From: Mukesh R <mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
To: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kys@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, mhkelley58@gmail.com,
mrathor@linux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH V1 2/3] mshv: Redesign hypervisor memory deposit logic
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 19:13:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908021340.2548924-3-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908021340.2548924-1-mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
The current memory deposit implementation has a few issues and bugs:
o It is very slow
o Contiguous range requirement is broken, and is critical bug
o An incorrect assumption is made that contiguous memory size would
always be power of 2.
o Two pages are allocated, only one is really needed. This adds to
overhead.
o For a 512 page deposit, the allocation is split into two: one for 511
and second for 1. Thus, an order 9 allocation never happens. A
contiguous 2M range, if possible, significantly improves performance
in the hypervisor.
o Since a page is already allocated to collect the frames, there is
not really a need to use per cpu input page, and hence avoid local
irq disable.
o In hv_call_deposit_pages(), in case of error, under err_free_allocations
label, all pages are freed without checking status to see if some pages
were deposited. This is a critical bug as it would free pages that hyp
may be using.
All of above is addressed by:
o Allocate 2M by default, this is the recommendation from the hypervisor
team, and greatly improves performance.
o Always start with a full 2M range allocation, thus getting contiguous if
available. In cases where possible, the deposits are much faster.
o Allocate only one page in the deposit function and collect 511 pfns
there. Just use a local variable for last pfn.
o Use the page as input to hypercall. Since this page is locally allocated,
irq disable can be avoided helping speed up the deposit.
o Fix the physical contiguous memory requirement.
o Lastly, remove pre-deposits hv_call_create_vp() and
hv_call_initialize_partition() as they were removed internally while
ago, most likely because they didn't help much.
Signed-off-by: Mukesh R <mrathor@linux.microsoft.com>
---
drivers/hv/hv_proc.c | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c | 10 +-
include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h | 5 -
3 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
index 57864bb5bcd8..0ebede0bc8b4 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_proc.c
@@ -9,6 +9,184 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <asm/mshyperv.h>
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_MAX 512
+#define HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX ((HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE - \
+ offsetof(struct hv_deposit_memory, gpa_page_list)) / sizeof(u64))
+
+/*
+ * Allocate free pages for deposit to hypervisor. pfna[] must be large enough
+ * to hold HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX (511) pages. If num_pages is 512, return last
+ * pfn in lastpfn. If @single, then it must be a single allocation (not split
+ * over multiple contiguous ranges).
+ *
+ * Returns: number of pages allocated or -ENOMEM
+ */
+static int hv_alloc_dep_pages(int node, u64 *pfna, u64 *lastpfnp, int num_pages,
+ bool single)
+{
+ struct page *page;
+ int num_allocd, count = 0;
+
+ /* Published ABI, enforce its immutability. */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX != 511);
+
+ if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX ||
+ (num_pages == HV_DEPOSIT_MAX && lastpfnp == NULL))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ while (num_pages) {
+ /* Find highest order we can actually allocate */
+ int order = 31 - __builtin_clz(num_pages);
+ gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL;
+
+ if (!single)
+ gfp_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+
+ while (1) {
+ page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_flags, order);
+ if (page || order == 0 || single)
+ break;
+
+ order--;
+ }
+
+ if (page == NULL)
+ break;
+
+ split_page(page, order);
+ num_allocd = 1 << order;
+ num_pages -= num_allocd;
+
+ while (num_allocd && count < HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX) {
+ pfna[count++] = page_to_pfn(page++);
+ num_allocd--;
+ }
+
+ if (num_allocd-- && count == HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX) {
+ *lastpfnp = page_to_pfn(page);
+ count++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return count ? count : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deposit memory in the hypervisor. Even if @contiguous is false, a contiguous
+ * 2M worth of pfns is utmost desired for performance reasons. But short of
+ * that, we deposit whatever contiguous chunks we can get. If @contiguous is
+ * true, then the entire range has to be physically contiguous. Note, in that
+ * case, upon withdrawl, hypervisor could return any page in between the range,
+ * so we must split that also. Lastly, HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES is
+ * not guaranteed to always be power of 2.
