From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 58/61] KVM: x86/mmu: Configure max page level during hardware setup
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 07:56:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200226155641.GC9940@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k149jt38.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 03:55:55PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 03:43:36PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >> Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Configure the max page level during hardware setup to avoid a retpoline
> >> > in the page fault handler. Drop ->get_lpage_level() as the page fault
> >> > handler was the last user.
> >> > @@ -6064,11 +6064,6 @@ static void svm_set_supported_cpuid(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry)
> >> > }
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > -static int svm_get_lpage_level(void)
> >> > -{
> >> > - return PT_PDPE_LEVEL;
> >> > -}
> >>
> >> I've probably missed something but before the change, get_lpage_level()
> >> on AMD was always returning PT_PDPE_LEVEL, but after the change and when
> >> NPT is disabled, we set max_page_level to either PT_PDPE_LEVEL (when
> >> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES)) or PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL
> >> (otherwise). This sounds like a change) unless we think that
> >> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES) is always true on AMD.
> >
> > It looks like a functional change, but isn't. kvm_mmu_hugepage_adjust()
> > caps the page size used by KVM's MMU at the minimum of ->get_lpage_level()
> > and the host's mapping level. Barring an egregious bug in the kernel MMU,
> > the host page tables will max out at PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL (2mb) unless
> > boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES) is true.
> >
> > In other words, this is effectively a "documentation" change. I'll figure
> > out a way to explain this in the changelog...
> >
> > max_level = min(max_level, kvm_x86_ops->get_lpage_level());
> > for ( ; max_level > PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL; max_level--) {
> > linfo = lpage_info_slot(gfn, slot, max_level);
> > if (!linfo->disallow_lpage)
> > break;
> > }
> >
> > if (max_level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL)
> > return PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL;
> >
> > level = host_pfn_mapping_level(vcpu, gfn, pfn, slot);
> > if (level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL)
> > return level;
> >
> > level = min(level, max_level); <---------
>
> Ok, I see (I believe):
>
> Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
>
> It would've helped me a bit if kvm_configure_mmu() was written the
> following way:
>
> void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_page_level)
> {
> tdp_enabled = enable_tdp;
>
> if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES))
> max_page_level = PT_PDPE_LEVEL;
> else
> max_page_level = PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL;
>
> if (tdp_enabled)
> max_page_level = min(tdp_page_level, max_page_level);
> }
>
> (we can't have cpu_has_vmx_ept_1g_page() and not
> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_GBPAGES), right?)
Wrong, because VMX. It could even occur on a real system if the user
disables the feature via kernel param, e.g. "clearcpuid=58". In the end it
won't actually change anything because KVM caps its page size at the kernel
page size (as above). Well, unless someone is running a custom kernel that
does funky things.
> But this is certainly just a personal preference, feel free to ignore)
I'm on the fence. Part of me likes having max_page_level reflect what KVM
is capable of, irrespective of the kernel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-26 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 168+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-01 18:51 [PATCH 00/61] KVM: x86: Introduce KVM cpu caps Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 01/61] KVM: x86: Return -E2BIG when KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID hits max entries Sean Christopherson
2020-02-03 12:55 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-03 15:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:36 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 02/61] KVM: x86: Refactor loop around do_cpuid_func() to separate helper Sean Christopherson
2020-02-06 14:59 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-07 19:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:37 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-25 15:09 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-26 11:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 03/61] KVM: x86: Simplify handling of Centaur CPUID leafs Sean Christopherson
2020-02-06 15:05 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-07 19:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 04/61] KVM: x86: Clean up error handling in kvm_dev_ioctl_get_cpuid() Sean Christopherson
2020-02-06 15:09 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 05/61] KVM: x86: Check userapce CPUID array size after validating sub-leaf Sean Christopherson
2020-02-06 15:24 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 06/61] KVM: x86: Move CPUID 0xD.1 handling out of the index>0 loop Sean Christopherson
2020-02-07 15:38 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 07/61] KVM: x86: Check for CPUID 0xD.N support before validating array size Sean Christopherson
2020-02-07 15:48 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 08/61] KVM: x86: Warn on zero-size save state for valid CPUID 0xD.N sub-leaf Sean Christopherson
2020-02-07 15:54 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-07 15:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 09/61] KVM: x86: Refactor CPUID 0xD.N sub-leaf entry creation Sean Christopherson
2020-02-07 15:56 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 10/61] KVM: x86: Clean up CPUID 0x7 sub-leaf loop Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 14:20 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 11/61] KVM: x86: Drop the explicit @index from do_cpuid_7_mask() Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 14:22 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 12/61] KVM: x86: Drop redundant boot cpu checks on SSBD feature bits Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 13/61] KVM: x86: Consolidate CPUID array max num entries checking Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 14/61] KVM: x86: Hoist loop counter and terminator to top of __do_cpuid_func() Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 15/61] KVM: x86: Refactor CPUID 0x4 and 0x8000001d handling Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 14:40 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 16/61] KVM: x86: Encapsulate CPUID entries and metadata in struct Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 14:58 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 21:55 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 23:12 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 17/61] KVM: x86: Drop redundant array size check Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 18/61] KVM: x86: Use common loop iterator when handling CPUID 0xD.N Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 15:04 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 19/61] KVM: VMX: Add helpers to query Intel PT mode Sean Christopherson
[not found] ` <87pne8q8c0.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
2020-02-24 22:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-03-03 22:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 20/61] KVM: x86: Calculate the supported xcr0 mask at load time Sean Christopherson
2020-02-13 14:21 ` Xiaoyao Li
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 21/61] KVM: x86: Use supported_xcr0 to detect MPX support Sean Christopherson
2020-02-13 14:25 ` Xiaoyao Li
2020-02-21 15:32 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 22/61] KVM: x86: Make kvm_mpx_supported() an inline function Sean Christopherson
2020-02-13 14:26 ` Xiaoyao Li
2020-02-21 15:33 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 23/61] KVM: x86: Clear output regs for CPUID 0x14 if PT isn't exposed to guest Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 15:36 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 24/61] KVM: x86: Drop explicit @func param from ->set_supported_cpuid() Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 15:39 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 25/61] KVM: x86: Use u32 for holding CPUID register value in helpers Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 15:43 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 26/61] KVM: x86: Introduce cpuid_entry_{get,has}() accessors Sean Christopherson
