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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 13/13] KVM: nSVM: Stop bombing the TLB on nested transitions
Date: Wed,  5 Feb 2025 18:24:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250205182402.2147495-14-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250205182402.2147495-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>

Now that nested TLB flushes are properly tracked with a well-maintained
separate ASID for L2 and proper handling of L1's TLB flush requests,
drop the unconditional flushes and syncs on nested transitions.

On a Milan machine, an L1 and L2 guests were booted, both with a single
vCPU, and pinned to a single physical CPU to maximize TLB collisions. In
this setup, the cpuid_rate microbenchmark [1] showed the following
changes with this patch:

+--------+--------+-------------------+----------------------+
| L0     | L1     | cpuid_rate (base) | cpuid_rate (patched) |
+========+========+===================+======================+
| NPT    | NPT    | 256621            | 301113 (+17.3%)      |
| NPT    | Shadow | 180017            | 203347 (+12.96%)     |
| Shadow | Shadow | 177006            | 189150 (+6.86%)      |
+--------+--------+-------------------+----------------------+

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20231109180646.2963718-1-khorenko@virtuozzo.com/

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 8e40ff21f7353..45a187d4c23d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ static void nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		svm->nested.last_asid = svm->nested.ctl.asid;
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
 	}
-	/* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
 }
 
 static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -530,10 +527,6 @@ static void nested_svm_exit_tlb_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 */
 	if (svm->nested.ctl.tlb_ctl == TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID)
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_GUEST, vcpu);
-
-	/* TODO: optimize unconditional TLB flush/MMU sync */
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.48.1.362.g079036d154-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-02-05 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-05 18:23 [RFC PATCH 00/13] Optimize nSVM TLB flushes Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] KVM: nSVM: Track the ASID per-VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  0:03   ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-03 17:51     ` Jim Mattson
2025-03-03 18:53       ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-03 19:18     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:23   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 19:31     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] KVM: nSVM: Rework svm_flush_tlb_asid() to operate on a given VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:29   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 21:58     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-05  2:52       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:34   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] KVM: SVM: Introduce helpers for updating TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:37   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] KVM: x86/mmu: rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] KVM: x86/mmu: Allow skipping the gva flush in kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 07/13] KVM: nSVM: Handle INVLPGA interception correctly Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:55   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 22:05     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-05  2:54       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-05  6:20         ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  1:58   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 22:06     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 21:45   ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  2:06   ` Maxim Levitsky
     [not found]     ` <Z8Yovz0I3QLuq6VQ@google.com>
2025-03-05  2:57       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-02-05 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  2:13   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-02-05 18:24 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in VMCB02 on nested entry Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  2:17   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 22:14     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-05  3:01       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-05  6:34         ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:24 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-01  2:20   ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 22:18     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-05  3:03       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-05  6:37         ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-02-05 18:24 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2025-03-01  2:21   ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] KVM: nSVM: Stop bombing the TLB on " Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-03 22:21     ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-05  3:14       ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-05  6:45         ` Yosry Ahmed

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