Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing unused page reports to host

From: Alexander Duyck
Date: Wed Sep 04 2019 - 10:23:29 EST


On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 3:44 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 07:13:32AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 12:32 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 02:33:56PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > > > From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Add support for the page reporting feature provided by virtio-balloon.
> > > > Reporting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is
> > > > much less durable than a standard memory balloon. Instead of creating a
> > > > list of pages that cannot be accessed the pages are only inaccessible
> > > > while they are being indicated to the virtio interface. Once the
> > > > interface has acknowledged them they are placed back into their respective
> > > > free lists and are once again accessible by the guest system.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 1 +
> > > > 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> > > > index 078615cf2afc..4b2dd8259ff5 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ config VIRTIO_BALLOON
> > > > tristate "Virtio balloon driver"
> > > > depends on VIRTIO
> > > > select MEMORY_BALLOON
> > > > + select PAGE_REPORTING
> > > > ---help---
> > > > This driver supports increasing and decreasing the amount
> > > > of memory within a KVM guest.
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> > > > index 2c19457ab573..52f9eeda1877 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> > > > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> > > > #include <linux/mount.h>
> > > > #include <linux/magic.h>
> > > > #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/page_reporting.h>
> > > >
> > > > /*
> > > > * Balloon device works in 4K page units. So each page is pointed to by
> > > > @@ -37,6 +38,9 @@
> > > > #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_FREE_PAGE_SIZE \
> > > > (1 << (VIRTIO_BALLOON_FREE_PAGE_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT))
> > > >
> > > > +/* limit on the number of pages that can be on the reporting vq */
> > > > +#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_VRING_HINTS_MAX 16
> > > > +
> > > > #ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION
> > > > static struct vfsmount *balloon_mnt;
> > > > #endif
> > > > @@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ enum virtio_balloon_vq {
> > > > VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_DEFLATE,
> > > > VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_STATS,
> > > > VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_FREE_PAGE,
> > > > + VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_REPORTING,
> > > > VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_MAX
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > @@ -113,6 +118,10 @@ struct virtio_balloon {
> > > >
> > > > /* To register a shrinker to shrink memory upon memory pressure */
> > > > struct shrinker shrinker;
> > > > +
> > > > + /* Unused page reporting device */
> > > > + struct virtqueue *reporting_vq;
> > > > + struct page_reporting_dev_info ph_dev_info;
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
> > > > @@ -152,6 +161,32 @@ static void tell_host(struct virtio_balloon *vb, struct virtqueue *vq)
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > +void virtballoon_unused_page_report(struct page_reporting_dev_info *ph_dev_info,
> > > > + unsigned int nents)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct virtio_balloon *vb =
> > > > + container_of(ph_dev_info, struct virtio_balloon, ph_dev_info);
> > > > + struct virtqueue *vq = vb->reporting_vq;
> > > > + unsigned int unused, err;
> > > > +
> > > > + /* We should always be able to add these buffers to an empty queue. */
> > > > + err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(vq, ph_dev_info->sg, nents, vb,
> > > > + GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
> > > > +
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * In the extremely unlikely case that something has changed and we
> > > > + * are able to trigger an error we will simply display a warning
> > > > + * and exit without actually processing the pages.
> > > > + */
> > > > + if (WARN_ON(err))
> > > > + return;
> > > > +
> > > > + virtqueue_kick(vq);
> > > > +
> > > > + /* When host has read buffer, this completes via balloon_ack */
> > > > + wait_event(vb->acked, virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &unused));
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > static void set_page_pfns(struct virtio_balloon *vb,
> > > > __virtio32 pfns[], struct page *page)
> > > > {
> > > > @@ -476,6 +511,7 @@ static int init_vqs(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
> > > > names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_DEFLATE] = "deflate";
> > > > names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_STATS] = NULL;
> > > > names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_FREE_PAGE] = NULL;
> > > > + names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_REPORTING] = NULL;
> > > >
> > > > if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ)) {
> > > > names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_STATS] = "stats";
> > > > @@ -487,11 +523,19 @@ static int init_vqs(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
> > > > callbacks[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_FREE_PAGE] = NULL;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > + if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_REPORTING)) {
> > > > + names[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_REPORTING] = "reporting_vq";
> > > > + callbacks[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_REPORTING] = balloon_ack;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > err = vb->vdev->config->find_vqs(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_MAX,
> > > > vqs, callbacks, names, NULL, NULL);
> > > > if (err)
> > > > return err;
> > > >
> > > > + if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_REPORTING))
> > > > + vb->reporting_vq = vqs[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_REPORTING];
> > > > +
> > > > vb->inflate_vq = vqs[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_INFLATE];
> > > > vb->deflate_vq = vqs[VIRTIO_BALLOON_VQ_DEFLATE];
> > > > if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ)) {
> > > > @@ -931,12 +975,30 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > > > if (err)
> > > > goto out_del_balloon_wq;
> > > > }
> > > > +
> > > > + vb->ph_dev_info.report = virtballoon_unused_page_report;
> > > > + if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_REPORTING)) {
> > > > + unsigned int capacity;
> > > > +
> > > > + capacity = min_t(unsigned int,
> > > > + virtqueue_get_vring_size(vb->reporting_vq) - 1,
> > > > + VIRTIO_BALLOON_VRING_HINTS_MAX);
> > >
> > > Hmm why - 1 exactly?
> > > This might end up being 0 in the unusual configuration of vq size 1.
> > > Also, VIRTIO_BALLOON_VRING_HINTS_MAX is a power of 2 but
> > > virtqueue_get_vring_size(vb->reporting_vq) - 1 won't
> > > be if we are using split rings - donnu if that matters.
> >
> > Is a vq size of 1 valid?
> > Does that mean you can use that 1 descriptor?
>
> It seems to be according to the spec, and linux seems to accept that
> without issues, and only put 1 descriptor there.
>
> > Odds are I probably misunderstood the ring config in the other hinting
> > implementation. Looking it over now I guess it was adding one
> > additional entry for a command header and that was why it was
> > reserving one additional slot. I can update the code to drop the "- 1"
> > if the ring is capable of being fully utilized.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Alex
>
> It should be. I just hacked qemu to have 1 descriptor sized ring
> and everything seems to work.

Okay. I will update the code to make the capacity equal to the vring
size and max out oat HINTS_MAX.

I also have a fix that will make sure we return an error if we attempt
to enable the page hinting with a capacity of 0 just in case.

I'll post the updated v7 later today.

Thanks.

- Alex