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Re: [PATCH 06/24] kvm: x86/mmu: Skip no-op changes in TDP MMU functions

From: Ben Gardon <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-25 23:53:02
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:51 AM Sean Christopherson [off-list ref] wrote:
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, Ben Gardon wrote:
quoted
Skip setting SPTEs if no change is expected.

Reviewed-by: Peter Feiner <redacted>
Nit on all of these, can you remove the extra newline between the Reviewed-by
and SOB?
Yeah, that line is annoying. I'll make sure it's not there on future patches.
quoted
Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <redacted>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 1987da0da66e..2650fa9fe066 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -882,6 +882,9 @@ static bool wrprot_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
                  !is_last_spte(iter.old_spte, iter.level))
                      continue;

+             if (!(iter.old_spte & PT_WRITABLE_MASK))
Include the new check with the existing if statement?  I think it makes sense to
group all the checks on old_spte.
I agree that' s cleaner. I'll group the checks in the next patch set version.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
quoted
+                     continue;
+
              new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK;

              tdp_mmu_set_spte_no_dirty_log(kvm, &iter, new_spte);
@@ -1079,6 +1082,9 @@ static bool set_dirty_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
              if (!is_shadow_present_pte(iter.old_spte))
                      continue;

+             if (iter.old_spte & shadow_dirty_mask)
Same comment here.
quoted
+                     continue;
+
Unrelated to this patch, but it got me looking at the code: shouldn't
clear_dirty_pt_masked() clear the bit in @mask before checking whether or not
the spte needs to be modified?  That way the early break kicks in after sptes
are checked, not necessarily written.  E.g.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 2650fa9fe066..d8eeae910cbf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -1010,21 +1010,21 @@ static void clear_dirty_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
                    !(mask & (1UL << (iter.gfn - gfn))))
                        continue;

-               if (wrprot || spte_ad_need_write_protect(iter.old_spte)) {
-                       if (is_writable_pte(iter.old_spte))
-                               new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
-                       else
-                               continue;
-               } else {
-                       if (iter.old_spte & shadow_dirty_mask)
-                               new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~shadow_dirty_mask;
-                       else
-                               continue;
-               }
-
-               tdp_mmu_set_spte_no_dirty_log(kvm, &iter, new_spte);
-
                mask &= ~(1UL << (iter.gfn - gfn));
+
+               if (wrprot || spte_ad_need_write_protect(iter.old_spte)) {
+                       if (is_writable_pte(iter.old_spte))
+                               new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
+                       else
+                               continue;
+               } else {
+                       if (iter.old_spte & shadow_dirty_mask)
+                               new_spte = iter.old_spte & ~shadow_dirty_mask;
+                       else
+                               continue;
+               }
+
+               tdp_mmu_set_spte_no_dirty_log(kvm, &iter, new_spte);
        }
 }
Great point, that doesn't work as intended at all. I'll adopt your
proposed fix and include it in a patch after this one in the next
version of the series.
quoted
              new_spte = iter.old_spte | shadow_dirty_mask;

              tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, new_spte);
--
2.30.0.284.gd98b1dd5eaa7-goog
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