[PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: Paravirt remote TLB flush

[PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: Paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
busy-waiting for a long amount of time.

This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
flush the tlb on guest enter. Idea was discussed here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/20/157

The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running 
multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching 
vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.

In addition, thanks for commit 9e52fc2b50d ("x86/mm: Enable RCU based 
page table freeing (CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE=y)")

Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in 
one linux guest.

ebizzy -M 
              vanilla    optimized     boost
 8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68% 
16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5% 
24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3% 

Wanpeng Li (4):
  KVM: Add vCPU running/preempted state
  KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush
  KVM: X86: introduce invalidate_gpa argument to tlb flush
  KVM: Add flush_on_enter before guest enter

 Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  | 10 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  6 ++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                 |  3 ++-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c                   | 14 +++++++-------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                   | 21 +++++++++++----------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 8 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: Add vCPU running/preempted state

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>

This patch reuses the preempted field in kvm_steal_time, and will export
the vcpu running/pre-empted information to the guest from host. This will
enable guest to intelligently send ipi to running vcpus and set flag for
pre-empted vcpus. This will prevent waiting for vcpus that are not running.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h | 3 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
index a965e5b0..ff23ce9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
 	__u32 pad[11];
 };
 
+#define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
+#define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
+
 #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
 struct kvm_clock_pairing {
 	__s64 sec;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 8bb9594..1b1b641 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ __visible bool __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_steal_time *src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
 
-	return !!src->preempted;
+	return !!(src->preempted & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED);
 }
 PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index d61dcce3..46d4158 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		&vcpu->arch.st.steal, sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time))))
 		return;
 
-	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 0;
+	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED;
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.st.steal.version & 1)
 		vcpu->arch.st.steal.version += 1;  /* first time write, random junk */
@@ -2887,7 +2887,7 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
 		return;
 
-	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 1;
+	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
 
 	kvm_write_guest_offset_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
 			&vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted,
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>

Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
busy-waiting for a long amount of time.

This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
flush the tlb on guest enter.

The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running 
multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching 
vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.

Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in 
one linux guest.

ebizzy -M 
              vanilla    optimized     boost
 8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68% 
16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5% 
24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3% 

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  |  4 ++++
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 117066a..9693fcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED           ||     8 || guest checks this feature bit
                                    ||       || mizations such as usage of
                                    ||       || qspinlocks.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH           ||     9 || guest checks this feature bit
+                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
+                                   ||       || tlb flush.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
                                    ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
                                    ||       || kvmclock.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
index 9ead1ed..a028479 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI		6
 #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT		7
 #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED	8
+#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH	9
 
 /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
  * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
 
 #define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
 #define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
+#define KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH       (1 << 1)
 
 #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
 struct kvm_clock_pairing {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 66ed3bc..50f4b6a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -465,6 +465,33 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void)
 	update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault);
 }
 
+static cpumask_t flushmask;
+
+static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
+			const struct flush_tlb_info *info)
+{
+	u8 state;
+	int cpu;
+	struct kvm_steal_time *src;
+
+	cpumask_copy(&flushmask, cpumask);
+	/*
+	 * We have to call flush only on online vCPUs. And
+	 * queue flush_on_enter for pre-empted vCPUs
+	 */
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
+		src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
+		state = src->preempted;
+		if ((state & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED)) {
+			if (cmpxchg(&src->preempted, state, state |
+				KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH) == state)
+				__cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &flushmask);
+		}
+	}
+
+	native_flush_tlb_others(&flushmask, info);
+}
+
 void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -484,6 +511,10 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
 		pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
 	}
 
+	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
+		!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
+		pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
+
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
 		apic_set_eoi_write(kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write);
 
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: X86: introduce invalidate_gpa argument to tlb flush

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>

Introduce a new bool invalidate_gpa argument to kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush, 
it will be used by later patches to just flush guest tlb.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 14 +++++++-------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 21 +++++++++++----------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              |  6 +++---
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c73e493..b4f7bb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops {
 	unsigned long (*get_rflags)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	void (*set_rflags)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags);
 
