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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 08/11] KVM: x86/MMU: Allow NX huge pages to be disabled on a per-vm basis
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 10:46:18AM -0700, Ben Gardon wrote:
> In some cases, the NX hugepage mitigation for iTLB multihit is not
> needed for all guests on a host. Allow disabling the mitigation on a
> per-VM basis to avoid the performance hit of NX hugepages on trusted
> workloads.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>

Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>

> ---
> Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 11 +++++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 10 ++++++----
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c | 7 ++++---
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 ++++++
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
> 9 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> index b102ba7cf903..b40c3113b14b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> @@ -7844,6 +7844,17 @@ At this time, KVM_PMU_CAP_DISABLE is the only capability. Setting
> this capability will disable PMU virtualization for that VM. Usermode
> should adjust CPUID leaf 0xA to reflect that the PMU is disabled.
>
> +8.36 KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES
> +---------------------------
> +
> +:Capability KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY
> +:Architectures: x86
> +:Type: vm
> +
> +This capability disables the NX huge pages mitigation for iTLB MULTIHIT.
> +
> +The capability has no effect if the nx_huge_pages module parameter is not set.
> +
> 9. Known KVM API problems
> =========================
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 676705ad1e23..dcff7709444d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -1246,6 +1246,8 @@ struct kvm_arch {
> hpa_t hv_root_tdp;
> spinlock_t hv_root_tdp_lock;
> #endif
> +
> + bool disable_nx_huge_pages;
> };
>
> struct kvm_vm_stat {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> index e6cae6f22683..69cffc86b888 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> @@ -173,10 +173,12 @@ struct kvm_page_fault {
> int kvm_tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault);
>
> extern int nx_huge_pages;
> -static inline bool is_nx_huge_page_enabled(void)
> +static inline bool is_nx_huge_page_enabled(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> - return READ_ONCE(nx_huge_pages);
> + return READ_ONCE(nx_huge_pages) &&
> + !kvm->arch.disable_nx_huge_pages;
> }
> +void kvm_update_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm *kvm);
>
> static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
> u32 err, bool prefetch)
> @@ -191,8 +193,8 @@ static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
> .user = err & PFERR_USER_MASK,
> .prefetch = prefetch,
> .is_tdp = likely(vcpu->arch.mmu->page_fault == kvm_tdp_page_fault),
> - .nx_huge_page_workaround_enabled = is_nx_huge_page_enabled(),
> -
> + .nx_huge_page_workaround_enabled =
> + is_nx_huge_page_enabled(vcpu->kvm),
> .max_level = KVM_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL,
> .req_level = PG_LEVEL_4K,
> .goal_level = PG_LEVEL_4K,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index af428cb65b3f..eb7b935d3caa 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -6202,7 +6202,7 @@ static void __set_nx_huge_pages(bool val)
> nx_huge_pages = itlb_multihit_kvm_mitigation = val;
> }
>
> -static void kvm_update_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
> +void kvm_update_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
> kvm_mmu_zap_all_fast(kvm);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> index 4739b53c9734..877ad30bc7ad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
> spte |= spte_shadow_accessed_mask(spte);
>
> if (level > PG_LEVEL_4K && (pte_access & ACC_EXEC_MASK) &&
> - is_nx_huge_page_enabled()) {
> + is_nx_huge_page_enabled(vcpu->kvm)) {
> pte_access &= ~ACC_EXEC_MASK;
> }
>
> @@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ static u64 make_spte_executable(u64 spte)
> * This is used during huge page splitting to build the SPTEs that make up the
> * new page table.
> */
> -u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, int huge_level, int index)
> +u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 huge_spte, int huge_level,
> + int index)
> {
> u64 child_spte;
> int child_level;
> @@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, int huge_level, int index)
> * When splitting to a 4K page, mark the page executable as the
> * NX hugepage mitigation no longer applies.
> */
> - if (is_nx_huge_page_enabled())
> + if (is_nx_huge_page_enabled(kvm))
> child_spte = make_spte_executable(child_spte);
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> index 73f12615416f..e4142caff4b1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> @@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
> unsigned int pte_access, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
> u64 old_spte, bool prefetch, bool can_unsync,
> bool host_writable, u64 *new_spte);
> -u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, int huge_level, int index);
> +u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(struct kvm *kvm, u64 huge_spte, int huge_level,
> + int index);
> u64 make_nonleaf_spte(u64 *child_pt, bool ad_disabled);
> u64 make_mmio_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 gfn, unsigned int access);
> u64 mark_spte_for_access_track(u64 spte);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index a2f9a34a0168..5d82a54924e6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -1469,7 +1469,8 @@ static int tdp_mmu_split_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
> * not been linked in yet and thus is not reachable from any other CPU.
> */
> for (i = 0; i < PT64_ENT_PER_PAGE; i++)
> - sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(huge_spte, level, i);
> + sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(kvm, huge_spte,
> + level, i);
>
> /*
> * Replace the huge spte with a pointer to the populated lower level
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 7a066cf92692..ea1d620b35df 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -4268,6 +4268,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
> case KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES:
> case KVM_CAP_VAPIC:
> case KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP:
> + case KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES:
> r = 1;
> break;
> case KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL:
> @@ -6061,6 +6062,11 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
> }
> mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
> break;
> + case KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES:
> + kvm->arch.disable_nx_huge_pages = true;
> + kvm_update_nx_huge_pages(kvm);
> + r = 0;
> + break;
> default:
> r = -EINVAL;
> break;
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 8616af85dc5d..12399c969b42 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
> #define KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY 212
> #define KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2 213
> #define KVM_CAP_VM_TSC_CONTROL 214
> +#define KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES 215
>
> #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>
> --
> 2.35.1.1021.g381101b075-goog
>

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