* [Bug 54161] New: nVMX: nested vpid
@ 2013-02-20 15:19 bugzilla-daemon
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2015-03-17 3:53 ` bugzilla-daemon
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From: bugzilla-daemon @ 2013-02-20 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvm
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54161
Summary: nVMX: nested vpid
Product: Virtualization
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: kvm
AssignedTo: virtualization_kvm@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
ReportedBy: nyh@math.technion.ac.il
Regression: No
Currently, support for VPID in nested VMX is minimal: L1 doesn't see the vpid
feature, and doesn't use it, but L0 may use it (if available) when running the
guests: We use the same vpid to run L1 and all its L2 guests, but
vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu) when going back and forth between L1 and L2 - this flushes
this particular vpid, but at least leave other L1's cache entries behind.
A better performing solution would be to support "nested vpid" - L0 exposes to
L1 the VPID feature, and maintains a mapping between VPID numbers that L1 uses
to VPID numbers that it uses. L0 runs each of its guests - L1s and L2s, as
separate guests.
Some points to remember while doing this (this is only a partial list!):
1. Remember to set vmx->vpid on nested_vmx_run() and nested_vmx_vmexit() to
L1's and L2's vpid. This is important because vmx_flush_tlb() (called on
context switch between a guest's processes) flushes only the current vpid (if
possible) and we need to do it to the correct one.
2. In free_nested(), also free the vpids that have been allocated to all the
L2s. This can probably be done in nested_free_saved_vmcs() (see mention above).
However, note that free_nested() is preceded (in vmx_free_vcpu()) by a call to
free_vpid() which frees the current vmx->vpid, which might be l1 or l2 and we
need to make sure we free all of them, and just once.
3. Implement, of course, also INVVPID for L1.
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Nadav Har'El <nyh@math.technion.ac.il> changed:
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Bandan Das <bsd@makefile.in> changed:
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