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* Re: [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2
       [not found] <20181031234928.144206-1-marcorr@google.com>
@ 2021-05-21 20:58 ` Jim Mattson
  2021-05-24 12:50   ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jim Mattson @ 2021-05-21 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marc Orr
  Cc: kvm list, David Rientjes, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, linux-mm,
	Andrew Morton, Paolo Bonzini, Radim Krčmář,
	Matthew Wilcox, Dave Hansen, Wanpeng Li

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> wrote:
>
> Compared to the last version, I've:
> (1) dropped the vmalloc patches
> (2) updated the kmem cache for the guest_fpu field in the kvm_vcpu_arch
>     struct to be sized according to fpu_kernel_xstate_size
> (3) Added minimum FPU checks in KVM's x86 init logic to avoid memory
>     corruption issues.
>
> Marc Orr (2):
>   kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
>   kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu
>
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 10 +++---
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 10 ++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 10 ++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> --

Whatever happened to this series?

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* Re: [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2
  2021-05-21 20:58 ` [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2 Jim Mattson
@ 2021-05-24 12:50   ` Paolo Bonzini
  2021-05-24 22:44     ` Sean Christopherson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2021-05-24 12:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jim Mattson, Marc Orr
  Cc: kvm list, David Rientjes, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, linux-mm,
	Andrew Morton, Radim Krčmář,
	Matthew Wilcox, Dave Hansen, Wanpeng Li

On 21/05/21 22:58, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> Compared to the last version, I've:
>> (1) dropped the vmalloc patches
>> (2) updated the kmem cache for the guest_fpu field in the kvm_vcpu_arch
>>      struct to be sized according to fpu_kernel_xstate_size
>> (3) Added minimum FPU checks in KVM's x86 init logic to avoid memory
>>      corruption issues.
>>
>> Marc Orr (2):
>>    kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
>>    kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu
>>
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 10 +++---
>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 10 ++++++
>>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 10 ++++++
>>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>   4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
> 
> Whatever happened to this series?

There was a question about the usage of kmem_cache_create_usercopy, and 
a v7 was never sent.

Paolo


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* Re: [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2
  2021-05-24 12:50   ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2021-05-24 22:44     ` Sean Christopherson
  2021-05-24 23:01       ` Jim Mattson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2021-05-24 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Jim Mattson, Marc Orr, kvm list, David Rientjes,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, linux-mm, Andrew Morton,
	Radim Krčmář,
	Matthew Wilcox, Dave Hansen, Wanpeng Li

On Mon, May 24, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 21/05/21 22:58, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Compared to the last version, I've:
> > > (1) dropped the vmalloc patches
> > > (2) updated the kmem cache for the guest_fpu field in the kvm_vcpu_arch
> > >      struct to be sized according to fpu_kernel_xstate_size
> > > (3) Added minimum FPU checks in KVM's x86 init logic to avoid memory
> > >      corruption issues.
> > > 
> > > Marc Orr (2):
> > >    kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
> > >    kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu
> > > 
> > >   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 10 +++---
> > >   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 10 ++++++
> > >   arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 10 ++++++
> > >   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> > >   4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > --
> > 
> > Whatever happened to this series?
> 
> There was a question about the usage of kmem_cache_create_usercopy, and a v7
> was never sent.

What's that go to do with anything? :-D

  b666a4b69739 ("kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu")
  240c35a3783a ("kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user")

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* Re: [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2
  2021-05-24 22:44     ` Sean Christopherson
@ 2021-05-24 23:01       ` Jim Mattson
  2021-05-25  0:00         ` Sean Christopherson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jim Mattson @ 2021-05-24 23:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sean Christopherson
  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Marc Orr, kvm list, David Rientjes,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, linux-mm, Andrew Morton,
	Radim Krčmář,
	Matthew Wilcox, Dave Hansen, Wanpeng Li

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 3:44 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 21/05/21 22:58, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Compared to the last version, I've:
> > > > (1) dropped the vmalloc patches
> > > > (2) updated the kmem cache for the guest_fpu field in the kvm_vcpu_arch
> > > >      struct to be sized according to fpu_kernel_xstate_size
> > > > (3) Added minimum FPU checks in KVM's x86 init logic to avoid memory
> > > >      corruption issues.
> > > >
> > > > Marc Orr (2):
> > > >    kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
> > > >    kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu
> > > >
> > > >   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 10 +++---
> > > >   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 10 ++++++
> > > >   arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 10 ++++++
> > > >   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> > > >   4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > >
> > > Whatever happened to this series?
> >
> > There was a question about the usage of kmem_cache_create_usercopy, and a v7
> > was never sent.
>
> What's that go to do with anything? :-D
>
>   b666a4b69739 ("kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu")
>   240c35a3783a ("kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user")

So, that's what the series was trimmed down to. Thanks!

Did we still manage to get down to order 2?

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* Re: [kvm PATCH v6 0/2] shrink vcpu_vmx down to order 2
  2021-05-24 23:01       ` Jim Mattson
@ 2021-05-25  0:00         ` Sean Christopherson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2021-05-25  0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jim Mattson
  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Marc Orr, kvm list, David Rientjes,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, linux-mm, Andrew Morton,
	Radim Krčmář,
	Matthew Wilcox, Dave Hansen, Wanpeng Li

On Mon, May 24, 2021, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 3:44 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 24, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > On 21/05/21 22:58, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:49 PM Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Compared to the last version, I've:
> > > > > (1) dropped the vmalloc patches
> > > > > (2) updated the kmem cache for the guest_fpu field in the kvm_vcpu_arch
> > > > >      struct to be sized according to fpu_kernel_xstate_size
> > > > > (3) Added minimum FPU checks in KVM's x86 init logic to avoid memory
> > > > >      corruption issues.
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc Orr (2):
> > > > >    kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
> > > > >    kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu
> > > > >
> > > > >   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 10 +++---
> > > > >   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 10 ++++++
> > > > >   arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 10 ++++++
> > > > >   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> > > > >   4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Whatever happened to this series?
> > >
> > > There was a question about the usage of kmem_cache_create_usercopy, and a v7
> > > was never sent.
> >
> > What's that go to do with anything? :-D
> >
> >   b666a4b69739 ("kvm: x86: Dynamically allocate guest_fpu")
> >   240c35a3783a ("kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user")
> 
> So, that's what the series was trimmed down to. Thanks!
> 
> Did we still manage to get down to order 2?

Yep, almost made it to order-1!

Current size (without 8 bytes from CONFIG_HYPERV=y) is 9728.

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