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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/x86.c104
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index f39bdd5fd7cf..13512baf6f6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10140,41 +10140,65 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
}
static void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(struct kvm *kvm,
- struct kvm_memory_slot *new)
+ struct kvm_memory_slot *old,
+ struct kvm_memory_slot *new,
+ enum kvm_mr_change change)
{
- /* Nothing to do for RO slots */
- if (new->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY)
+ /*
+ * Nothing to do for RO slots or CREATE/MOVE/DELETE of a slot.
+ * See comments below.
+ */
+ if ((change != KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY) || (new->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY))
return;
/*
- * Call kvm_x86_ops dirty logging hooks when they are valid.
- *
- * kvm_x86_ops.slot_disable_log_dirty is called when:
- *
- * - KVM_MR_CREATE with dirty logging is disabled
- * - KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY with dirty logging is disabled in new flag
- *
- * The reason is, in case of PML, we need to set D-bit for any slots
- * with dirty logging disabled in order to eliminate unnecessary GPA
- * logging in PML buffer (and potential PML buffer full VMEXIT). This
- * guarantees leaving PML enabled during guest's lifetime won't have
- * any additional overhead from PML when guest is running with dirty
- * logging disabled for memory slots.
+ * Dirty logging tracks sptes in 4k granularity, meaning that large
+ * sptes have to be split. If live migration is successful, the guest
+ * in the source machine will be destroyed and large sptes will be
+ * created in the destination. However, if the guest continues to run
+ * in the source machine (for example if live migration fails), small
+ * sptes will remain around and cause bad performance.
*
- * kvm_x86_ops.slot_enable_log_dirty is called when switching new slot
- * to dirty logging mode.
+ * Scan sptes if dirty logging has been stopped, dropping those
+ * which can be collapsed into a single large-page spte. Later
+ * page faults will create the large-page sptes.
*
- * If kvm_x86_ops dirty logging hooks are invalid, use write protect.
+ * There is no need to do this in any of the following cases:
+ * CREATE: No dirty mappings will already exist.
+ * MOVE/DELETE: The old mappings will already have been cleaned up by
+ * kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot()
+ */
+ if ((old->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) &&
+ !(new->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES))
+ kvm_mmu_zap_collapsible_sptes(kvm, new);
+
+ /*
+ * Enable or disable dirty logging for the slot.
*
- * In case of write protect:
+ * For KVM_MR_DELETE and KVM_MR_MOVE, the shadow pages of the old
+ * slot have been zapped so no dirty logging updates are needed for
+ * the old slot.
+ * For KVM_MR_CREATE and KVM_MR_MOVE, once the new slot is visible
+ * any mappings that might be created in it will consume the
+ * properties of the new slot and do not need to be updated here.
*
- * Write protect all pages for dirty logging.
+ * When PML is enabled, the kvm_x86_ops dirty logging hooks are
+ * called to enable/disable dirty logging.
*
- * All the sptes including the large sptes which point to this
- * slot are set to readonly. We can not create any new large
- * spte on this slot until the end of the logging.
+ * When disabling dirty logging with PML enabled, the D-bit is set
+ * for sptes in the slot in order to prevent unnecessary GPA
+ * logging in the PML buffer (and potential PML buffer full VMEXIT).
+ * This guarantees leaving PML enabled for the guest's lifetime
+ * won't have any additional overhead from PML when the guest is
+ * running with dirty logging disabled.
*
+ * When enabling dirty logging, large sptes are write-protected
+ * so they can be split on first write. New large sptes cannot
+ * be created for this slot until the end of the logging.
* See the comments in fast_page_fault().
+ * For small sptes, nothing is done if the dirty log is in the
+ * initial-all-set state. Otherwise, depending on whether pml
+ * is enabled the D-bit or the W-bit will be cleared.
*/
if (new->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) {
if (kvm_x86_ops.slot_enable_log_dirty) {
@@ -10211,39 +10235,9 @@ void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
kvm_mmu_calculate_default_mmu_pages(kvm));
/*
- * Dirty logging tracks sptes in 4k granularity, meaning that large
- * sptes have to be split. If live migration is successful, the guest
- * in the source machine will be destroyed and large sptes will be
- * created in the destination. However, if the guest continues to run
- * in the source machine (for example if live migration fails), small
- * sptes will remain around and cause bad performance.
- *
- * Scan sptes if dirty logging has been stopped, dropping those
- * which can be collapsed into a single large-page spte. Later
- * page faults will create the large-page sptes.
- *
- * There is no need to do this in any of the following cases:
- * CREATE: No dirty mappings will already exist.
- * MOVE/DELETE: The old mappings will already have been cleaned up by
- * kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot()
- */
- if (change == KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY &&
- (old->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES) &&
- !(new->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES))
- kvm_mmu_zap_collapsible_sptes(kvm, new);
-
- /*
- * Set up write protection and/or dirty logging for the new slot.
- *
- * For KVM_MR_DELETE and KVM_MR_MOVE, the shadow pages of old slot have
- * been zapped so no dirty logging staff is needed for old slot. For
- * KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY, the old slot is essentially the same one as the
- * new and it's also covered when dealing with the new slot.
- *
* FIXME: const-ify all uses of struct kvm_memory_slot.
*/
- if (change == KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY)
- kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(kvm, (struct kvm_memory_slot *) new);
+ kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(kvm, old, (struct kvm_memory_slot *) new, change);
/* Free the arrays associated with the old memslot. */
if (change == KVM_MR_MOVE)