[PATCH mm-unstable v1 2/5] kvm/x86: add kvm_arch_test_clear_young()

Yu Zhao yuzhao at google.com
Thu Feb 16 20:12:27 PST 2023


This patch adds kvm_arch_test_clear_young() for the vast majority of
VMs that are not nested and run on hardware that sets the accessed bit
in TDP MMU page tables.

It relies on two techniques, RCU and cmpxchg, to safely test and clear
the accessed bit without taking the MMU lock. The former protects KVM
page tables from being freed while the latter clears the accessed bit
atomically against both the hardware and other software page table
walkers.

Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao at google.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h         | 12 ----------
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c      | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 6aaae18f1854..d2995c9e8f07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1367,6 +1367,12 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 	 *	the MMU lock in read mode + the tdp_mmu_pages_lock or
 	 *	the MMU lock in write mode
 	 *
+	 * kvm_arch_test_clear_young() is a special case. It relies on two
+	 * techniques, RCU and cmpxchg, to safely test and clear the accessed
+	 * bit without taking the MMU lock. The former protects KVM page tables
+	 * from being freed while the latter clears the accessed bit atomically
+	 * against both the hardware and other software page table walkers.
+	 *
 	 * Roots will remain in the list until their tdp_mmu_root_count
 	 * drops to zero, at which point the thread that decremented the
 	 * count to zero should removed the root from the list and clean
@@ -2171,4 +2177,25 @@ int memslot_rmap_alloc(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages);
 	 KVM_X86_QUIRK_FIX_HYPERCALL_INSN |	\
 	 KVM_X86_QUIRK_MWAIT_NEVER_UD_FAULTS)
 
+extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_accessed_mask;
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if A/D bits are supported in hardware and are enabled by KVM.
+ * When enabled, KVM uses A/D bits for all non-nested MMUs.  Because L1 can
+ * disable A/D bits in EPTP12, SP and SPTE variants are needed to handle the
+ * scenario where KVM is using A/D bits for L1, but not L2.
+ */
+static inline bool kvm_ad_enabled(void)
+{
+	return shadow_accessed_mask;
+}
+
+/* see the comments on the generic kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young() */
+#define kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young
+static inline bool kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young(void)
+{
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64) &&
+	       (!IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_KVM) || (kvm_ad_enabled() && tdp_enabled));
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_KVM_HOST_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
index 6f54dc9409c9..0dc7fed1f3fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmu_writable_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_nx_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_x_mask; /* mutual exclusive with nx_mask */
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_user_mask;
-extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_accessed_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_dirty_mask;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmio_value;
 extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmio_mask;
@@ -247,17 +246,6 @@ static inline bool is_shadow_present_pte(u64 pte)
 	return !!(pte & SPTE_MMU_PRESENT_MASK);
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns true if A/D bits are supported in hardware and are enabled by KVM.
- * When enabled, KVM uses A/D bits for all non-nested MMUs.  Because L1 can
- * disable A/D bits in EPTP12, SP and SPTE variants are needed to handle the
- * scenario where KVM is using A/D bits for L1, but not L2.
- */
-static inline bool kvm_ad_enabled(void)
-{
-	return !!shadow_accessed_mask;
-}
-
 static inline bool sp_ad_disabled(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	return sp->role.ad_disabled;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index d6df38d371a0..9028e09f1aab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -1309,6 +1309,47 @@ bool kvm_tdp_mmu_age_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
 	return kvm_tdp_mmu_handle_gfn(kvm, range, age_gfn_range);
 }
 
+bool kvm_arch_test_clear_young(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range,
+			       gfn_t lsb_gfn, unsigned long *bitmap)
+{
+	struct kvm_mmu_page *root;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young()))
+		return false;
+
+	if (kvm_memslots_have_rmaps(kvm))
+		return false;
+
+	/* see the comments on kvm_arch->tdp_mmu_roots */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(root, &kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_roots, link) {
+		struct tdp_iter iter;
+
+		if (kvm_mmu_page_as_id(root) != range->slot->as_id)
+			continue;
+
+		tdp_root_for_each_leaf_pte(iter, root, range->start, range->end) {
+			u64 *sptep = rcu_dereference(iter.sptep);
+			u64 new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~shadow_accessed_mask;
+
+			VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!page_count(virt_to_page(sptep)));
+			VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(iter.gfn < range->start || iter.gfn >= range->end);
+
+			if (new_spte == iter.old_spte)
+				continue;
+
+			/* see the comments on the generic kvm_arch_has_test_clear_young() */
+			if (__test_and_change_bit(lsb_gfn - iter.gfn, bitmap))
+				cmpxchg64(sptep, iter.old_spte, new_spte);
+		}
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static bool test_age_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
 			 struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
 {
-- 
2.39.2.637.g21b0678d19-goog




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