[PATCH 7/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Alloc TDP MMU roots while holding mmu_lock for read

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Jan 10 2024 - 21:03:30 EST


Allocate TDP MMU roots while holding mmu_lock for read, and instead use
tdp_mmu_pages_lock to guard against duplicate roots. This allows KVM to
create new roots without forcing kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_invalidated_roots() to
yield, e.g. allows vCPUs to load new roots after memslot deletion without
forcing the zap thread to detect contention and yield (or complete if the
kernel isn't preemptible).

Note, creating a new TDP MMU root as an mmu_lock reader is safe for two
reasons: (1) paths that must guarantee all roots/SPTEs are *visited* take
mmu_lock for write and so are still mutually exclusive, e.g. mmu_notifier
invalidations, and (2) paths that require all roots/SPTEs to *observe*
some given state without holding mmu_lock for write must ensure freshness
through some other means, e.g. toggling dirty logging must first wait for
SRCU readers to recognize the memslot flags change before processing
existing roots/SPTEs.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 55 +++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 9a8250a14fc1..d078157e62aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -223,51 +223,42 @@ static void tdp_mmu_init_child_sp(struct kvm_mmu_page *child_sp,
tdp_mmu_init_sp(child_sp, iter->sptep, iter->gfn, role);
}

-static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_tdp_mmu_try_get_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- union kvm_mmu_page_role role = vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role;
- int as_id = kvm_mmu_role_as_id(role);
- struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
- struct kvm_mmu_page *root;
-
- for_each_valid_tdp_mmu_root_yield_safe(kvm, root, as_id) {
- if (root->role.word == role.word)
- return root;
- }
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
int kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_mmu *mmu = vcpu->arch.mmu;
union kvm_mmu_page_role role = mmu->root_role;
+ int as_id = kvm_mmu_role_as_id(role);
struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
struct kvm_mmu_page *root;

/*
- * Check for an existing root while holding mmu_lock for read to avoid
+ * Check for an existing root before acquiring the pages lock to avoid
* unnecessary serialization if multiple vCPUs are loading a new root.
* E.g. when bringing up secondary vCPUs, KVM will already have created
* a valid root on behalf of the primary vCPU.
*/
read_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
- root = kvm_tdp_mmu_try_get_root(vcpu);
- read_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);

- if (root)
- goto out;
+ for_each_valid_tdp_mmu_root_yield_safe(kvm, root, as_id) {
+ if (root->role.word == role.word)
+ goto out_read_unlock;
+ }

- write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+ spin_lock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);

/*
- * Recheck for an existing root after acquiring mmu_lock for write. It
- * is possible a new usable root was created between dropping mmu_lock
- * (for read) and acquiring it for write.
+ * Recheck for an existing root after acquiring the pages lock, another
+ * vCPU may have raced ahead and created a new usable root. Manually
+ * walk the list of roots as the standard macros assume that the pages
+ * lock is *not* held. WARN if grabbing a reference to a usable root
+ * fails, as the last reference to a root can only be put *after* the
+ * root has been invalidated, which requires holding mmu_lock for write.
*/
- root = kvm_tdp_mmu_try_get_root(vcpu);
- if (root)
- goto out_unlock;
+ list_for_each_entry(root, &kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_roots, link) {
+ if (root->role.word == role.word &&
+ !WARN_ON_ONCE(!kvm_tdp_mmu_get_root(root)))
+ goto out_spin_unlock;
+ }

root = tdp_mmu_alloc_sp(vcpu);
tdp_mmu_init_sp(root, NULL, 0, role);
@@ -280,14 +271,12 @@ int kvm_tdp_mmu_alloc_root(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* is ultimately put by kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_invalidated_roots().
*/
refcount_set(&root->tdp_mmu_root_count, 2);
-
- spin_lock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
list_add_rcu(&root->link, &kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_roots);
- spin_unlock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);

-out_unlock:
- write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-out:
+out_spin_unlock:
+ spin_unlock(&kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock);
+out_read_unlock:
+ read_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
/*
* Note, KVM_REQ_MMU_FREE_OBSOLETE_ROOTS will prevent entering the guest
* and actually consuming the root if it's invalidated after dropping
--
2.43.0.275.g3460e3d667-goog