for having an irqchip in userspace. This is unfortunate, as we
> > could avoid doing any work entirely, if we didn't have to support
> > irqchip in userspace.
> >
> > Realizing the userspace irqchip on ARM is mostly a developer or hobby
> > feature, and is unlikely to be used in servers or other scenarios where
> > performance is a priority, we can use a refcounted static key to only
> > check the irqchip configuration when we have at least one VM that uses
> > an irqchip in userspace.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
> > virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c | 6 ++--
> > virt/kvm/arm/arm.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> > 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index a9f7d3f47134..6394fb99da7f 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
> > KVM_ARCH_REQ_FLAGS(0, KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
> > #define KVM_REQ_IRQ_PENDING KVM_ARCH_REQ(1)
> >
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(userspace_irqchip_in_use);
> > +
> > u32 *kvm_vcpu_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 reg_num, u32 mode);
> > int __attribute_const__ kvm_target_cpu(void);
> > int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index ea6cb5b24258..e7218cf7df2a 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
> > KVM_ARCH_REQ_FLAGS(0, KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
> > #define KVM_REQ_IRQ_PENDING KVM_ARCH_REQ(1)
> >
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(userspace_irqchip_in_use);
> > +
> > int __attribute_const__ kvm_target_cpu(void);
> > int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> > int kvm_arch_dev_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext);
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
> > index d845d67b7062..cfcd0323deab 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
> > @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ static irqreturn_t kvm_arch_timer_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > if (kvm_timer_irq_can_fire(vtimer))
> > kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu, true, vtimer);
> >
> > - if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
> > + if (static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use) &&
> > + unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
> > kvm_vtimer_update_mask_user(vcpu);
> >
> > return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > @@ -284,7 +285,8 @@ static void kvm_timer_update_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool new_level,
> > trace_kvm_timer_update_irq(vcpu->vcpu_id, timer_ctx->irq.irq,
> > timer_ctx->irq.level);
> >
> > - if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
> > + if (!static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use) &&
> > + likely(irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))) {
> > ret = kvm_vgic_inject_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu->vcpu_id,
> > timer_ctx->irq.irq,
> > timer_ctx->irq.level,
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> > index 3610e132df8b..0cf0459134ff 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
> > @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static void kvm_arm_set_running_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > __this_cpu_write(kvm_arm_running_vcpu, vcpu);
> > }
> >
> > +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(userspace_irqchip_in_use);
> > +
> > /**
> > * kvm_arm_get_running_vcpu - get the vcpu running on the current CPU.
> > * Must be called from non-preemptible context
> > @@ -302,6 +304,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >
> > void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > {
> > + if (vcpu->arch.has_run_once && unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)))
> > + static_branch_dec(&userspace_irqchip_in_use);
> > kvm_arch_vcpu_free(vcpu);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -522,14 +526,22 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_first_run_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >
> > vcpu->arch.has_run_once = true;
> >
> > - /*
> > - * Map the VGIC hardware resources before running a vcpu the first
> > - * time on this VM.
> > - */
> > - if (unlikely(irqchip_in_kernel(kvm) && !vgic_ready(kvm))) {
> > - ret = kvm_vgic_map_resources(kvm);
> > - if (ret)
> > - return ret;
> > + if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))) {
> > + /*
> > + * Map the VGIC hardware resources before running a vcpu the
> > + * first time on this VM.
> > + */
> > + if (unlikely(!vgic_ready(kvm))) {
> > + ret = kvm_vgic_map_resources(kvm);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > + } else {
> > + /*
> > + * Tell the rest of the code that there are userspace irqchip
> > + * VMs in the wild.
> > + */
> > + static_branch_inc(&userspace_irqchip_in_use);
> > }
> >
> > ret = kvm_timer_enable(vcpu);
> > @@ -664,18 +676,29 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
> > kvm_vgic_flush_hwstate(vcpu);
> >
> > /*
> > - * If we have a singal pending, or need to notify a userspace
> > - * irqchip about timer or PMU level changes, then we exit (and
> > - * update the timer level state in kvm_timer_update_run
> > - * below).
> > + * Exit if we have a singal pending so that we can deliver the
>
> nit: s/singal/signal/
>
dang, one more.
> > + * signal to user space.
> > */
> > - if (signal_pending(current) ||
> > - kvm_timer_should_notify_user(vcpu) ||
> > - kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(vcpu)) {
> > + if (signal_pending(current)) {
> > ret = -EINTR;
> > run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
> > }
> >
> > + /*
> > + * If we're using a userspace irqchip, then check if we need
> > + * to tell a userspace irqchip about timer or PMU level
> > + * changes and if so, exit to userspace (the actual level
> > + * state gets updated in kvm_timer_update_run and
> > + * kvm_pmu_update_run below.
>
> nit: missing closing parenthesis.
>
> > + */
> > + if (static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use)) {
> > + if (kvm_timer_should_notify_user(vcpu) ||
> > + kvm_pmu_should_notify_user(vcpu)) {
> > + ret = -EINTR;
> > + run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTR;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > /*
> > * Ensure we set mode to IN_GUEST_MODE after we disable
> > * interrupts and before the final VCPU requests check.
> > @@ -688,7 +711,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
> > kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
> > vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
> > kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> > - kvm_timer_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> > + if (static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use))
> > + kvm_timer_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> > kvm_vgic_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> > local_irq_enable();
> > preempt_enable();
> > @@ -732,7 +756,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
> > * we don't want vtimer interrupts to race with syncing the
> > * timer virtual interrupt state.
> > */
> > - kvm_timer_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> > + if (static_branch_unlikely(&userspace_irqchip_in_use))
> > + kvm_timer_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
> >
> > /*
> > * We may have taken a host interrupt in HYP mode (ie
> > --
> > 2.14.2
> >
>
> Other than the trivial nits above:
>
> Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>
Thanks for this.
I've now queued this series and pushed it to kvmarm/next.
-Christoffer
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