From: guoren@kernel.org
To: paul.walmsley@sifive.com, palmer@dabbelt.com, guoren@kernel.org,
leobras@redhat.com, ajones@ventanamicro.com, anup@brainfault.org,
atish.patra@linux.dev, corbet@lwn.net
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH V3 4/4] RISC-V: paravirt: Support nopvspin to disable PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:30:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201003041.695081-5-guoren@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251201003041.695081-1-guoren@kernel.org>
From: "Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy)" <guoren@kernel.org>
The VM guests should fall back to a Test-and-Set spinlock when
PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS disabled, because fair locks have horrible lock
'holder' preemption issues. The virt_spin_lock_key would shortcut for
the queued_spin_lock_- slowpath() function that allow virt_spin_lock
to hijack it. ref: 43b3f02899f7 ("locking/qspinlock/x86: Fix
performance regression under unaccelerated VMs").
Add a static key controlling whether virt_spin_lock() should be
called or not. Add nopvspin support as x86.
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren (Alibaba DAMO Academy) <guoren@kernel.org>
---
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/kernel/qspinlock_paravirt.c | 8 +++++++
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6c42061ca20e..9e895e9ca655 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4393,7 +4393,7 @@
as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
- nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
+ nopvspin [X86,RISCV,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
contention.
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index b39f23415ec1..70ad7679fce0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
/* How long a lock should spin before we consider blocking */
#define SPIN_THRESHOLD (1 << 15)
+extern bool nopvspin;
+
void native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
void __pv_init_lock_hash(void);
void __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
@@ -31,5 +33,27 @@ static inline void queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
#include <asm-generic/qspinlock.h>
+#include <asm/jump_label.h>
+
+/*
+ * The KVM guests fall back to a Test-and-Set spinlock, because fair locks
+ * have horrible lock 'holder' preemption issues. The test_and_set_spinlock_key
+ * would shortcut for the queued_spin_lock_slowpath() function that allow
+ * virt_spin_lock to hijack it.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virt_spin_lock_key);
+
+#define virt_spin_lock rv_virt_spin_lock
+static inline bool rv_virt_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&virt_spin_lock_key))
+ return false;
+
+ do {
+ smp_cond_load_relaxed((s32 *)&lock->val, VAL == 0);
+ } while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0);
+
+ return true;
+}
#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/qspinlock_paravirt.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/qspinlock_paravirt.c
index cae991139abe..b89f13d0d6e8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/qspinlock_paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/qspinlock_paravirt.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ EXPORT_STATIC_CALL(pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath);
DEFINE_STATIC_CALL(pv_queued_spin_unlock, native_queued_spin_unlock);
EXPORT_STATIC_CALL(pv_queued_spin_unlock);
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virt_spin_lock_key);
+
bool __init pv_qspinlock_init(void)
{
if (num_possible_cpus() == 1)
@@ -58,6 +60,12 @@ bool __init pv_qspinlock_init(void)
if (!sbi_probe_extension(SBI_EXT_PVLOCK))
return false;
+ if (nopvspin) {
+ static_branch_enable(&virt_spin_lock_key);
+ pr_info("virt_spin_lock enabled by nopvspin\n");
+ return true;
+ }
+
pr_info("PV qspinlocks enabled\n");
__pv_init_lock_hash();
--
2.40.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-01 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-01 0:30 [RFC PATCH V3 0/4] RISC-V: Add PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS support guoren
2025-12-01 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH V3 1/4] RISC-V: paravirt: Add pvqspinlock KVM backend guoren
2025-12-01 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH V3 2/4] RISC-V: paravirt: Add pvqspinlock frontend guoren
2025-12-01 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH V3 3/4] RISC-V: paravirt: pvqspinlock: Add trace point for pv_kick/wait guoren
2025-12-01 0:30 ` guoren [this message]
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