Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kvm/arm64: Try stage2 block mapping for host device MMIO

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 09:46:42 EST


On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:26:26 +0100,
Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> On 2021/4/15 18:23, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:20:52 +0100,
> > Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Marc,
> >>
> >> On 2021/4/14 17:05, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> >>> + Santosh, who found some interesting bugs in that area before.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:51:09 +0100,
> >>> Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The MMIO region of a device maybe huge (GB level), try to use
> >>>> block mapping in stage2 to speedup both map and unmap.
> >>>>
> >>>> Compared to normal memory mapping, we should consider two more
> >>>> points when try block mapping for MMIO region:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. For normal memory mapping, the PA(host physical address) and
> >>>> HVA have same alignment within PUD_SIZE or PMD_SIZE when we use
> >>>> the HVA to request hugepage, so we don't need to consider PA
> >>>> alignment when verifing block mapping. But for device memory
> >>>> mapping, the PA and HVA may have different alignment.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. For normal memory mapping, we are sure hugepage size properly
> >>>> fit into vma, so we don't check whether the mapping size exceeds
> >>>> the boundary of vma. But for device memory mapping, we should pay
> >>>> attention to this.
> >>>>
> >>>> This adds device_rough_page_shift() to check these two points when
> >>>> selecting block mapping size.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >>>> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> >>>> index c59af5ca01b0..1a6d96169d60 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> >>>> @@ -624,6 +624,31 @@ static void kvm_send_hwpoison_signal(unsigned long address, short lsb)
> >>>> send_sig_mceerr(BUS_MCEERR_AR, (void __user *)address, lsb, current);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> +/*
> >>>> + * Find a max mapping size that properly insides the vma. And hva and pa must
> >>>> + * have the same alignment to this mapping size. It's rough as there are still
> >>>> + * other restrictions, will be checked by fault_supports_stage2_huge_mapping().
> >>>> + */
> >>>> +static short device_rough_page_shift(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> >>>> + unsigned long hva)
> >>>
> >>> My earlier question still stands. Under which circumstances would this
> >>> function return something that is *not* the final mapping size? I
> >>> really don't see a reason why this would not return the final mapping
> >>> size.
> >>
> >> IIUC, all the restrictions are about alignment and area boundary.
> >>
> >> That's to say, HVA, IPA and PA must have same alignment within the
> >> mapping size. And the areas are memslot and vma, which means the
> >> mapping size must properly fit into the memslot and vma.
> >>
> >> In this function, we just checked the alignment of HVA and PA, and
> >> the boundary of vma. So we still need to check the alignment of HVA
> >> and IPA, and the boundary of memslot. These will be checked by
> >> fault_supports_stage2_huge_mapping().
> >
> > But that's no different from what we do with normal memory, is it? So
> > it really feels like we should have *one* function that deals with
> > establishing the basic mapping size from the VMA (see below for what I
> > have in mind).
> Right. And it looks better.
>
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> +{
> >>>> + phys_addr_t pa = (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) + (hva - vma->vm_start);
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> >>>> + if ((hva & (PUD_SIZE - 1)) == (pa & (PUD_SIZE - 1)) &&
> >>>> + ALIGN_DOWN(hva, PUD_SIZE) >= vma->vm_start &&
> >>>> + ALIGN(hva, PUD_SIZE) <= vma->vm_end)
> >>>> + return PUD_SHIFT;
> >>>> +#endif
> >>>> +
> >>>> + if ((hva & (PMD_SIZE - 1)) == (pa & (PMD_SIZE - 1)) &&
> >>>> + ALIGN_DOWN(hva, PMD_SIZE) >= vma->vm_start &&
> >>>> + ALIGN(hva, PMD_SIZE) <= vma->vm_end)
> >>>> + return PMD_SHIFT;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + return PAGE_SHIFT;
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> static bool fault_supports_stage2_huge_mapping(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
> >>>> unsigned long hva,
> >>>> unsigned long map_size)
> >>>> @@ -769,7 +794,10 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> >>>> return -EFAULT;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> - /* Let's check if we will get back a huge page backed by hugetlbfs */
> >>>> + /*
> >>>> + * Let's check if we will get back a huge page backed by hugetlbfs, or
> >>>> + * get block mapping for device MMIO region.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> mmap_read_lock(current->mm);
> >>>> vma = find_vma_intersection(current->mm, hva, hva + 1);
> >>>> if (unlikely(!vma)) {
> >>>> @@ -780,11 +808,12 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> >>>>
> >>>> if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> >>>> vma_shift = huge_page_shift(hstate_vma(vma));
> >>>> + else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)
> >>>> + vma_shift = device_rough_page_shift(vma, hva);
> >>>
> >>> What prevents a VMA from having both VM_HUGETLB and VM_PFNMAP? This is
> >>> pretty unlikely, but I'd like to see this case catered for.
> >>>
> >> I'm not sure whether VM_HUGETLB and VM_PFNMAP are compatible, and I
> >> failed to find a case.
> >>
> >> VM_PFNMAP is used for page-ranges managed without "struct page",
> >> just pure PFN. IIUC, VM_HUGETLB is used for hugetlbfs, which always
> >> has "struct page". So I think they should not be compatible,
> >> otherwise it's a bug of driver.
> >
> > For now, maybe. But huge mappings of PFN could land at some point, and
> > it'd be hard to catch. I think this case deserves a VM_BUG_ON().
> OK.
>
> >
> >>
> >>>> else
> >>>> vma_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
> >>>>
> >>>> - if (logging_active ||
> >>>> - (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) {
> >>>> + if (logging_active) {
> >
> > BTW, don't you introduce a bug here? Logging shouldn't affect device
> > mappings.
> I think it's not a bug, because for memlsot with VM_PFNMAP, the
> logging_active is always false.
>
> In kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(), we make sure
> KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES can't be set for a VM_PFNMAP memslot. Then
> in __kvm_set_memory_region(), we're sure dirty_bitmap is not
> allocated for this memslot. Then memslot_is_logging() will return
> false for this memslot.

