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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8] x86/mem-sharing: mem-sharing a range of memory



On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Tamas K Lengyel
<tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:12 AM, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Tamas K Lengyel
>> <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Currently mem-sharing can be performed on a page-by-page basis from the 
>>> control
>>> domain. However, this process is quite wasteful when a range of pages have 
>>> to
>>> be deduplicated.
>>>
>>> This patch introduces a new mem_sharing memop for range sharing where
>>> the user doesn't have to separately nominate each page in both the source 
>>> and
>>> destination domain, and the looping over all pages happen in the hypervisor.
>>> This significantly reduces the overhead of sharing a range of memory.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> v8: style fixes and minor adjustments
>>> ---
>>>  tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h        |  15 ++++
>>>  tools/libxc/xc_memshr.c              |  19 +++++
>>>  tools/tests/mem-sharing/memshrtool.c |  22 ++++++
>>>  xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c        | 140 
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  xen/include/public/memory.h          |  10 ++-
>>>  5 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h b/tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h
>>> index e904bd5..3782eff 100644
>>> --- a/tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h
>>> +++ b/tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h
>>> @@ -2334,6 +2334,21 @@ int xc_memshr_add_to_physmap(xc_interface *xch,
>>>                      domid_t client_domain,
>>>                      unsigned long client_gfn);
>>>
>>> +/* Allows to deduplicate a range of memory of a client domain. Using
>>> + * this function is equivalent of calling xc_memshr_nominate_gfn for each 
>>> gfn
>>> + * in the two domains followed by xc_memshr_share_gfns.
>>> + *
>>> + * May fail with -EINVAL if the source and client domain have different
>>> + * memory size or if memory sharing is not enabled on either of the 
>>> domains.
>>> + * May also fail with -ENOMEM if there isn't enough memory available to 
>>> store
>>> + * the sharing metadata before deduplication can happen.
>>> + */
>>> +int xc_memshr_range_share(xc_interface *xch,
>>> +                          domid_t source_domain,
>>> +                          domid_t client_domain,
>>> +                          uint64_t start,
>>> +                          uint64_t end);
>>> +
>>>  /* Debug calls: return the number of pages referencing the shared frame 
>>> backing
>>>   * the input argument. Should be one or greater.
>>>   *
>>> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_memshr.c b/tools/libxc/xc_memshr.c
>>> index deb0aa4..2b871c7 100644
>>> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_memshr.c
>>> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_memshr.c
>>> @@ -181,6 +181,25 @@ int xc_memshr_add_to_physmap(xc_interface *xch,
>>>      return xc_memshr_memop(xch, source_domain, &mso);
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +int xc_memshr_range_share(xc_interface *xch,
>>> +                          domid_t source_domain,
>>> +                          domid_t client_domain,
>>> +                          uint64_t start,
>>> +                          uint64_t end)
>>> +{
>>> +    xen_mem_sharing_op_t mso;
>>> +
>>> +    memset(&mso, 0, sizeof(mso));
>>> +
>>> +    mso.op = XENMEM_sharing_op_range_share;
>>> +
>>> +    mso.u.range.client_domain = client_domain;
>>> +    mso.u.range.start = start;
>>> +    mso.u.range.end = end;
>>> +
>>> +    return xc_memshr_memop(xch, source_domain, &mso);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  int xc_memshr_domain_resume(xc_interface *xch,
>>>                              domid_t domid)
>>>  {
>>> diff --git a/tools/tests/mem-sharing/memshrtool.c 
>>> b/tools/tests/mem-sharing/memshrtool.c
>>> index 437c7c9..2af6a9e 100644
>>> --- a/tools/tests/mem-sharing/memshrtool.c
>>> +++ b/tools/tests/mem-sharing/memshrtool.c
>>> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static int usage(const char* prog)
>>>      printf("  nominate <domid> <gfn>  - Nominate a page for sharing.\n");
>>>      printf("  share <domid> <gfn> <handle> <source> <source-gfn> 
>>> <source-handle>\n");
>>>      printf("                          - Share two pages.\n");
>>> +    printf("  range <source-domid> <destination-domid> <start-gfn> 
>>> <end-gfn>\n");
>>> +    printf("                          - Share pages between domains in 
>>> range.\n");
>>>      printf("  unshare <domid> <gfn>   - Unshare a page by grabbing a 
>>> writable map.\n");
>>>      printf("  add-to-physmap <domid> <gfn> <source> <source-gfn> 
>>> <source-handle>\n");
>>>      printf("                          - Populate a page in a domain with a 
>>> shared page.\n");
>>> @@ -180,6 +182,26 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
>>>          }
>>>          printf("Audit returned %d errors.\n", rc);
>>>      }
>>> +    else if( !strcasecmp(cmd, "range") )
>>> +    {
>>> +        domid_t sdomid, cdomid;
>>> +        int rc;
>>> +        uint64_t start, end;
>>> +
>>> +        if ( argc != 6 )
>>> +            return usage(argv[0]);
>>>
>>> +        sdomid = strtol(argv[2], NULL, 0);
>>> +        cdomid = strtol(argv[3], NULL, 0);
>>> +        start = strtoul(argv[4], NULL, 0);
>>> +        end = strtoul(argv[5], NULL, 0);
>>> +
>>> +        rc = xc_memshr_range_share(xch, sdomid, cdomid, start, end);
>>> +        if ( rc < 0 )
>>> +        {
>>> +            printf("error executing xc_memshr_range_share: %s\n", 
>>> strerror(errno));
>>> +            return rc;
>>> +        }
>>> +    }
>>>      return 0;
>>>  }
>>> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
>>> index a522423..329fbd9 100644
>>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
>>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
>>> @@ -1294,6 +1294,58 @@ int relinquish_shared_pages(struct domain *d)
>>>      return rc;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static int range_share(struct domain *d, struct domain *cd,
>>> +                       struct mem_sharing_op_range *range)
>>> +{
>>> +    int rc = 0;
>>> +    shr_handle_t sh, ch;
>>> +    unsigned long start = range->_scratchspace ?: range->start;
>>> +
>>> +    while( range->end >= start )
>>> +    {
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * We only break out if we run out of memory as individual pages 
>>> may
>>> +         * legitimately be unsharable and we just want to skip over those.
