Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] x86/mm/tlb: Change __flush_tlb_one_user interface

[Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>]

> On Aug 26, 2019, at 12:51 AM, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> wrote:
> 
> On 24.08.19 00:52, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> __flush_tlb_one_user() currently flushes a single entry, and flushes it
>> both in the kernel and user page-tables, when PTI is enabled.
>> Change __flush_tlb_one_user() and related interfaces into
>> __flush_tlb_range() that flushes a range and does not flush the user
>> page-table.
>> This refactoring is needed for the next patch, but regardless makes
>> sense and has several advantages. First, only Xen-PV, which does not
>> use PTI, implements the paravirtual interface of flush_tlb_one_user() so
>> nothing is broken by separating the user and kernel page-table flushes,
>> and the interface is more intuitive.
>> Second, INVLPG can flush unrelated mappings, and it is also a
>> serializing instruction. It is better to have a tight loop that flushes
>> the entries.
>> Third, currently __flush_tlb_one_kernel() also flushes the user
>> page-tables, which is not needed. This allows to avoid this redundant
>> flush.
>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
>> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
>> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |  5 ++--
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |  3 ++-
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h       | 24 +++++------------
>>  arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c            |  7 ++---
>>  arch/x86/mm/tlb.c                     | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c                 | 21 +++++++++------
>>  6 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> ...
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
>> index 48f7c7eb4dbc..ed68657f5e77 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
>> @@ -1325,22 +1325,27 @@ static noinline void xen_flush_tlb(void)
>>  	preempt_enable();
>>  }
>>  -static void xen_flush_tlb_one_user(unsigned long addr)
>> +static void xen_flush_tlb_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>> +				u8 stride_shift)
>>  {
>>  	struct mmuext_op *op;
>>  	struct multicall_space mcs;
>> -
>> -	trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_one_user(addr);
>> +	unsigned long addr;
>>    	preempt_disable();
>>    	mcs = xen_mc_entry(sizeof(*op));
>>  	op = mcs.args;
>> -	op->cmd = MMUEXT_INVLPG_LOCAL;
>> -	op->arg1.linear_addr = addr & PAGE_MASK;
>> -	MULTI_mmuext_op(mcs.mc, op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF);
>>  -	xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
>> +	for (addr = start; addr < end; addr += 1ul << stride_shift) {
>> +		trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_one_user(addr);
>> +
>> +		op->cmd = MMUEXT_INVLPG_LOCAL;
>> +		op->arg1.linear_addr = addr & PAGE_MASK;
>> +		MULTI_mmuext_op(mcs.mc, op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF);
>> +
>> +		xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
>> +	}
> 
> For this kind of usage (a loop) you should:
> 
> - replace the call of xen_mc_entry() with xen_mc_batch()
> - use xen_extend_mmuext_op() for each loop iteration
> - call xen_mc_issue() after the loop
> 
> Additionally I'd like you to replace trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_one_user()
> with trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_range() taking all three parameters and
> keep it where it was (out of the loop).
> 
> The paravirt parts seem to be okay.

Thanks for the quick response. I don’t think the preempt_disable/enable() is
needed in this case, but I kept them. Does the following match what you had
in mind?

---
 arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c      | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 include/trace/events/xen.h | 18 ++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
index 48f7c7eb4dbc..faa01591df36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
@@ -1325,20 +1325,23 @@ static noinline void xen_flush_tlb(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static void xen_flush_tlb_one_user(unsigned long addr)
+static void xen_flush_tlb_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+				u8 stride_shift)
 {
-	struct mmuext_op *op;
-	struct multicall_space mcs;
-
-	trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_one_user(addr);
+	struct mmuext_op op;
+	unsigned long addr;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
-	mcs = xen_mc_entry(sizeof(*op));
-	op = mcs.args;
-	op->cmd = MMUEXT_INVLPG_LOCAL;
-	op->arg1.linear_addr = addr & PAGE_MASK;
-	MULTI_mmuext_op(mcs.mc, op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF);
+	xen_mc_batch();
+	op.cmd = MMUEXT_INVLPG_LOCAL;
+
+	trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb_range(start, end, stride_shift);
+
+	for (addr = start; addr < end; addr += 1ul << stride_shift) {
+		op.arg1.linear_addr = addr & PAGE_MASK;
+		xen_extend_mmuext_op(&op);
+	}
 
 	xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
 
@@ -2394,7 +2397,7 @@ static const struct pv_mmu_ops xen_mmu_ops __initconst = {
 
 	.flush_tlb_user = xen_flush_tlb,
 	.flush_tlb_kernel = xen_flush_tlb,
-	.flush_tlb_one_user = xen_flush_tlb_one_user,
+	.flush_tlb_range = xen_flush_tlb_range,
 	.flush_tlb_multi = xen_flush_tlb_multi,
 	.tlb_remove_table = tlb_remove_table,
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/xen.h b/include/trace/events/xen.h
index 546022acf160..32bf0a94b4d8 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/xen.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/xen.h
@@ -352,14 +352,20 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xen_mmu_pgd,
 DEFINE_XEN_MMU_PGD_EVENT(xen_mmu_pgd_pin);
 DEFINE_XEN_MMU_PGD_EVENT(xen_mmu_pgd_unpin);
 
-TRACE_EVENT(xen_mmu_flush_tlb_one_user,
-	    TP_PROTO(unsigned long addr),
-	    TP_ARGS(addr),
+TRACE_EVENT(xen_mmu_flush_tlb_range,
+	    TP_PROTO(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+		     unsigned char stride_shift),
+	    TP_ARGS(start, end, stride_shift),
 	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		    __field(unsigned long, addr)
+		    __field(unsigned long, start)
+		    __field(unsigned long, end)
+		    __field(unsigned char, stride_shift)
 		    ),
-	    TP_fast_assign(__entry->addr = addr),
-	    TP_printk("addr %lx", __entry->addr)
+	    TP_fast_assign(__entry->start = start;
+			   __entry->end = end;
+			   __entry->stride_shift = stride_shift),
+	    TP_printk("start %lx end %lx stride_shift %d", __entry->start,
+		      __entry->end, __entry->stride_shift)
 	);
 
 TRACE_EVENT(xen_mmu_flush_tlb_multi,
-- 
2.17.1

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