Fair enough. I think the first part is what makes it safe.

>
> >
> >
> >>>> force_pte = true;
> >>>> vma_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
> >>>> }
> >>>> @@ -855,7 +884,7 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> >>>>
> >>>> if (kvm_is_device_pfn(pfn)) {
> >>>> device = true;
> >>>> - force_pte = true;
> >>>> + force_pte = (vma_pagesize == PAGE_SIZE);
> >>>
> >>> Why do we need to set force_pte if we are already dealing with
> >>> PAGE_SIZE? I guess you are doing this for the sake of avoiding the
> >>> call to transparent_hugepage_adjust(), right?
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I'd rather you simply don't try to upgrade a device mapping by
> >>> explicitly checking for this and keep force_pte for *memory*
> >>> exclusively.
> >> Agree, that's better.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Santosh, can you please take a look at this series and try to see if
> >>> the problem you fixed in [1] (which ended up as commit 91a2c34b7d6f)
> >>> is still OK with this series?
> >> I searched the initial version[*], VM_PFNMAP is set when we call
> >> gfn_to_pfn_prot()->vma_mmio_fault()->remap_pfn_range(). Then the
> >> check of VM_PFNMAP in user_mem_abort() failed, so we will try to
> >> call transparent_hugepage_adjust() for device pfn.
> >>
> >> In that case, our logic of trying block mapping for MMIO is not
> >> used. And we still set force_pte for device pfn, so this bugfix is
> >> not affected. Santosh, do you agree that?
> >
> > But isn't what we just agreed to get rid of just above?
> Yes, I agree to get rid of force_pte for device. I'm sure your code
> doesn't break the bugfix.
>
> >
> >>
> >> I still found that the reason vfio_pci does not have this
> >> bug. vfio_pci set VM_PFNMAP for vma when userspace calls mmap(). I
> >> will apply this logic for vfio_mdev too, let's see what vfio
> >> maintainer think about it.
> >
> > I think that'd be good to see what Alex thinks about it...
> >
> > Here's the changes I propose. It is completely untested, of course.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > M.
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > index 8711894db8c2..f32d956cc199 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -738,6 +738,35 @@ transparent_hugepage_adjust(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
> > return PAGE_SIZE;
> > }
> >
> > +static int get_vma_page_shift(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long hva)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long pa;
> > +
> > + if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> > + return huge_page_shift(hstate_vma(vma));
> > +
> > + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> > + return PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +
> > + VM_BUG_ON(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma));
> > +
> > + pa = (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) + (hva - vma->vm_start);
> > +
> > +#ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> > + if ((hva & (PUD_SIZE - 1)) == (pa & (PUD_SIZE - 1)) &&
> > + ALIGN_DOWN(hva, PUD_SIZE) >= vma->vm_start &&
> > + ALIGN(hva, PUD_SIZE) <= vma->vm_end)
> > + return PUD_SHIFT;
> > +#endif
> > +
> > + if ((hva & (PMD_SIZE - 1)) == (pa & (PMD_SIZE - 1)) &&
> > + ALIGN_DOWN(hva, PMD_SIZE) >= vma->vm_start &&
> > + ALIGN(hva, PMD_SIZE) <= vma->vm_end)
> > + return PMD_SHIFT;
> > +
> > + return PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +}
> > +
> > static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> > struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot, unsigned long hva,
> > unsigned long fault_status)
> > @@ -778,13 +807,9 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> > return -EFAULT;
> > }
> >
> > - if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> > - vma_shift = huge_page_shift(hstate_vma(vma));
> > - else
> > - vma_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
> > + vma_shift = get_vma_page_shift(vma, hva);
> >
> > - if (logging_active ||
> > - (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) {
> > + if (logging_active && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) {
> Maybe we don't need this. I can add some comments to explain it.

Yeah. Please add something along the lines of:

/* logging_active is guaranteed to never be true for VM_PFNMAP memslots */

>
> > force_pte = true;
> > vma_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
> > }
> > @@ -854,8 +879,17 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> > return -EFAULT;
> >
> > if (kvm_is_device_pfn(pfn)) {
> > + /*
> > + * If the page was identified as device early by looking at
> > + * the VMA flags, vma_pagesize is already representing the
> > + * largest quantity we can map. If instead it was mapped
> > + * via gfn_to_pfn_prot(), vma_pagesize is set to PAGE_SIZE
> > + * and must not be upgraded.
> > + *
> > + * In both cases, we don't let transparent_hugepage_adjust()
> > + * change things at the last minute.
> > + */
> > device = true;
> > - force_pte = true;
> > } else if (logging_active && !write_fault) {
> > /*
> > * Only actually map the page as writable if this was a write
> > @@ -876,7 +910,7 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
> > * If we are not forced to use page mapping, check if we are
> > * backed by a THP and thus use block mapping if possible.
> > */
> > - if (vma_pagesize == PAGE_SIZE && !force_pte)
> > + if (vma_pagesize == PAGE_SIZE && !(force_pte || device))
> > vma_pagesize = transparent_hugepage_adjust(memslot, hva,
> > &pfn, &fault_ipa);
> > if (writable)
> >
> Looks good to me. :)
>
> I will test it. And when I send v4, should I add your Suggested-by or SoB?

No need.

Thanks,

M.

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