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From: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cannon Matthews <cannonmatthews@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>,
	Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>,
	Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>,
	Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	Yulei Zhang <yulei.kernel@gmail.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong.eric@gmail.com>,
	Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/22] kvm: mmu: Introduce tdp_iter
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:22:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200925212302.3979661-3-bgardon@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200925212302.3979661-1-bgardon@google.com>

The TDP iterator implements a pre-order traversal of a TDP paging
structure. This iterator will be used in future patches to create
an efficient implementation of the KVM MMU for the TDP case.

Tested by running kvm-unit-tests and KVM selftests on an Intel Haswell
machine. This series introduced no new failures.

This series can be viewed in Gerrit at:
	https://linux-review.googlesource.com/c/virt/kvm/kvm/+/2538

Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/Makefile           |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c          |  19 +---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h |  15 +++
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c     | 163 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h     |  53 +++++++++++
 5 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
index 4a3081e9f4b5d..cf6a9947955f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF)	+= $(KVM)/async_pf.o
 
 kvm-y			+= x86.o emulate.o i8259.o irq.o lapic.o \
 			   i8254.o ioapic.o irq_comm.o cpuid.o pmu.o mtrr.o \
-			   hyperv.o debugfs.o mmu/mmu.o mmu/page_track.o
+			   hyperv.o debugfs.o mmu/mmu.o mmu/page_track.o \
+			   mmu/tdp_iter.o
 
 kvm-intel-y		+= vmx/vmx.o vmx/vmenter.o vmx/pmu_intel.o vmx/vmcs12.o vmx/evmcs.o vmx/nested.o
 kvm-amd-y		+= svm/svm.o svm/vmenter.o svm/pmu.o svm/nested.o svm/avic.o svm/sev.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 81240b558d67f..b48b00c8cde65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -134,15 +134,6 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
 #define SPTE_AD_WRPROT_ONLY_MASK (2ULL << 52)
 #define SPTE_MMIO_MASK (3ULL << 52)
 
-#define PT64_LEVEL_BITS 9
-
-#define PT64_LEVEL_SHIFT(level) \
-		(PAGE_SHIFT + (level - 1) * PT64_LEVEL_BITS)
-
-#define PT64_INDEX(address, level)\
-	(((address) >> PT64_LEVEL_SHIFT(level)) & ((1 << PT64_LEVEL_BITS) - 1))
-
-
 #define PT32_LEVEL_BITS 10
 
 #define PT32_LEVEL_SHIFT(level) \
@@ -192,8 +183,6 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
 #define SPTE_HOST_WRITEABLE	(1ULL << PT_FIRST_AVAIL_BITS_SHIFT)
 #define SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE	(1ULL << (PT_FIRST_AVAIL_BITS_SHIFT + 1))
 
-#define SHADOW_PT_INDEX(addr, level) PT64_INDEX(addr, level)
-
 /* make pte_list_desc fit well in cache line */
 #define PTE_LIST_EXT 3
 
@@ -346,7 +335,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask(u64 mmio_value, u64 access_mask)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask);
 
-static bool is_mmio_spte(u64 spte)
+bool is_mmio_spte(u64 spte)
 {
 	return (spte & SPTE_SPECIAL_MASK) == SPTE_MMIO_MASK;
 }
@@ -623,7 +612,7 @@ static int is_nx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_NX;
 }
 
-static int is_shadow_present_pte(u64 pte)
+int is_shadow_present_pte(u64 pte)
 {
 	return (pte != 0) && !is_mmio_spte(pte);
 }
@@ -633,7 +622,7 @@ static int is_large_pte(u64 pte)
 	return pte & PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK;
 }
 
-static int is_last_spte(u64 pte, int level)
+int is_last_spte(u64 pte, int level)
 {
 	if (level == PG_LEVEL_4K)
 		return 1;
@@ -647,7 +636,7 @@ static bool is_executable_pte(u64 spte)
 	return (spte & (shadow_x_mask | shadow_nx_mask)) == shadow_x_mask;
 }
 
