x86, mm: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() when running on bare metal

Invoking arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() results in calls to preempt_enable()/disable() which may have performance impact. Since lazy MMU is not used on bare metal we can patch away arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() so that it is never called in such environment. [ hpa: the previous patch "Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates" may cause a minor performance regression on bare metal. This patch resolves that performance regression. It is somewhat unclear to me if this is a good -stable candidate. ] Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364045796-10720-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Tested-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> SEE NOTE ABOVE
mariux64 · Apr 10, 2013 · 511ba86 · 511ba86
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -703,7 +703,10 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
 	PVOP_VCALL0(pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.leave);
 }
 
-void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void);
+static inline void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
+{
+	PVOP_VCALL0(pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.flush);
+}
 
 static inline void __set_fixmap(unsigned /* enum fixed_addresses */ idx,
 				phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t flags)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct pv_lazy_ops {
 	/* Set deferred update mode, used for batching operations. */
 	void (*enter)(void);
 	void (*leave)(void);
+	void (*flush)(void);
 };
 
 struct pv_time_ops {
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ void paravirt_end_context_switch(struct task_struct *next);
 
 void paravirt_enter_lazy_mmu(void);
 void paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu(void);
+void paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu(void);
 
 void _paravirt_nop(void);
 u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -263,6 +263,18 @@ void paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu(void)
 	leave_lazy(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
 }
 
+void paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	if (paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) {
+		arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+		arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+	}
+
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
 void paravirt_start_context_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 {
 	BUG_ON(preemptible());
@@ -292,18 +304,6 @@ enum paravirt_lazy_mode paravirt_get_lazy_mode(void)
 	return this_cpu_read(paravirt_lazy_mode);
 }
 
-void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
-{
-	preempt_disable();
-
-	if (paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) {
-		arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
-		arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
-	}
-
-	preempt_enable();
-}
-
 struct pv_info pv_info = {
 	.name = "bare hardware",
 	.paravirt_enabled = 0,
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ struct pv_mmu_ops pv_mmu_ops = {
 	.lazy_mode = {
 		.enter = paravirt_nop,
 		.leave = paravirt_nop,
+		.flush = paravirt_nop,
 	},
 
 	.set_fixmap = native_set_fixmap,

diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ __init void lguest_init(void)
 	pv_mmu_ops.read_cr3 = lguest_read_cr3;
 	pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.enter = paravirt_enter_lazy_mmu;
 	pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.leave = lguest_leave_lazy_mmu_mode;
+	pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.flush = paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu;
 	pv_mmu_ops.pte_update = lguest_pte_update;
 	pv_mmu_ops.pte_update_defer = lguest_pte_update;
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -2196,6 +2196,7 @@ static const struct pv_mmu_ops xen_mmu_ops __initconst = {
 	.lazy_mode = {
 		.enter = paravirt_enter_lazy_mmu,
 		.leave = xen_leave_lazy_mmu,
+		.flush = paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu,
 	},
 
 	.set_fixmap = xen_set_fixmap,