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KVM: SVM: force new asid on vcpu migration

PATCH Marcelo Tosatti 2 participants 2 messages Jul 21, 2009

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If a migrated vcpu matches the asid_generation value of the target pcpu, there will be no TLB flush via TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID.

The check for vcpu.cpu in pre_svm_run is meaningless since svm_vcpu_load already updated it on schedule in.

Such vcpu will VMRUN with stale TLB entries.

Based on original patch from Joerg Roedel (http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10021/)

arch/x86/kvm/svm.c +3 -3
index 18085d3..90fe88f 100644
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 		svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset += delta;
 		vcpu->cpu = cpu;
 		kvm_migrate_timers(vcpu);
+		svm->asid_generation = 0;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS; i++)
@@ -1071,7 +1072,6 @@ static void new_asid(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct svm_cpu_data *svm_data)
 		svm->vmcb->control.tlb_ctl = TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID;
 	}
 
-	svm->vcpu.cpu = svm_data->cpu;
 	svm->asid_generation = svm_data->asid_generation;
 	svm->vmcb->control.asid = svm_data->next_asid++;
 }
@@ -2320,8 +2320,8 @@ static void pre_svm_run(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	struct svm_cpu_data *svm_data = per_cpu(svm_data, cpu);
 
 	svm->vmcb->control.tlb_ctl = TLB_CONTROL_DO_NOTHING;
-	if (svm->vcpu.cpu != cpu ||
-	    svm->asid_generation != svm_data->asid_generation)
+ 	/* FIXME: handle wraparound of asid_generation */
+	if (svm->asid_generation != svm_data->asid_generation)
 		new_asid(svm, svm_data);
 }
 
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#1 lore raw
Quoted 4 lines · Marcelo Tosatti

If a migrated vcpu matches the asid_generation value of the target pcpu, there will be no TLB flush via TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID.

Quoted 8 lines

The check for vcpu.cpu in pre_svm_run is meaningless since svm_vcpu_load already updated it on schedule in.

Such vcpu will VMRUN with stale TLB entries.

Based on original patch from Joerg Roedel (http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10021/)

Quoted 33 lines
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c +3 -3
index 18085d3..90fe88f 100644
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 		svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset += delta;
 		vcpu->cpu = cpu;
 		kvm_migrate_timers(vcpu);
+		svm->asid_generation = 0;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS; i++)
@@ -1071,7 +1072,6 @@ static void new_asid(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct svm_cpu_data *svm_data)
 		svm->vmcb->control.tlb_ctl = TLB_CONTROL_FLUSH_ALL_ASID;
 	}
 
-	svm->vcpu.cpu = svm_data->cpu;
 	svm->asid_generation = svm_data->asid_generation;
 	svm->vmcb->control.asid = svm_data->next_asid++;
 }
@@ -2320,8 +2320,8 @@ static void pre_svm_run(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	struct svm_cpu_data *svm_data = per_cpu(svm_data, cpu);
 
 	svm->vmcb->control.tlb_ctl = TLB_CONTROL_DO_NOTHING;
-	if (svm->vcpu.cpu != cpu ||
-	    svm->asid_generation != svm_data->asid_generation)
+ 	/* FIXME: handle wraparound of asid_generation */
+	if (svm->asid_generation != svm_data->asid_generation)
 		new_asid(svm, svm_data);
 }