-static kvm_pfn_t spte_to_pfn(u64 pte)
+kvm_pfn_t spte_to_pfn(u64 pte)
 {
 	return (pte & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
index 3acf3b8eb469d..65bb110847858 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
@@ -60,4 +60,19 @@ void kvm_mmu_gfn_allow_lpage(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn);
 bool kvm_mmu_slot_gfn_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
 				    struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, u64 gfn);
 
+#define PT64_LEVEL_BITS 9
+
+#define PT64_LEVEL_SHIFT(level) \
+		(PAGE_SHIFT + (level - 1) * PT64_LEVEL_BITS)
+
+#define PT64_INDEX(address, level)\
+	(((address) >> PT64_LEVEL_SHIFT(level)) & ((1 << PT64_LEVEL_BITS) - 1))
+#define SHADOW_PT_INDEX(addr, level) PT64_INDEX(addr, level)
+
+/* Functions for interpreting SPTEs */
+kvm_pfn_t spte_to_pfn(u64 pte);
+bool is_mmio_spte(u64 spte);
+int is_shadow_present_pte(u64 pte);
+int is_last_spte(u64 pte, int level);
+
 #endif /* __KVM_X86_MMU_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee90d62d2a9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#include "mmu_internal.h"
+#include "tdp_iter.h"
+
+/*
+ * Recalculates the pointer to the SPTE for the current GFN and level and
+ * reread the SPTE.
+ */
+static void tdp_iter_refresh_sptep(struct tdp_iter *iter)
+{
+	iter->sptep = iter->pt_path[iter->level - 1] +
+		SHADOW_PT_INDEX(iter->gfn << PAGE_SHIFT, iter->level);
+	iter->old_spte = READ_ONCE(*iter->sptep);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Sets a TDP iterator to walk a pre-order traversal of the paging structure
+ * rooted at root_pt, starting with the walk to translate goal_gfn.
+ */
+void tdp_iter_start(struct tdp_iter *iter, u64 *root_pt, int root_level,
+		    gfn_t goal_gfn)
+{
+	WARN_ON(root_level < 1);
+	WARN_ON(root_level > PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL);
+
+	iter->goal_gfn = goal_gfn;
+	iter->root_level = root_level;
+	iter->level = root_level;
+	iter->pt_path[iter->level - 1] = root_pt;
+
+	iter->gfn = iter->goal_gfn -
+		(iter->goal_gfn % KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level));
+	tdp_iter_refresh_sptep(iter);
+
+	iter->valid = true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given an SPTE and its level, returns a pointer containing the host virtual
+ * address of the child page table referenced by the SPTE. Returns null if
+ * there is no such entry.
+ */
+u64 *spte_to_child_pt(u64 spte, int level)
+{
+	u64 *pt;
+	/* There's no child entry if this entry isn't present */
+	if (!is_shadow_present_pte(spte))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* There is no child page table if this is a leaf entry. */
+	if (is_last_spte(spte, level))
+		return NULL;
+
+	pt = (u64 *)__va(spte_to_pfn(spte) << PAGE_SHIFT);
+	return pt;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Steps down one level in the paging structure towards the goal GFN. Returns
+ * true if the iterator was able to step down a level, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool try_step_down(struct tdp_iter *iter)
+{
+	u64 *child_pt;
+
+	if (iter->level == PG_LEVEL_4K)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Reread the SPTE before stepping down to avoid traversing into page
+	 * tables that are no longer linked from this entry.
+	 */
+	iter->old_spte = READ_ONCE(*iter->sptep);
+
+	child_pt = spte_to_child_pt(iter->old_spte, iter->level);
+	if (!child_pt)
+		return false;
+
+	iter->level--;
+	iter->pt_path[iter->level - 1] = child_pt;
+	iter->gfn = iter->goal_gfn -
+		(iter->goal_gfn % KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level));
+	tdp_iter_refresh_sptep(iter);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Steps to the next entry in the current page table, at the current page table
+ * level. The next entry could point to a page backing guest memory or another
+ * page table, or it could be non-present. Returns true if the iterator was
+ * able to step to the next entry in the page table, false if the iterator was
+ * already at the end of the current page table.
+ */
+static bool try_step_side(struct tdp_iter *iter)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Check if the iterator is already at the end of the current page
+	 * table.
+	 */
+	if (!((iter->gfn + KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level)) %
+	      KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level + 1)))
+		return false;
+
+	iter->gfn += KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level);
+	iter->goal_gfn = iter->gfn;
+	iter->sptep++;
+	iter->old_spte = READ_ONCE(*iter->sptep);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Tries to traverse back up a level in the paging structure so that the walk
+ * can continue from the next entry in the parent page table. Returns true on a
+ * successful step up, false if already in the root page.
+ */
+static bool try_step_up(struct tdp_iter *iter)
+{
+	if (iter->level == iter->root_level)
+		return false;
+
+	iter->level++;
+	iter->gfn =  iter->gfn - (iter->gfn % KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(iter->level));
+	tdp_iter_refresh_sptep(iter);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Step to the next SPTE in a pre-order traversal of the paging structure.
