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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/9] KVM: VMX: clamp PLE window
Il 19/08/2014 22:35, Radim Krčmář ha scritto:
> Modifications could get unwanted values of PLE window. (low or negative)
> Use ple_window and the maximal value that cannot overflow as bounds.
>
> ple_window_max defaults to a very high value, but it would make sense to
> set it to some fraction of the scheduler tick.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 66259fd..e1192fb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ module_param(ple_window_grow, int, S_IRUGO);
> static int ple_window_shrink = KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_SHRINK;
> module_param(ple_window_shrink, int, S_IRUGO);
>
> +/* Default is to compute the maximum so we can never overflow. */
> +static int ple_window_max = INT_MAX / KVM_VMX_DEFAULT_PLE_WINDOW_GROW;
> +module_param(ple_window_max, int, S_IRUGO);
> +
> extern const ulong vmx_return;
>
> #define NR_AUTOLOAD_MSRS 8
> @@ -5704,7 +5708,7 @@ static void grow_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> else
> new = old + ple_window_grow;
>
> - vmx->ple_window = new;
> + vmx->ple_window = min(new, ple_window_max);
> }

Please introduce a dynamic overflow-avoiding ple_window_max (like what
you have in patch 9) already in patch 4...

> static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> @@ -5720,7 +5724,7 @@ static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> else
> new = old - ple_window_shrink;
>
> - vmx->ple_window = new;
> + vmx->ple_window = max(new, ple_window);

... and also squash this in patch 4.

This patch can then introduce the ple_window_max module parameter (using
module_param_cb to avoid overflows).

Paolo

> }
>
> /*
>

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