From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60D62C4646D for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247F521721 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:44:24 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 247F521721 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728927AbeHMN0D (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:26:03 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:56814 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728356AbeHMN0D (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:26:03 -0400 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA04D7A9; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 03:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (e105922-lin.emea.arm.com [10.4.13.28]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D9CD3F5D0; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 03:44:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Punit Agrawal To: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu Cc: Punit Agrawal , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suzuki.poulose@arm.com, marc.zyngier@arm.com, christoffer.dall@arm.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] KVM: arm/arm64: Skip updating PTE entry if no change Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:43:51 +0100 Message-Id: <20180813104351.24595-3-punit.agrawal@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0 In-Reply-To: <20180813104351.24595-1-punit.agrawal@arm.com> References: <20180813104351.24595-1-punit.agrawal@arm.com> X-ARM-No-Footer: FoSSMail Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When there is contention on faulting in a particular page table entry at stage 2, the break-before-make requirement of the architecture can lead to additional refaulting due to TLB invalidation. Avoid this by skipping a page table update if the new value of the PTE matches the previous value. Fixes: d5d8184d35c9 ("KVM: ARM: Memory virtualization setup") Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal Reviewed-by: Suzuki Poulose Cc: Marc Zyngier Cc: Christoffer Dall Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c index 2bb0b5dba412..c2b95a22959b 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c @@ -1118,6 +1118,10 @@ static int stage2_set_pte(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *cache, /* Create 2nd stage page table mapping - Level 3 */ old_pte = *pte; if (pte_present(old_pte)) { + /* Skip page table update if there is no change */ + if (pte_val(old_pte) == pte_val(*new_pte)) + return 0; + kvm_set_pte(pte, __pte(0)); kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(kvm, addr); } else { -- 2.18.0