Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM/VMX: Add identical ept table pointer check

From: Tianyu Lan
Date: Wed Jul 04 2018 - 02:25:12 EST


Hi Sean:
Thank for your review.


On 7/3/2018 1:29 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 02:17:29PM +0000, Tianyu Lan wrote:
>> This patch is to check ept table pointer of each cpus when set ept
>> tables and store identical ept table pointer if all ept table pointers
>> of single VM are same. This is for support of para-virt ept flush
>> hypercall.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <Tianyu.Lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index 1689f433f3a0..0b1e4e9fef2b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ struct kvm_vmx {
>> unsigned int tss_addr;
>> bool ept_identity_pagetable_done;
>> gpa_t ept_identity_map_addr;
>> +
>> + u64 identical_ept_pointer;
>> + spinlock_t ept_pointer_lock;
>> };
>>
>> #define NR_AUTOLOAD_MSRS 8
>> @@ -853,6 +856,7 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
>> */
>> u64 msr_ia32_feature_control;
>> u64 msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits;
>> + u64 ept_pointer;
>> };
>>
>> enum segment_cache_field {
>> @@ -4958,6 +4962,29 @@ static u64 construct_eptp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long root_hpa)
>> return eptp;
>> }
>>
>> +static void check_ept_pointer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 eptp)
>> +{
>> + struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
>> + u64 tmp_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
>> + int i;
>> +
>> + spin_lock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>> + to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer = eptp;
>> +
>> + kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
>> + if (!VALID_PAGE(tmp_eptp)) {
>> + tmp_eptp = to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer;
>> + } else if (tmp_eptp != to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer) {
>> + to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->identical_ept_pointer = INVALID_PAGE;
>> + spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> + to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->identical_ept_pointer = tmp_eptp;
>> + spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>> +}
>> +
>> static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
>> {
>> unsigned long guest_cr3;
>> @@ -4967,6 +4994,8 @@ static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
>> if (enable_ept) {
>> eptp = construct_eptp(vcpu, cr3);
>> vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER, eptp);
>> + check_ept_pointer(vcpu, eptp);
>
> Shouldn't this call, or the function itself, be conditional on Hyper-V
> or remote flushing, e.g. by checking kvm_x86_ops->tlb_remote_flush?
>

Yes, good suggestion and will update in the next version.

>> +
>> if (enable_unrestricted_guest || is_paging(vcpu) ||
>> is_guest_mode(vcpu))
>> guest_cr3 = kvm_read_cr3(vcpu);
>> @@ -10383,6 +10412,8 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
>>
>> static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>> {
>> + spin_lock_init(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>> +
>> if (!ple_gap)
>> kvm->arch.pause_in_guest = true;
>> return 0;
>> --
>> 2.14.3