Re: [PATCH v5.5 26/30] KVM: Keep memslots in tree-based structures instead of array-based ones

From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@oracle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5.5 26/30] KVM: Keep memslots in tree-based structures instead of array-based ones
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 16:22:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1c648e4-5536-111d-a7bf-3644ac68c9f5@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YY26dxv2kM3m2H7Z@google.com>

On 12.11.2021 01:51, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2021, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
>> On 04.11.2021 01:25, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * Remove the old memslot from the hash list and interval tree, copying
>>> -	 * the node data would corrupt the structures.
>>> -	 */
>>> +	int as_id = kvm_memslots_get_as_id(old, new);
>>> +	struct kvm_memslots *slots = kvm_get_inactive_memslots(kvm, as_id);
>>> +	int idx = slots->node_idx;
>>> +
>>>    	if (old) {
>>> -		hash_del(&old->id_node);
>>> -		interval_tree_remove(&old->hva_node, &slots->hva_tree);
>>> +		hash_del(&old->id_node[idx]);
>>> +		interval_tree_remove(&old->hva_node[idx], &slots->hva_tree);
>>> -		if (!new)
>>> +		if ((long)old == atomic_long_read(&slots->last_used_slot))
>>> +			atomic_long_set(&slots->last_used_slot, (long)new);
>>
>> Open-coding cmpxchg() is way less readable than a direct call.
> 
> Doh, I meant to call this out and/or add a comment.
> 
> My objection to cmpxchg() is that it implies atomicity is required (the kernel's
> version adds the lock), which is very much not the case.  So this isn't strictly
> an open-coded version of cmpxchg().
> 
>> The open-coded version also compiles on x86 to multiple instructions with
>> a branch, instead of just a single instruction.
> 
> Yeah.  The lock can't be contended, so that part of cmpxchg is a non-issue.  But
> that's also why I don't love using cmpxchg.
> 
> I don't have a strong preference, I just got briefly confused by the atomicity part.

We can simply add a comment there to explain that the atomicity isn't actually
strictly required here - will do that.

>>> +static void kvm_invalidate_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
>>> +				   struct kvm_memory_slot *old,
>>> +				   struct kvm_memory_slot *working_slot)
>>> +{
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Mark the current slot INVALID.  As with all memslot modifications,
>>> +	 * this must be done on an unreachable slot to avoid modifying the
>>> +	 * current slot in the active tree.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	kvm_copy_memslot(working_slot, old);
>>> +	working_slot->flags |= KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID;
>>> +	kvm_replace_memslot(kvm, old, working_slot);
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Activate the slot that is now marked INVALID, but don't propagate
>>> +	 * the slot to the now inactive slots. The slot is either going to be
>>> +	 * deleted or recreated as a new slot.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	kvm_swap_active_memslots(kvm, old->as_id);
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * From this point no new shadow pages pointing to a deleted, or moved,
>>> +	 * memslot will be created.  Validation of sp->gfn happens in:
>>> +	 *	- gfn_to_hva (kvm_read_guest, gfn_to_pfn)
>>> +	 *	- kvm_is_visible_gfn (mmu_check_root)
>>> +	 */
>>> +	kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(kvm, old);
>>
>> This should flush the currently active slot (that is, "working_slot",
>> not "old") to not introduce a behavior change with respect to the existing
>> code.
>>
>> That's also what the previous version of this patch set did.
> 
> Eww.  I would much prefer to "fix" the existing code in a prep patch.  It shouldn't
> matter, but arch code really should not get passed an INVALID slot.
> 

I will add a separate patch that switches that kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot()
call to use a valid (old) memslot instead.

It is actually simpler to do it *after* the main patch series to not add
more dead code that next patches remove anyway.

Thanks,
Maciej