[PATCH v13 10/35] KVM: Add a dedicated mmu_notifier flag for reclaiming freed memory

Fuad Tabba tabba at google.com
Fri Nov 3 00:55:03 AEDT 2023


On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 7:22 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com> wrote:
>
> Handle AMD SEV's kvm_arch_guest_memory_reclaimed() hook by having
> __kvm_handle_hva_range() return whether or not an overlapping memslot
> was found, i.e. mmu_lock was acquired.  Using the .on_unlock() hook
> works, but kvm_arch_guest_memory_reclaimed() needs to run after dropping
> mmu_lock, which makes .on_lock() and .on_unlock() asymmetrical.
>
> Use a small struct to return the tuple of the notifier-specific return,
> plus whether or not overlap was found.  Because the iteration helpers are
> __always_inlined, practically speaking, the struct will never actually be
> returned from a function call (not to mention the size of the struct will
> be two bytes in practice).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
Tested-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>

Cheers,
/fuad


>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 3f5b7c2c5327..2bc04c8ae1f4 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -561,6 +561,19 @@ struct kvm_mmu_notifier_range {
>         bool may_block;
>  };
>
> +/*
> + * The inner-most helper returns a tuple containing the return value from the
> + * arch- and action-specific handler, plus a flag indicating whether or not at
> + * least one memslot was found, i.e. if the handler found guest memory.
> + *
> + * Note, most notifiers are averse to booleans, so even though KVM tracks the
> + * return from arch code as a bool, outer helpers will cast it to an int. :-(
> + */
> +typedef struct kvm_mmu_notifier_return {
> +       bool ret;
> +       bool found_memslot;
> +} kvm_mn_ret_t;
> +
>  /*
>   * Use a dedicated stub instead of NULL to indicate that there is no callback
>   * function/handler.  The compiler technically can't guarantee that a real
> @@ -582,22 +595,25 @@ static const union kvm_mmu_notifier_arg KVM_MMU_NOTIFIER_NO_ARG;
>              node;                                                           \
>              node = interval_tree_iter_next(node, start, last))      \
>
> -static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> -                                                 const struct kvm_mmu_notifier_range *range)
> +static __always_inline kvm_mn_ret_t __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> +                                                          const struct kvm_mmu_notifier_range *range)
>  {
> -       bool ret = false, locked = false;
> +       struct kvm_mmu_notifier_return r = {
> +               .ret = false,
> +               .found_memslot = false,
> +       };
>         struct kvm_gfn_range gfn_range;
>         struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
>         struct kvm_memslots *slots;
>         int i, idx;
>
>         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(range->end <= range->start))
> -               return 0;
> +               return r;
>
>         /* A null handler is allowed if and only if on_lock() is provided. */
>         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_KVM_NULL_FN(range->on_lock) &&
>                          IS_KVM_NULL_FN(range->handler)))
> -               return 0;
> +               return r;
>
>         idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
>
> @@ -631,8 +647,8 @@ static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>                         gfn_range.end = hva_to_gfn_memslot(hva_end + PAGE_SIZE - 1, slot);
>                         gfn_range.slot = slot;
>
> -                       if (!locked) {
> -                               locked = true;
> +                       if (!r.found_memslot) {
> +                               r.found_memslot = true;
>                                 KVM_MMU_LOCK(kvm);
>                                 if (!IS_KVM_NULL_FN(range->on_lock))
>                                         range->on_lock(kvm);
> @@ -640,14 +656,14 @@ static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>                                 if (IS_KVM_NULL_FN(range->handler))
>                                         break;
>                         }
> -                       ret |= range->handler(kvm, &gfn_range);
> +                       r.ret |= range->handler(kvm, &gfn_range);
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       if (range->flush_on_ret && ret)
> +       if (range->flush_on_ret && r.ret)
>                 kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
>
> -       if (locked) {
> +       if (r.found_memslot) {
>                 KVM_MMU_UNLOCK(kvm);
>                 if (!IS_KVM_NULL_FN(range->on_unlock))
>                         range->on_unlock(kvm);
> @@ -655,8 +671,7 @@ static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>
>         srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
>
> -       /* The notifiers are averse to booleans. :-( */
> -       return (int)ret;
> +       return r;
>  }
>
>  static __always_inline int kvm_handle_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> @@ -677,7 +692,7 @@ static __always_inline int kvm_handle_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
>                 .may_block      = false,
>         };
>
> -       return __kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &range);
> +       return __kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &range).ret;
>  }
>
>  static __always_inline int kvm_handle_hva_range_no_flush(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> @@ -696,7 +711,7 @@ static __always_inline int kvm_handle_hva_range_no_flush(struct mmu_notifier *mn
>                 .may_block      = false,
>         };
>
> -       return __kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &range);
> +       return __kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &range).ret;
>  }
>
>  static bool kvm_change_spte_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range)
> @@ -798,7 +813,7 @@ static int kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
>                 .end            = range->end,
>                 .handler        = kvm_mmu_unmap_gfn_range,
>                 .on_lock        = kvm_mmu_invalidate_begin,
> -               .on_unlock      = kvm_arch_guest_memory_reclaimed,
> +               .on_unlock      = (void *)kvm_null_fn,
>                 .flush_on_ret   = true,
>                 .may_block      = mmu_notifier_range_blockable(range),
>         };
> @@ -830,7 +845,13 @@ static int kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
>         gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start(kvm, range->start, range->end,
>                                           hva_range.may_block);
>
> -       __kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &hva_range);
> +       /*
> +        * If one or more memslots were found and thus zapped, notify arch code
> +        * that guest memory has been reclaimed.  This needs to be done *after*
> +        * dropping mmu_lock, as x86's reclaim path is slooooow.
> +        */
> +       if (__kvm_handle_hva_range(kvm, &hva_range).found_memslot)
> +               kvm_arch_guest_memory_reclaimed(kvm);
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> --
> 2.42.0.820.g83a721a137-goog
>


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