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From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
To: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: cohuck@redhat.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, thuth@redhat.com,
	pasic@linux.ibm.com, david@redhat.com,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls for kvm_s390_pv_init_vm
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:10:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <efa07fc5-2f74-d785-e90f-571698ae8f54@de.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210818132620.46770-4-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>



On 18.08.21 15:26, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> When the system is heavily overcommitted, kvm_s390_pv_init_vm might
> generate stall notifications.
> 
> Fix this by using uv_call_sched instead of just uv_call. This is ok because
> we are not holding spinlocks.

I guess this should only happen for really large guests where the donated memory is also large?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
> Fixes: 214d9bbcd3a672 ("s390/mm: provide memory management functions for protected KVM guests")

Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>

> ---
>   arch/s390/kvm/pv.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
> index 0a854115100b..00d272d134c2 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int kvm_s390_pv_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, u16 *rc, u16 *rrc)
>   	uvcb.conf_base_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_base;
>   	uvcb.conf_virt_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_var;
>   
> -	cc = uv_call(0, (u64)&uvcb);
> +	cc = uv_call_sched(0, (u64)&uvcb);
>   	*rc = uvcb.header.rc;
>   	*rrc = uvcb.header.rrc;
>   	KVM_UV_EVENT(kvm, 3, "PROTVIRT CREATE VM: handle %llx len %llx rc %x rrc %x",
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-31 14:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-18 13:26 [PATCH v4 00/14] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] KVM: s390: pv: add macros for UVC CC values Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 13:43   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid double free of sida page Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 13:55   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-09-08 18:50     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 13:59   ` Janosch Frank
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls for kvm_s390_pv_init_vm Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 14:10   ` Christian Borntraeger [this message]
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls when making pages secure Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 14:32   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-08-31 15:00     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-31 15:11       ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] KVM: s390: pv: leak the ASCE page when destroy fails Claudio Imbrenda
2021-09-06 15:32   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-09-06 15:54     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] KVM: s390: pv: properly handle page flags for protected guests Claudio Imbrenda
2021-09-06 15:46   ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-09-06 15:56     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-09-06 16:16       ` Christian Borntraeger
2021-09-17 14:57         ` Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage violations " Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage exceptions for normal guests Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] KVM: s390: pv: refactor s390_reset_acc Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] KVM: s390: pv: usage counter instead of flag Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-26  7:58   ` Janis Schoetterl-Glausch
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] KVM: s390: pv: add export before import Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] KVM: s390: pv: module parameter to fence lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] KVM: s390: pv: lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2021-08-26  8:33   ` Janis Schoetterl-Glausch
2021-08-18 13:26 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid export before import if possible Claudio Imbrenda

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