Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: X86: Single target IPI fastpath

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:58:56PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Ok, it's not _so_ ugly after all.
> 
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c   | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  include/linux/kvm_host.h |  1 +
> >  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > index 5d21a4a..5c67061 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -5924,7 +5924,9 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	if (exit_reason < kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers
> > +	if (vcpu->fast_vmexit)
> > +		return 1;
> > +	else if (exit_reason < kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers
> 
> Instead of a separate vcpu->fast_vmexit, perhaps you can set exit_reason
> to vmx->exit_reason to -1 if the fast path succeeds.

Actually, rather than make this super special case, what about moving the
handling into vmx_handle_exit_irqoff()?  Practically speaking that would
only add ~50 cycles (two VMREADs) relative to the code being run right
after kvm_put_guest_xcr0().  It has the advantage of restoring the host's
hardware breakpoints, preserving a semi-accurate last_guest_tsc, and
running with vcpu->mode set back to OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE.  Hopefully it'd
also be more intuitive for people unfamiliar with the code.

> 

> > +			if (ret == 0)
> > +				ret = kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
> 
> Please move the "kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu)" to
> vmx_handle_exit, so that this basically is
> 
> #define EXIT_REASON_NEED_SKIP_EMULATED_INSN -1
> 
> 	if (ret == 0)
> 		vcpu->exit_reason = EXIT_REASON_NEED_SKIP_EMULATED_INSN;
> 
> and handle_ipi_fastpath can return void.

I'd rather we add a dedicated variable to say the exit has already been
handled.  Overloading exit_reason is bound to cause confusion, and that's
probably a best case scenario.

> > +		};
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> >  	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
> > @@ -6615,6 +6645,12 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_CR3));
> >  	vcpu->arch.regs_dirty = 0;
> >  
> > +	vmx->exit_reason = vmx->fail ? 0xdead : vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_REASON);
> > +	vcpu->fast_vmexit = false;
> > +	if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
> > +		vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
> > +		vcpu->fast_vmexit = handle_ipi_fastpath(vcpu);
> 
> This should be done later, at least after kvm_put_guest_xcr0, because
> running with partially-loaded guest state is harder to audit.  The best
> place to put it actually is right after the existing vmx->exit_reason
> assignment, where we already handle EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY.
> 
> >  	pt_guest_exit(vmx);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > @@ -6634,7 +6670,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 0;
> >  	vmx->idt_vectoring_info = 0;
> >  
> > -	vmx->exit_reason = vmx->fail ? 0xdead : vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_REASON);
> >  	if ((u16)vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY)
> >  		kvm_machine_check();
> >  
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > index 719fc3e..7a7358b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
> >  #endif
> >  	bool preempted;
> >  	bool ready;
> > +	bool fast_vmexit;
> >  	struct kvm_vcpu_arch arch;
> >  	struct dentry *debugfs_dentry;
> >  };
> > 
>