| Message ID | 1571829384-5309-4-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Add a unified parameter "nopvspin" | expand |
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 07:16:22PM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote: > There are cases where a guest tries to switch spinlocks to bare metal > behavior (e.g. by setting "xen_nopvspin" on XEN platform and > "hv_nopvspin" on HYPER_V). > > That feature is missed on KVM, add a new parameter "nopvspin" to disable > PV spinlocks for KVM guest. > > The new 'nopvspin' parameter will also replace Xen and Hyper-V specific > parameters in future patches. > > Define variable nopvsin as global because it will be used in future > patches as above. > > Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> > Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com> > Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> > Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> > Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> > Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> > Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> > --- Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 19:21, Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> wrote: > > There are cases where a guest tries to switch spinlocks to bare metal > behavior (e.g. by setting "xen_nopvspin" on XEN platform and > "hv_nopvspin" on HYPER_V). > > That feature is missed on KVM, add a new parameter "nopvspin" to disable > PV spinlocks for KVM guest. > > The new 'nopvspin' parameter will also replace Xen and Hyper-V specific > parameters in future patches. > > Define variable nopvsin as global because it will be used in future > patches as above. > > Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> > Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com> > Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> > Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> > Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> > Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> > Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 ++++ > arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 1 + > arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++----- > kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 7 +++++ > 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > index a84a83f..bd49ed2 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -5334,6 +5334,11 @@ > as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support > XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. > > + nopvspin [X86,KVM] > + Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations > + which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock > + contention. > + > xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] > Format: > <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h > index 444d6fd..d86ab94 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static __always_inline u32 queued_fetch_set_pending_acquire(struct qspinlock *lo > extern void __pv_init_lock_hash(void); > extern void __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val); > extern void __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock); > +extern bool nopvspin; > > #define queued_spin_unlock queued_spin_unlock > /** > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c > index 6562886..9834737 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c > @@ -825,18 +825,36 @@ __visible bool __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu) > */ > void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void) > { > - /* Does host kernel support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT? */ > - if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT)) > + /* > + * In case host doesn't support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT there is still an > + * advantage of keeping virt_spin_lock_key enabled: virt_spin_lock() is > + * preferred over native qspinlock when vCPU is preempted. > + */ > + if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT)) { > + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, no host support\n"); > return; > + } > > + /* > + * Disable PV spinlocks and use native qspinlock when dedicated pCPUs > + * are available. > + */ > if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME)) { > - static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key); > - return; > + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled with KVM_HINTS_REALTIME hints\n"); > + goto out; > } > > - /* Don't use the pvqspinlock code if there is only 1 vCPU. */ > - if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) > - return; > + if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) { > + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, single CPU\n"); > + goto out; > + } > + > + if (nopvspin) { > + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, forced by \"nopvspin\" parameter\n"); > + goto out; > + } > + > + pr_info("PV spinlocks enabled\n"); > > __pv_init_lock_hash(); > pv_ops.lock.queued_spin_lock_slowpath = __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath; > @@ -849,6 +867,13 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void) > pv_ops.lock.vcpu_is_preempted = > PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted); > } > + /* > + * When PV spinlock is enabled which is preferred over > + * virt_spin_lock(), virt_spin_lock_key's value is meaningless. > + * Just disable it anyway. > + */ > +out: > + static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key); > } > > #endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */ > diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > index 2473f10..75193d6 100644 > --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > @@ -580,4 +580,11 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val) > #include "qspinlock_paravirt.h" > #include "qspinlock.c" > > +bool nopvspin __initdata; > +static __init int parse_nopvspin(char *arg) > +{ > + nopvspin = true; > + return 0; > +} > +early_param("nopvspin", parse_nopvspin); > #endif > -- > 1.8.3.1 >
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index a84a83f..bd49ed2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5334,6 +5334,11 @@ as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. + nopvspin [X86,KVM] + Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations + which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock + contention. + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h index 444d6fd..d86ab94 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static __always_inline u32 queued_fetch_set_pending_acquire(struct qspinlock *lo extern void __pv_init_lock_hash(void); extern void __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val); extern void __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock); +extern bool nopvspin; #define queued_spin_unlock queued_spin_unlock /** diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c index 6562886..9834737 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c @@ -825,18 +825,36 @@ __visible bool __kvm_vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu) */ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void) { - /* Does host kernel support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT? */ - if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT)) + /* + * In case host doesn't support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT there is still an + * advantage of keeping virt_spin_lock_key enabled: virt_spin_lock() is + * preferred over native qspinlock when vCPU is preempted. + */ + if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT)) { + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, no host support\n"); return; + } + /* + * Disable PV spinlocks and use native qspinlock when dedicated pCPUs + * are available. + */ if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME)) { - static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key); - return; + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled with KVM_HINTS_REALTIME hints\n"); + goto out; } - /* Don't use the pvqspinlock code if there is only 1 vCPU. */ - if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) - return; + if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) { + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, single CPU\n"); + goto out; + } + + if (nopvspin) { + pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, forced by \"nopvspin\" parameter\n"); + goto out; + } + + pr_info("PV spinlocks enabled\n"); __pv_init_lock_hash(); pv_ops.lock.queued_spin_lock_slowpath = __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath; @@ -849,6 +867,13 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void) pv_ops.lock.vcpu_is_preempted = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted); } + /* + * When PV spinlock is enabled which is preferred over + * virt_spin_lock(), virt_spin_lock_key's value is meaningless. + * Just disable it anyway. + */ +out: + static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key); } #endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */ diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c index 2473f10..75193d6 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c @@ -580,4 +580,11 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val) #include "qspinlock_paravirt.h" #include "qspinlock.c" +bool nopvspin __initdata; +static __init int parse_nopvspin(char *arg) +{ + nopvspin = true; + return 0; +} +early_param("nopvspin", parse_nopvspin); #endif