2020-02-14 9:44 ` Xiaoyao Li
2020-02-14 17:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-21 15:57 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-21 16:29 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 27/61] KVM: x86: Introduce cpuid_entry_{change,set,clear}() mutators Sean Christopherson
[not found] ` <87ftf0p0d0.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
2020-02-24 22:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 28/61] KVM: x86: Refactor cpuid_mask() to auto-retrieve the register Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 13:49 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 29/61] KVM: x86: Add Kconfig-controlled auditing of reverse CPUID lookups Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 13:54 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 22:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 15:02 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-25 15:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 30/61] KVM: x86: Handle MPX CPUID adjustment in VMX code Sean Christopherson
2020-02-13 13:51 ` Xiaoyao Li
2020-02-13 17:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:14 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 15:45 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 31/61] KVM: x86: Handle INVPCID " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:19 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 32/61] KVM: x86: Handle UMIP emulation " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:21 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 33/61] KVM: x86: Handle PKU " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:24 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 34/61] KVM: x86: Handle RDTSCP " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:28 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 35/61] KVM: x86: Handle Intel PT " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:30 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 36/61] KVM: x86: Handle GBPAGE CPUID adjustment for EPT " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:34 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 37/61] KVM: x86: Refactor handling of XSAVES CPUID adjustment Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 15:39 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 38/61] KVM: x86: Introduce kvm_cpu_caps to replace runtime CPUID masking Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 16:32 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 22:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 23:20 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 23:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 39/61] KVM: SVM: Convert feature updates from CPUID to KVM cpu caps Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 21:33 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-25 15:10 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-28 0:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-28 0:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-28 7:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-28 15:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 40/61] KVM: VMX: " Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 21:40 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 41/61] KVM: x86: Move XSAVES CPUID adjust to VMX's KVM cpu cap update Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 21:43 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:51 ` [PATCH 42/61] KVM: x86: Add a helper to check kernel support when setting cpu cap Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 21:47 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 43/61] KVM: x86: Use KVM cpu caps to mark CR4.LA57 as not-reserved Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:08 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-24 23:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 15:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-25 15:19 ` David Laight
2020-02-25 21:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-26 11:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 44/61] KVM: x86: Use KVM cpu caps to track UMIP emulation Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:13 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 45/61] KVM: x86: Fold CPUID 0x7 masking back into __do_cpuid_func() Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:21 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 46/61] KVM: x86: Remove the unnecessary loop on CPUID 0x7 sub-leafs Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:25 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 47/61] KVM: x86: Squash CPUID 0x2.0 insanity for modern CPUs Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:35 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-25 15:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 48/61] KVM: x86: Do host CPUID at load time to mask KVM cpu caps Sean Christopherson
[not found] ` <87o8tnmwni.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
2020-02-24 23:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 13:53 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-25 15:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-25 21:08 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-29 18:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 49/61] KVM: x86: Override host CPUID results with kvm_cpu_caps Sean Christopherson
2020-02-24 22:57 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 50/61] KVM: x86: Set emulated/transmuted feature bits via kvm_cpu_caps Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 13:59 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 51/61] KVM: x86: Use kvm_cpu_caps to detect Intel PT support Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:06 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 52/61] KVM: x86: Use KVM cpu caps to detect MSR_TSC_AUX virt support Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:08 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 53/61] KVM: VMX: Directly use VMX capabilities helper to detect RDTSCP support Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:10 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 54/61] KVM: x86: Check for Intel PT MSR virtualization using KVM cpu caps Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:11 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 55/61] KVM: VMX: Directly query Intel PT mode when refreshing PMUs Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:16 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 56/61] KVM: SVM: Refactor logging of NPT enabled/disabled Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:21 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 57/61] KVM: x86/mmu: Merge kvm_{enable,disable}_tdp() into a common function Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:27 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 58/61] KVM: x86/mmu: Configure max page level during hardware setup Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:43 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-25 21:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-26 14:55 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-26 15:56 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 59/61] KVM: x86: Don't propagate MMU lpage support to memslot.disallow_lpage Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:55 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 60/61] KVM: Drop largepages_enabled and its accessor/mutator Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 14:56 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2020-02-01 18:52 ` [PATCH 61/61] KVM: x86: Move VMX's host_efer to common x86 code Sean Christopherson
2020-02-25 15:02 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
[not found] ` <87wo8ak84x.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
2020-02-25 15:25 ` [PATCH 00/61] KVM: x86: Introduce KVM cpu caps Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-28 1:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-02-28 7:04 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-29 18:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-02 9:03 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
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