Re: [PATCH v2 02/29] LoongArch: KVM: Implement kvm module related interface

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Feb 20 2023 - 12:47:19 EST


On 2/20/23 07:57, Tianrui Zhao wrote:
+ order = get_order(kvm_vector_size + kvm_enter_guest_size);
+ addr = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
+ if (!addr) {
+ free_percpu(vmcs);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(addr, kvm_vector_entry, kvm_vector_size);
+ memcpy(addr + kvm_vector_size, kvm_enter_guest, kvm_enter_guest_size);
+ flush_icache_range((unsigned long)addr, (unsigned long)addr +
+ kvm_vector_size + kvm_enter_guest_size);
+
+ vpid_mask = read_csr_gstat();
+ vpid_mask = (vpid_mask & CSR_GSTAT_GIDBIT) >> CSR_GSTAT_GIDBIT_SHIFT;
+ if (vpid_mask)
+ vpid_mask = GENMASK(vpid_mask - 1, 0);
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ context = per_cpu_ptr(vmcs, cpu);
+ context->vpid_mask = vpid_mask;
+ context->vpid_cache = context->vpid_mask + 1;
+ context->last_vcpu = NULL;
+ context->kvm_eentry = addr;
+ context->kvm_enter_guest = addr + kvm_vector_size;
+ context->page_order = order;
+ }

A lot of these variables are constant across all pCPUs, any reason to have them in a per-CPU variable? Likewise, since they are all the same as the constant global vmcs variable, why make them part of struct kvm_context instead of just making them globals?

Also, why does the world switch code need a copy?

Paolo