From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 24/24] KVM: nSVM: Stop bombing the TLB on nested transitions
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:44:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250326194423.3717668-5-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250326194423.3717668-1-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/
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 0c887c91bd50d..1cc281a7b666c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -511,9 +511,6 @@ 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);
}
/* See nested_svm_entry_tlb_flush() */
@@ -525,9 +522,6 @@ 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);
-
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MMU_SYNC, vcpu);
- kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT, vcpu);
}
/*
--
2.49.0.395.g12beb8f557-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-26 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-26 19:35 [RFC PATCH 00/24] KVM: SVM: Rework ASID management Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:35 ` [RFC PATCH 01/24] KVM: VMX: Generalize VPID allocation to be vendor-neutral Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-27 10:58 ` Nikunj A Dadhania
2025-03-27 17:13 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-27 19:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-06-23 16:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-26 19:35 ` [RFC PATCH 02/24] KVM: SVM: Use cached local variable in init_vmcb() Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 19:56 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:35 ` [RFC PATCH 03/24] KVM: SVM: Add helpers to set/clear ASID flush in VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:00 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-06-23 16:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-26 19:35 ` [RFC PATCH 04/24] KVM: SVM: Flush everything if FLUSHBYASID is not available Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:00 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 05/24] KVM: SVM: Flush the ASID when running on a new CPU Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:00 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 06/24] KVM: SEV: Track ASID->vCPU instead of ASID->VMCB Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 9:41 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-06-20 23:13 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-06-23 19:50 ` Tom Lendacky
2025-06-23 20:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 07/24] KVM: SEV: Track ASID->vCPU on vCPU load Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 08/24] KVM: SEV: Drop pre_sev_run() Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 09/24] KVM: SEV: Generalize tracking ASID->vCPU with xarrays Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:05 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 9:50 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 10/24] KVM: SVM: Use a single ASID per VM Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:05 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 9:51 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 11/24] KVM: nSVM: Use a separate ASID for nested guests Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:09 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 10:08 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 12/24] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Pass is_guest_mode to kvm_hv_vcpu_purge_flush_tlb() Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:09 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-06-23 19:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 13/24] KVM: nSVM: Parameterize svm_flush_tlb_asid() by is_guest_mode Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 10:04 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 14/24] KVM: nSVM: Split nested_svm_transition_tlb_flush() into entry/exit fns Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 15/24] KVM: x86/mmu: rename __kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 16/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Allow skipping the gva flush in kvm_mmu_invalidate_addr() Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:36 ` [RFC PATCH 17/24] KVM: nSVM: Flush both L1 and L2 ASIDs on KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-03-26 19:41 ` [RFC PATCH 18/24] KVM: nSVM: Handle nested TLB flush requests through TLB_CONTROL Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:43 ` [RFC PATCH 19/24] KVM: nSVM: Flush the TLB if L1 changes L2's ASID Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:44 ` [RFC PATCH 20/24] KVM: nSVM: Do not reset TLB_CONTROL in VMCB02 on nested entry Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:44 ` [RFC PATCH 21/24] KVM: nSVM: Service local TLB flushes before nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:44 ` [RFC PATCH 22/24] KVM: nSVM: Handle INVLPGA interception correctly Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-06-24 1:08 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-03-26 19:44 ` [RFC PATCH 23/24] KVM: nSVM: Allocate a new ASID for nested guests Yosry Ahmed
2025-04-03 20:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2025-04-22 10:01 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-03-26 19:44 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
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