-	void (*tlb_flush)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+	void (*tlb_flush)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa);
 
 	void (*run)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 	int (*handle_exit)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 0e68f0b..efaf95f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int vgif = true;
 module_param(vgif, int, 0444);
 
 static void svm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0);
-static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa);
 static void svm_complete_interrupts(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
 
 static int nested_svm_exit_handled(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ static int svm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 		return 1;
 
 	if (npt_enabled && ((old_cr4 ^ cr4) & X86_CR4_PGE))
-		svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+		svm_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 
 	vcpu->arch.cr4 = cr4;
 	if (!npt_enabled)
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ static void nested_svm_set_tdp_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	svm->vmcb->control.nested_cr3 = __sme_set(root);
 	mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_NPT);
-	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 }
 
 static void nested_svm_inject_npf_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ static bool nested_svm_vmrun(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->nested.intercept_exceptions = nested_vmcb->control.intercept_exceptions;
 	svm->nested.intercept            = nested_vmcb->control.intercept;
 
-	svm_flush_tlb(&svm->vcpu);
+	svm_flush_tlb(&svm->vcpu, true);
 	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl = nested_vmcb->control.int_ctl | V_INTR_MASKING_MASK;
 	if (nested_vmcb->control.int_ctl & V_INTR_MASKING_MASK)
 		svm->vcpu.arch.hflags |= HF_VINTR_MASK;
@@ -4755,7 +4755,7 @@ static int svm_set_tss_addr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int addr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void svm_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 
@@ -5046,7 +5046,7 @@ static void svm_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long root)
 
 	svm->vmcb->save.cr3 = __sme_set(root);
 	mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_CR);
-	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 }
 
 static void set_tdp_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long root)
@@ -5060,7 +5060,7 @@ static void set_tdp_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long root)
 	svm->vmcb->save.cr3 = kvm_read_cr3(vcpu);
 	mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_CR);
 
-	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+	svm_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 }
 
 static int is_disabled(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index e5bea5e..17d13d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -4113,9 +4113,10 @@ static void exit_lmode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 #endif
 
-static inline void __vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vpid)
+static inline void __vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vpid,
+				bool invalidate_gpa)
 {
-	if (enable_ept) {
+	if (enable_ept && (invalidate_gpa || !enable_vpid)) {
 		if (!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu.root_hpa))
 			return;
 		ept_sync_context(construct_eptp(vcpu, vcpu->arch.mmu.root_hpa));
@@ -4124,15 +4125,15 @@ static inline void __vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vpid)
 	}
 }
 
-static void vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa)
 {
-	__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, to_vmx(vcpu)->vpid);
+	__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, to_vmx(vcpu)->vpid, invalidate_gpa);
 }
 
 static void vmx_flush_tlb_ept_only(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (enable_ept)
-		vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+		vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 }
 
 static void vmx_decache_cr0_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -4330,7 +4331,7 @@ static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
 		ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
 	}
 
-	vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+	vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, guest_cr3);
 }
 
@@ -7962,7 +7963,7 @@ static int handle_invvpid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 	}
 
-	__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, vmx->nested.vpid02);
+	__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, vmx->nested.vpid02, true);
 	nested_vmx_succeed(vcpu);
 
 	return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
@@ -10614,11 +10615,11 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 			vmcs_write16(VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR_ID, vmx->nested.vpid02);
 			if (vmcs12->virtual_processor_id != vmx->nested.last_vpid) {
 				vmx->nested.last_vpid = vmcs12->virtual_processor_id;
-				__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.vpid02);
+				__vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.vpid02, true);
 			}
 		} else {
 			vmcs_write16(VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR_ID, vmx->vpid);
-			vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+			vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -11324,7 +11325,7 @@ static void load_vmcs12_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		 * L1's vpid. TODO: move to a more elaborate solution, giving
 		 * each L2 its own vpid and exposing the vpid feature to L1.
 		 */
-		vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+		vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 	}
 	/* Restore posted intr vector. */
 	if (nested_cpu_has_posted_intr(vmcs12))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 46d4158..2b2cc99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6737,10 +6737,10 @@ static void vcpu_scan_ioapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_x86_ops->load_eoi_exitmap(vcpu, eoi_exit_bitmap);
 }
 
-static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa)
 {
 	++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
-	kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush(vcpu);
+	kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush(vcpu, invalidate_gpa);
 }
 
 void kvm_vcpu_reload_apic_access_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -6797,7 +6797,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu))
 			kvm_mmu_sync_roots(vcpu);
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu))
-			kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu);
+			kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu, true);
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_REPORT_TPR_ACCESS, vcpu)) {
 			vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS;
 			r = 0;
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: Add flush_on_enter before guest enter