+ * To get to the next SPTE, the iterator either steps down towards the goal
+ * GFN, if at a present, non-last-level SPTE, or over to a SPTE mapping a
+ * highter GFN.
+ *
+ * The basic algorithm is as follows:
+ * 1. If the current SPTE is a non-last-level SPTE, step down into the page
+ *    table it points to.
+ * 2. If the iterator cannot step down, it will try to step to the next SPTE
+ *    in the current page of the paging structure.
+ * 3. If the iterator cannot step to the next entry in the current page, it will
+ *    try to step up to the parent paging structure page. In this case, that
+ *    SPTE will have already been visited, and so the iterator must also step
+ *    to the side again.
+ */
+void tdp_iter_next(struct tdp_iter *iter)
+{
+	bool done;
+
+	done = try_step_down(iter);
+	if (done)
+		return;
+
+	done = try_step_side(iter);
+	while (!done) {
+		if (!try_step_up(iter)) {
+			iter->valid = false;
+			break;
+		}
+		done = try_step_side(iter);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b102109778eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef __KVM_X86_MMU_TDP_ITER_H
+#define __KVM_X86_MMU_TDP_ITER_H
+
+#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+
+#include "mmu.h"
+
+/*
+ * A TDP iterator performs a pre-order walk over a TDP paging structure.
+ */
+struct tdp_iter {
+	/*
+	 * The iterator will traverse the paging structure towards the mapping
+	 * for this GFN.
+	 */
+	gfn_t goal_gfn;
+	/* Pointers to the page tables traversed to reach the current SPTE */
+	u64 *pt_path[PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL];
+	/* A pointer to the current SPTE */
+	u64 *sptep;
+	/* The lowest GFN mapped by the current SPTE */
+	gfn_t gfn;
+	/* The level of the root page given to the iterator */
+	int root_level;
+	/* The iterator's current level within the paging structure */
+	int level;
+	/* A snapshot of the value at sptep */
+	u64 old_spte;
+	/*
+	 * Whether the iterator has a valid state. This will be false if the
+	 * iterator walks off the end of the paging structure.
+	 */
+	bool valid;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Iterates over every SPTE mapping the GFN range [start, end) in a
+ * preorder traversal.
+ */
+#define for_each_tdp_pte(iter, root, root_level, start, end) \
+	for (tdp_iter_start(&iter, root, root_level, start); \
+	     iter.valid && iter.gfn < end;		     \
+	     tdp_iter_next(&iter))
+
+u64 *spte_to_child_pt(u64 pte, int level);
+
+void tdp_iter_start(struct tdp_iter *iter, u64 *root_pt, int root_level,
+		    gfn_t goal_gfn);
+void tdp_iter_next(struct tdp_iter *iter);
+
+#endif /* __KVM_X86_MMU_TDP_ITER_H */
-- 
2.28.0.709.gb0816b6eb0-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-25 21:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-25 21:22 [PATCH 00/22] Introduce the TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 01/22] kvm: mmu: Separate making SPTEs from set_spte Ben Gardon
2020-09-30  4:55   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 23:03     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` Ben Gardon [this message]
2020-09-26  0:04   ` [PATCH 02/22] kvm: mmu: Introduce tdp_iter Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30  5:06     ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-26  0:54   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30  5:08   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30  5:24   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30  6:24     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 23:20   ` Eric van Tassell
2020-09-30 23:34     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-01  0:07       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 03/22] kvm: mmu: Init / Uninit the TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:06   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30  5:34   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 18:36     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 16:57   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 17:39     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 18:42       ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 04/22] kvm: mmu: Allocate and free TDP MMU roots Ben Gardon
2020-09-30  6:06   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30  6:26     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 15:38       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-12 22:59     ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-12 23:59       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 05/22] kvm: mmu: Add functions to handle changed TDP SPTEs Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:39   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-28 17:23     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 06/22] kvm: mmu: Make address space ID a property of memslots Ben Gardon
