[Patch v2 1/2] KVM: remember position in kvm->vcpus array

From: Nitesh Narayan Lal
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 07:54:02 EST


From: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fetching an index for any vcpu in kvm->vcpus array by traversing
the entire array everytime is costly.
This patch remembers the position of each vcpu in kvm->vcpus array
by storing it in vcpus_idx under kvm_vcpu structure.

Signed-off-by: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nitesh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 11 +++--------
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 719fc3e..22068fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
#endif
int cpu;
- int vcpu_id;
+ int vcpu_id; /* id given by userspace at creation */
+ int vcpu_idx; /* index in kvm->vcpus array */
int srcu_idx;
int mode;
u64 requests;
@@ -571,13 +572,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(struct kvm *kvm, int id)

static inline int kvm_vcpu_get_idx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- struct kvm_vcpu *tmp;
- int idx;
-
- kvm_for_each_vcpu(idx, tmp, vcpu->kvm)
- if (tmp == vcpu)
- return idx;
- BUG();
+ return vcpu->vcpu_idx;
}

#define kvm_for_each_memslot(memslot, slots) \
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 67ef3f2..72132fc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2673,7 +2673,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
}

- BUG_ON(kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)]);
+ vcpu->vcpu_idx = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus);
+ BUG_ON(kvm->vcpus[vcpu->vcpu_idx]);

/* Now it's all set up, let userspace reach it */
kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
@@ -2683,7 +2684,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
}

- kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)] = vcpu;
+ kvm->vcpus[vcpu->vcpu_idx] = vcpu;

/*
* Pairs with smp_rmb() in kvm_get_vcpu. Write kvm->vcpus
--
1.8.3.1