[Wanpeng Li]

PV-Flush guest would indicate to flush on enter, flush the TLB before
entering and exiting the guest.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c |  3 ++-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 0099e10..2724a5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF) |
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI) |
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT) |
-			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT);
+			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT) |
+			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH);
 
 		if (sched_info_on())
 			entry->eax |= (1 << KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 2b2cc99..7e80be4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2107,6 +2107,12 @@ static void kvmclock_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled = false;
 }
 
+static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa)
+{
+	++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
+	kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush(vcpu, invalidate_gpa);
+}
+
 static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
@@ -2116,7 +2122,13 @@ static void record_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		&vcpu->arch.st.steal, sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time))))
 		return;
 
-	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED;
+	if (xchg(&vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted, KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED) ==
+			(KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH | KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED))
+		/*
+		 * Do TLB_FLUSH before entering the guest, its passed
+		 * the stage of request checking
+		 */
+		kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(vcpu, false);
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.st.steal.version & 1)
 		vcpu->arch.st.steal.version += 1;  /* first time write, random junk */
@@ -2887,7 +2899,7 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
 		return;
 
-	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
+	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted |= KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
 
 	kvm_write_guest_offset_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
 			&vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted,
@@ -6737,12 +6749,6 @@ static void vcpu_scan_ioapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_x86_ops->load_eoi_exitmap(vcpu, eoi_exit_bitmap);
 }
 
-static void kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool invalidate_gpa)
-{
-	++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
-	kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush(vcpu, invalidate_gpa);
-}
-
 void kvm_vcpu_reload_apic_access_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct page *page = NULL;
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: Paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-11-10 15:04 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>:
> Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
> scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
> or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
> busy-waiting for a long amount of time.
>
> This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
> does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
> flush the tlb on guest enter. Idea was discussed here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/20/157
>
> The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running
> multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching
> vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.
>
> In addition, thanks for commit 9e52fc2b50d ("x86/mm: Enable RCU based
> page table freeing (CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE=y)")
>
> Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in
> one linux guest.
>
> ebizzy -M
>               vanilla    optimized     boost
>  8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68%
> 16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5%
> 24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
> 32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3%

v1 -> v2:
 * a new CPUID feature bit
 * fix cmpxchg check
 * use kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb() to get the statistics right
 * just OR the KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED in kvm_steal_time_set_preempted
 * add a new bool argument to kvm_x86_ops->tlb_flush
 * __cpumask_clear_cpu() instead of cpumask_clear_cpu()
 * not put cpumask_t on stack
 * rebase the patchset against "locking/qspinlock/x86: Avoid
test-and-set when PV_DEDICATED is set" v3

>
> Wanpeng Li (4):
>   KVM: Add vCPU running/preempted state
>   KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush
>   KVM: X86: introduce invalidate_gpa argument to tlb flush
>   KVM: Add flush_on_enter before guest enter
>
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  | 10 ++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                 |  3 ++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c                   | 14 +++++++-------
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                   | 21 +++++++++++----------
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
>  8 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 10/11/2017 08:04, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
> 
> Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
> scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
> or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
> busy-waiting for a long amount of time.
> 
> This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
> does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
> flush the tlb on guest enter.
> 
> The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running 
> multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching 
> vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.
> 
> Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in 
> one linux guest.
> 
> ebizzy -M 
>               vanilla    optimized     boost
>  8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68% 
> 16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5% 
> 24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
> 32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3% 
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  |  4 ++++
>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> index 117066a..9693fcc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED           ||     8 || guest checks this feature bit
>                                     ||       || mizations such as usage of
>                                     ||       || qspinlocks.
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH           ||     9 || guest checks this feature bit
> +                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
> +                                   ||       || tlb flush.
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
>                                     ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
>                                     ||       || kvmclock.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 9ead1ed..a028479 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI		6
>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT		7
>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED	8
> +#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH	9
>  
>  /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
>   * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
>  
>  #define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
>  #define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
> +#define KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH       (1 << 1)
>  
>  #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
>  struct kvm_clock_pairing {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 66ed3bc..50f4b6a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -465,6 +465,33 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void)
>  	update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault);
>  }
>  
> +static cpumask_t flushmask;

Hi Wanpeng,

are you going to send v3 with a percpu variable?