+ */
+static int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, bool contiguous)
+{
+ struct hv_deposit_memory *hc_input;
+ int i, rc, num_pages;
+ u64 status, *pfna, lastpfn = 0;
+ bool trunc_extra = false;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES > HV_DEPOSIT_MAX);
+
+ if (contiguous) {
+ num_pages = roundup_pow_of_two(
+ HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES);
+ trunc_extra = num_pages != HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES;
+ } else {
+ num_pages = HV_DEPOSIT_MAX;
+ }
+
+ hc_input = (struct hv_deposit_memory *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (hc_input == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ hc_input->partition_id = partition_id;
+ pfna = hc_input->gpa_page_list;
+
+ rc = hv_alloc_dep_pages(node, pfna, &lastpfn, num_pages, contiguous);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ goto out_free;
+
+ num_pages = rc;
+ if (num_pages > HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX)
+ num_pages = HV_DEPOSIT_INP_MAX;
+
+ if (contiguous && trunc_extra) {
+ for (i = HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES; i < num_pages; i++)
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(pfna[i]));
+
+ if (lastpfn) {
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+ lastpfn = 0;
+ }
+
+ num_pages = HV_MAX_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION_PAGES;
+ }
+
+ /* We are not using hyperv_pcpu_input_arg, so no need to disable */
+
+ status = hv_do_rep_hypercall(HVCALL_DEPOSIT_MEMORY, num_pages,
+ 0, hc_input, NULL);
+ if (!hv_result_success(status))
+ goto err_free_dep_pages;
+
+ if (lastpfn) {
+ hc_input->gpa_page_list[0] = lastpfn;
+ status = hv_do_rep_hypercall(HVCALL_DEPOSIT_MEMORY, 1, 0,
+ hc_input, NULL);
+
+ if (!hv_result_success(status)) {
+ if (contiguous)
+ goto err_free_dep_pages;
+
+ /* We deposited lot earlier, so give it a go */
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+ }
+ }
+
+ free_page((unsigned long)hc_input);
+ return 0;
+
+err_free_dep_pages:
+ hv_status_err(status, "\n");
+ rc = hv_result_to_errno(status);
+
+ for (i = hv_repcomp(status); i < num_pages; i++)
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(pfna[i]));
+ if (lastpfn)
+ __free_page(pfn_to_page(lastpfn));
+
+out_free:
+ free_page((unsigned long)hc_input);
+ return rc;
+}
+
+int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 pt_id, u64 hv_status)
+{
+ int result = hv_result(hv_status);
+ bool contiguous = false;
+
+ if (result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_ROOT_MEMORY ||
+ result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_ROOT_MEMORY) {
+ if (!hv_root_partition()) {
+ hv_status_err(hv_status,
+ "Unexpected root memory deposit\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pt_id = HV_PARTITION_ID_SELF;
+ }
+
+ if (result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_MEMORY ||
+ result == HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_ROOT_MEMORY)
+ contiguous = true;
+
+ return hv_call_deposit_pages(node, pt_id, contiguous);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_deposit_memory_node);
+
/*
* See struct hv_deposit_memory. The first u64 is partition ID, the rest
* are GPAs.
@@ -109,12 +287,6 @@ static int hv_call_deposit_pages_old(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
return ret;
}
-int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
-{
- return hv_call_deposit_pages_old(node, partition_id, num_pages);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_call_deposit_pages);
-
static int __maybe_unused hv_deposit_memory_node_old(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 hv_status)
{
u32 num_pages = 1;
@@ -144,12 +316,6 @@ static int __maybe_unused hv_deposit_memory_node_old(int node, u64 partition_id,
return hv_call_deposit_pages_old(node, partition_id, num_pages);
}
-int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 hv_status)
-{
- return hv_deposit_memory_node_old(node, partition_id, hv_status);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_deposit_memory_node);
-
bool hv_result_needs_memory(u64 status)
{
switch (hv_result(status)) {
@@ -212,14 +378,6 @@ int hv_call_create_vp(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 vp_index, u32 flags)
unsigned long irq_flags;
int ret = 0;
- /* Root VPs don't seem to need pages deposited */
- if (partition_id != hv_current_partition_id) {
- /* The value 90 is empirically determined. It may change. */
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(node, partition_id, 90);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
- }
-
do {
local_irq_save(irq_flags);
diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
index cb55d4d4be2e..b8d199f95299 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_hv_call.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
#include "mshv_root.h"
/* Determined empirically */
-#define HV_INIT_PARTITION_DEPOSIT_PAGES 208
-#define HV_MAP_GPA_DEPOSIT_PAGES 256
#define HV_UMAP_GPA_PAGES 512
#define HV_PAGE_COUNT_2M_ALIGNED(pg_count) (!((pg_count) & (0x200 - 1)))
@@ -140,11 +138,6 @@ int hv_call_initialize_partition(u64 partition_id)
input.partition_id = partition_id;
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(NUMA_NO_NODE, partition_id,
- HV_INIT_PARTITION_DEPOSIT_PAGES);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
do {
status = hv_do_fast_hypercall8(HVCALL_INITIALIZE_PARTITION,
*(u64 *)&input);
@@ -248,8 +241,7 @@ static int hv_do_map_gpa_hcall(u64 partition_id, u64 gfn, u64 page_struct_count,
completed = hv_repcomp(status);
if (hv_result_needs_memory(status)) {
- ret = hv_call_deposit_pages(NUMA_NO_NODE, partition_id,
- HV_MAP_GPA_DEPOSIT_PAGES);
+ ret = hv_deposit_memory(partition_id, status);
if (ret)
break;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
index bf601d67cecb..c16abaecb65e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ static inline bool hv_parent_partition(void)
bool hv_result_needs_memory(u64 status);
int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 status);
-int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages);
int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 acpi_id);
int hv_call_notify_all_processors_started(void);
bool hv_lp_exists(u32 lp_index);
@@ -360,10 +359,6 @@ static inline int hv_deposit_memory_node(int node, u64 partition_id, u64 status)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
-static inline int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages)
-{
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
static inline int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 acpi_id)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.51.2.vfs.0.1
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 2:13 [PATCH V1 0/3] Redesign " Mukesh R
2026-09-08 2:13 ` [PATCH V1 1/3] mshv: Rename memory deposit memory functions to _old Mukesh R
2026-09-08 18:01 ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-08 20:43 ` Mukesh R
2026-09-08 21:31 ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-08 2:13 ` Mukesh R [this message]
2026-09-08 18:02 ` [PATCH V1 2/3] mshv: Redesign hypervisor memory deposit logic Michael Kelley
2026-09-08 22:32 ` Mukesh R
2026-09-09 17:32 ` Michael Kelley
2026-09-09 18:22 ` Mukesh R
2026-09-08 2:13 ` [PATCH V1 3/3] mshv: Remove unused *_old memory deposit functions Mukesh R
2026-09-08 18:03 ` Michael Kelley
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