2020-09-30  6:10   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 23:11     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 07/22] kvm: mmu: Support zapping SPTEs in the TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:14   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30  6:15   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30  6:28     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 08/22] kvm: mmu: Separate making non-leaf sptes from link_shadow_page Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 09/22] kvm: mmu: Remove disallowed_hugepage_adjust shadow_walk_iterator arg Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 16:19   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 10/22] kvm: mmu: Add TDP MMU PF handler Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:24   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 16:37   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 16:55     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 17:37     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-06 22:35       ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-06 22:33     ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-07 20:55       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 11/22] kvm: mmu: Factor out allocating a new tdp_mmu_page Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:22   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 18:53     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 12/22] kvm: mmu: Allocate struct kvm_mmu_pages for all pages in TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 13/22] kvm: mmu: Support invalidate range MMU notifier for " Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 17:03   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 23:15     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 23:24       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 23:27         ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 14/22] kvm: mmu: Add access tracking for tdp_mmu Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:32   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 17:48   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-06 23:38     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 15/22] kvm: mmu: Support changed pte notifier in tdp MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:33   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-28 15:11   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-07 16:53     ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-07 17:18       ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-07 17:30         ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-07 17:54           ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 16/22] kvm: mmu: Add dirty logging handler for changed sptes Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  0:45   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 17/22] kvm: mmu: Support dirty logging for the TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  1:04   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-08 18:27     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-29 15:07   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 18:04   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 18:08     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 18/22] kvm: mmu: Support disabling dirty logging for the tdp MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  1:09   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-07 16:30     ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-07 17:21       ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-07 17:28         ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-07 17:53           ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-25 21:22 ` [PATCH 19/22] kvm: mmu: Support write protection for nesting in " Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 18:06   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:23 ` [PATCH 20/22] kvm: mmu: NX largepage recovery for TDP MMU Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  1:14   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 22:23     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-29 18:24   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 18:15   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30 19:56     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30 22:33       ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 22:27     ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-25 21:23 ` [PATCH 21/22] kvm: mmu: Support MMIO in the " Ben Gardon
2020-09-30 18:19   ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-25 21:23 ` [PATCH 22/22] kvm: mmu: Don't clear write flooding count for direct roots Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  1:25   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-05 22:48     ` Ben Gardon
2020-10-05 23:44       ` Sean Christopherson
2020-10-06 16:19         ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-26  1:14 ` [PATCH 00/22] Introduce the TDP MMU Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-28 17:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-29 17:40   ` Ben Gardon
2020-09-29 18:10     ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-09-30  6:19 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-09-30  6:30   ` Paolo Bonzini

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