Paolo

> +static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
> +			const struct flush_tlb_info *info)
> +{
> +	u8 state;
> +	int cpu;
> +	struct kvm_steal_time *src;
> +
> +	cpumask_copy(&flushmask, cpumask);
> +	/*
> +	 * We have to call flush only on online vCPUs. And
> +	 * queue flush_on_enter for pre-empted vCPUs
> +	 */
> +	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
> +		src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
> +		state = src->preempted;
> +		if ((state & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED)) {
> +			if (cmpxchg(&src->preempted, state, state |
> +				KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH) == state)
> +				__cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &flushmask);
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	native_flush_tlb_others(&flushmask, info);
> +}
> +
>  void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>  {
>  	int i;
> @@ -484,6 +511,10 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>  		pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
> +		!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
> +		pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
> +
>  	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
>  		apic_set_eoi_write(kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write);
>  
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-11-10 16:24 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>:
> On 10/11/2017 08:04, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>>
>> Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
>> scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
>> or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
>> busy-waiting for a long amount of time.
>>
>> This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
>> does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
>> flush the tlb on guest enter.
>>
>> The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running
>> multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching
>> vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.
>>
>> Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in
>> one linux guest.
>>
>> ebizzy -M
>>               vanilla    optimized     boost
>>  8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68%
>> 16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5%
>> 24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
>> 32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3%
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  |  4 ++++
>>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> index 117066a..9693fcc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED           ||     8 || guest checks this feature bit
>>                                     ||       || mizations such as usage of
>>                                     ||       || qspinlocks.
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH           ||     9 || guest checks this feature bit
>> +                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
>> +                                   ||       || tlb flush.
>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
>>                                     ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
>>                                     ||       || kvmclock.
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> index 9ead1ed..a028479 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI           6
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT                7
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED     8
>> +#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH     9
>>
>>  /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
>>   * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
>> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
>>
>>  #define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
>>  #define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
>> +#define KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH       (1 << 1)
>>
>>  #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
>>  struct kvm_clock_pairing {
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> index 66ed3bc..50f4b6a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> @@ -465,6 +465,33 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void)
>>       update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault);
>>  }
>>
>> +static cpumask_t flushmask;
>
> Hi Wanpeng,
>
> are you going to send v3 with a percpu variable?

Yeah, I just complete v3 according to Peterz's comments in another
guy's thread, I will send out them after completing the testing.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> Paolo
>
>> +static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
>> +                     const struct flush_tlb_info *info)
>> +{
>> +     u8 state;
>> +     int cpu;
>> +     struct kvm_steal_time *src;
>> +
>> +     cpumask_copy(&flushmask, cpumask);
>> +     /*
>> +      * We have to call flush only on online vCPUs. And
>> +      * queue flush_on_enter for pre-empted vCPUs
>> +      */
>> +     for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
>> +             src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
>> +             state = src->preempted;
>> +             if ((state & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED)) {
>> +                     if (cmpxchg(&src->preempted, state, state |
>> +                             KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH) == state)
>> +                             __cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &flushmask);
>> +             }
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     native_flush_tlb_others(&flushmask, info);
>> +}
>> +
>>  void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>  {
>>       int i;
>> @@ -484,6 +511,10 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>               pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
>>       }
>>
>> +     if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
>> +             !kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
>> +             pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
>> +
>>       if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
>>               apic_set_eoi_write(kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write);
>>
>>
>

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-11-10 16:33 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>:
> 2017-11-10 16:24 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>:
>> On 10/11/2017 08:04, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>>>
>>> Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
>>> scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
>>> or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
>>> busy-waiting for a long amount of time.
>>>
>>> This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
>>> does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
>>> flush the tlb on guest enter.
>>>
>>> The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running
>>> multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching
>>> vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.
>>>
>>> Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in
>>> one linux guest.
>>>
>>> ebizzy -M
>>>               vanilla    optimized     boost
>>>  8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68%
>>> 16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5%
>>> 24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
>>> 32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3%
>>>
>>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  |  4 ++++
>>>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  2 ++
>>>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>>> index 117066a..9693fcc 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED           ||     8 || guest checks this feature bit
>>>                                     ||       || mizations such as usage of
>>>                                     ||       || qspinlocks.
>>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH           ||     9 || guest checks this feature bit
>>> +                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
>>> +                                   ||       || tlb flush.
>>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
>>>                                     ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
>>>                                     ||       || kvmclock.
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>>> index 9ead1ed..a028479 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI           6
>>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT                7
>>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED     8
>>> +#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH     9
>>>
>>>  /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
>>>   * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
>>> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
>>>
>>>  #define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
>>>  #define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
>>> +#define KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH       (1 << 1)
>>>
>>>  #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
>>>  struct kvm_clock_pairing {
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>>> index 66ed3bc..50f4b6a 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>>> @@ -465,6 +465,33 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void)
>>>       update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault);
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static cpumask_t flushmask;
>>
>> Hi Wanpeng,
>>
>> are you going to send v3 with a percpu variable?
>
> Yeah, I just complete v3 according to Peterz's comments in another
> guy's thread, I will send out them after completing the testing.

