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Add a dedicated hook to handle flushing TLB entries on behalf of the guest, i.e. for a paravirtualized TLB flush, and use it directly instead of bouncing through kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb(). For VMX, change the effective implementation implementation to never do INVEPT and flush only the current context, i.e. to always flush via INVVPID(SINGLE_CONTEXT). The INVEPT performed by __vmx_flush_tlb() when @invalidate_gpa=false and enable_vpid=0 is unnecessary, as it will only flush guest-physical mappings; linear and combined mappings are flushed by VM-Enter when VPID is disabled, and changes in the guest pages tables do not affect guest-physical mappings. When EPT and VPID are enabled, doing INVVPID is not required (by Intel's architecture) to invalidate guest-physical mappings, i.e. TLB entries that cache guest-physical mappings can live across INVVPID as the mappings are associated with an EPTP, not a VPID. The intent of @invalidate_gpa is to inform vmx_flush_tlb() that it must "invalidate gpa mappings", i.e. do INVEPT and not simply INVVPID. Other than nested VPID handling, which now calls vpid_sync_context() directly, the only scenario where KVM can safely do INVVPID instead of INVEPT (when EPT is enabled) is if KVM is flushing TLB entries from the guest's perspective, i.e. is only required to invalidate linear mappings. For SVM, flushing TLB entries from the guest's perspective can be done by flushing the current ASID, as changes to the guest's page tables are associated only with the current ASID. Adding a dedicated ->tlb_flush_guest() paves the way toward removing @invalidate_gpa, which is a potentially dangerous control flag as its meaning is not exactly crystal clear, even for those who are familiar with the subtleties of what mappings Intel CPUs are/aren't allowed to keep across various invalidation scenarios. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Message-Id: <20200320212833.3507-15-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.