This is how it looks it. https://pastebin.com/raw/L2vqu4cZ

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> Regards,
> Wanpeng Li
>
>>
>> Paolo
>>
>>> +static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
>>> +                     const struct flush_tlb_info *info)
>>> +{
>>> +     u8 state;
>>> +     int cpu;
>>> +     struct kvm_steal_time *src;
>>> +
>>> +     cpumask_copy(&flushmask, cpumask);
>>> +     /*
>>> +      * We have to call flush only on online vCPUs. And
>>> +      * queue flush_on_enter for pre-empted vCPUs
>>> +      */
>>> +     for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
>>> +             src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
>>> +             state = src->preempted;
>>> +             if ((state & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED)) {
>>> +                     if (cmpxchg(&src->preempted, state, state |
>>> +                             KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH) == state)
>>> +                             __cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &flushmask);
>>> +             }
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>> +     native_flush_tlb_others(&flushmask, info);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>>  {
>>>       int i;
>>> @@ -484,6 +511,10 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>>               pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
>>>       }
>>>
>>> +     if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
>>> +             !kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
>>> +             pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
>>> +
>>>       if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
>>>               apic_set_eoi_write(kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write);
>>>
>>>
>>

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-11-10 16:24 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>:
> On 10/11/2017 08:04, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>>
>> Remote flushing api's does a busy wait which is fine in bare-metal
>> scenario. But with-in the guest, the vcpus might have been pre-empted
>> or blocked. In this scenario, the initator vcpu would end up
>> busy-waiting for a long amount of time.
>>
>> This patch set implements para-virt flush tlbs making sure that it
>> does not wait for vcpus that are sleeping. And all the sleeping vcpus
>> flush the tlb on guest enter.
>>
>> The best result is achieved when we're overcommiting the host by running
>> multiple vCPUs on each pCPU. In this case PV tlb flush avoids touching
>> vCPUs which are not scheduled and avoid the wait on the main CPU.
>>
>> Test on a Haswell i7 desktop 4 cores (2HT), so 8 pCPUs, running ebizzy in
>> one linux guest.
>>
>> ebizzy -M
>>               vanilla    optimized     boost
>>  8 vCPUs       10152       10083       -0.68%
>> 16 vCPUs        1224        4866       297.5%
>> 24 vCPUs        1109        3871       249%
>> 32 vCPUs        1025        3375       229.3%
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt  |  4 ++++
>>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |  2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> index 117066a..9693fcc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED           ||     8 || guest checks this feature bit
>>                                     ||       || mizations such as usage of
>>                                     ||       || qspinlocks.
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH           ||     9 || guest checks this feature bit
>> +                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
>> +                                   ||       || tlb flush.
>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
>>                                     ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
>>                                     ||       || kvmclock.
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> index 9ead1ed..a028479 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI           6
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT                7
>>  #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED     8
>> +#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH     9
>>
>>  /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
>>   * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
>> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
>>
>>  #define KVM_VCPU_NOT_PREEMPTED      (0 << 0)
>>  #define KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED          (1 << 0)
>> +#define KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH       (1 << 1)
>>
>>  #define KVM_CLOCK_PAIRING_WALLCLOCK 0
>>  struct kvm_clock_pairing {
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> index 66ed3bc..50f4b6a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>> @@ -465,6 +465,33 @@ static void __init kvm_apf_trap_init(void)
>>       update_intr_gate(X86_TRAP_PF, async_page_fault);
>>  }
>>
>> +static cpumask_t flushmask;
>
> Hi Wanpeng,
>
> are you going to send v3 with a percpu variable?

Hi Peterz,

I found big performance difference as I discuss with you several days ago.

ebizzy -M
                        vanilla    static/local cpumask     per-cpu cpumask
 8 vCPUs       10152            10083                          10117
16 vCPUs        1224              4866                          10008
24 vCPUs        1109              3871                            9928
32 vCPUs        1025              3375                            9811

In addition, I can observe ~50% perf top time is occupied by
smp_call_function_many(), ~30% perf top time is occupied by
call_function_interrupt() in the guest when running ebizzy for
static/local cpumask variable. However, I almost can't observe these
IPI stuffs after changing to per-cpu variable. Any opinions?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> Paolo
>
>> +static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
>> +                     const struct flush_tlb_info *info)
>> +{
>> +     u8 state;
>> +     int cpu;
>> +     struct kvm_steal_time *src;
>> +
>> +     cpumask_copy(&flushmask, cpumask);
>> +     /*
>> +      * We have to call flush only on online vCPUs. And
>> +      * queue flush_on_enter for pre-empted vCPUs
>> +      */
>> +     for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
>> +             src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
>> +             state = src->preempted;
>> +             if ((state & KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED)) {
>> +                     if (cmpxchg(&src->preempted, state, state |
>> +                             KVM_VCPU_SHOULD_FLUSH) == state)
>> +                             __cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &flushmask);
>> +             }
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     native_flush_tlb_others(&flushmask, info);
>> +}
>> +
>>  void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>  {
>>       int i;
>> @@ -484,6 +511,10 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
>>               pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
>>       }
>>
>> +     if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
>> +             !kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_DEDICATED))
>> +             pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
>> +
>>       if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
>>               apic_set_eoi_write(kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write);
>>
>>
>

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:43:32PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> Hi Peterz,
> 
> I found big performance difference as I discuss with you several days ago.
> 
> ebizzy -M
>                         vanilla    static/local cpumask     per-cpu cpumask
>  8 vCPUs       10152            10083                          10117
> 16 vCPUs        1224              4866                          10008
> 24 vCPUs        1109              3871                            9928
> 32 vCPUs        1025              3375                            9811
> 
> In addition, I can observe ~50% perf top time is occupied by
> smp_call_function_many(), ~30% perf top time is occupied by
> call_function_interrupt() in the guest when running ebizzy for
> static/local cpumask variable. However, I almost can't observe these
> IPI stuffs after changing to per-cpu variable. Any opinions?

That doesn't really make sense.. :/

So a single static variable is broken (multiple CPUs can call
flush_tlb_others() concurrently and overwrite each others masks). But I
don't see why a per-cpu variable would be much slower than an on-stack
variable.

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] KVM: Add paravirt remote TLB flush

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-11-15 17:54 GMT+08:00 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:43:32PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> Hi Peterz,
>>
>> I found big performance difference as I discuss with you several days ago.
>>
>> ebizzy -M
>>                         vanilla    static/local cpumask     per-cpu cpumask
>>  8 vCPUs       10152            10083                          10117
>> 16 vCPUs        1224              4866                          10008
>> 24 vCPUs        1109              3871                            9928
>> 32 vCPUs        1025              3375                            9811
>>
>> In addition, I can observe ~50% perf top time is occupied by
>> smp_call_function_many(), ~30% perf top time is occupied by
>> call_function_interrupt() in the guest when running ebizzy for
>> static/local cpumask variable. However, I almost can't observe these
>> IPI stuffs after changing to per-cpu variable. Any opinions?
>
> That doesn't really make sense.. :/
>
> So a single static variable is broken (multiple CPUs can call
> flush_tlb_others() concurrently and overwrite each others masks). But I
> don't see why a per-cpu variable would be much slower than an on-stack
> variable.

The score of ebizzy, bigger is better, so per-cpu variable 2~3 times
better than on-stack. Actually I find what happens here. :)

+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+     zalloc_cpumask_var_node(per_cpu_ptr(&__pv_tlb_mask, cpu),
+         GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+ }

This zalloc_cpumask_var_node() returns NULL and fails to alloc per-cpu
memory. There is a check in my kvm_flush_tlb_others():

+ if (unlikely(!flushmask))
+     return;

So the kvm_flush_tlb_others() skips all the tlbs shutdown, I think
that's the reason why the score of overcommit is as high as
non-overcommit, in addition, it also explains why I can't observe IPI
related functions by perf top.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li