>>> +         */
>>> +        rc = mem_sharing_nominate_page(d, start, 0, &sh);
>>> +        if ( rc == -ENOMEM )
>>> +            break;
>>> +
>>> +        if ( !rc )
>>> +        {
>>> +            rc = mem_sharing_nominate_page(cd, start, 0, &ch);
>>> +            if ( rc == -ENOMEM )
>>> +                break;
>>> +
>>> +            if ( !rc )
>>> +            {
>>> +                /* If we get here this should be guaranteed to succeed. */
>>> +                rc = mem_sharing_share_pages(d, start, sh,
>>> +                                             cd, start, ch);
>>> +                ASSERT(!rc);
>>> +            }
>>> +        }
>>> +
>>> +        /* Check for continuation if it's not the last iteration. */
>>> +        if ( range->end >= ++start && hypercall_preempt_check() )
>>> +        {
>>> +            rc = 1;
>>> +            break;
>>> +        }
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    range->_scratchspace = start;
>>> +
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * The last page may fail with -EINVAL, and for range sharing we don't
>>> +     * care about that.
>>> +     */
>>> +    if ( range->end < start && rc == -EINVAL )
>>> +        rc = 0;
>>> +
>>> +    return rc;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  int mem_sharing_memop(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(xen_mem_sharing_op_t) arg)
>>>  {
>>>      int rc;
>>> @@ -1468,6 +1520,94 @@ int 
>>> mem_sharing_memop(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(xen_mem_sharing_op_t) arg)
>>>          }
>>>          break;
>>>
>>> +        case XENMEM_sharing_op_range_share:
>>> +        {
>>> +            unsigned long max_sgfn, max_cgfn;
>>> +            struct domain *cd;
>>> +
>>> +            rc = -EINVAL;
>>> +            if ( mso.u.range._pad[0] || mso.u.range._pad[1] ||
>>> +                 mso.u.range._pad[2] )
>>> +                 goto out;
>>> +
>>> +            /*
>>> +             * We use _scratchscape for the hypercall continuation value.
>>> +             * Ideally the user sets this to 0 in the beginning but
>>> +             * there is no good way of enforcing that here, so we just 
>>> check
>>> +             * that it's at least in range.
>>> +             */
>>> +            if ( mso.u.range._scratchspace &&
>>> +                 (mso.u.range._scratchspace < mso.u.range.start ||
>>> +                  mso.u.range._scratchspace > mso.u.range.end) )
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +
>>> +            if ( !mem_sharing_enabled(d) )
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +
>>> +            rc = 
>>> rcu_lock_live_remote_domain_by_id(mso.u.range.client_domain,
>>> +                                                   &cd);
>>> +            if ( rc )
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +
>>> +            /*
>>> +             * We reuse XENMEM_sharing_op_share XSM check here as this is
>>> +             * essentially the same concept repeated over multiple pages.
>>> +             */
>>> +            rc = xsm_mem_sharing_op(XSM_DM_PRIV, d, cd,
>>> +                                    XENMEM_sharing_op_share);
>>> +            if ( rc )
>>> +            {
>>> +                rcu_unlock_domain(cd);
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +            }
>>> +
>>> +            if ( !mem_sharing_enabled(cd) )
>>> +            {
>>> +                rcu_unlock_domain(cd);
>>> +                rc = -EINVAL;
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +            }
>>> +
>>> +            /*
>>> +             * Sanity check only, the client should keep the domains 
>>> paused for
>>> +             * the duration of this op.
>>> +             */
>>> +            if ( !atomic_read(&d->pause_count) ||
>>> +                 !atomic_read(&cd->pause_count) )
>>> +            {
>>> +                rcu_unlock_domain(cd);
>>> +                rc = -EINVAL;
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +            }
>>> +
>>> +            max_sgfn = domain_get_maximum_gpfn(d);
>>> +            max_cgfn = domain_get_maximum_gpfn(cd);
>>> +
>>> +            if ( max_sgfn < mso.u.range.start || max_sgfn < 
>>> mso.u.range.end ||
>>> +                 max_cgfn < mso.u.range.start || max_cgfn < 
>>> mso.u.range.end )
>>> +            {
>>> +                rcu_unlock_domain(cd);
>>> +                rc = -EINVAL;
>>> +                goto out;
>>> +            }
>>> +
>>> +            rc = range_share(d, cd, &mso.u.range);
>>> +            rcu_unlock_domain(cd);
>>> +
>>> +            if ( rc > 0 )
>>> +            {
>>> +                if ( __copy_to_guest(arg, &mso, 1) )
>>> +                    rc = -EFAULT;
>>> +                else
>>> +                    rc = 
>>> hypercall_create_continuation(__HYPERVISOR_memory_op,
>>> +                                                       "lh", 
>>> XENMEM_sharing_op,
>>> +                                                       arg);
>>> +            }
>>> +            else
>>> +                mso.u.range._scratchspace = 0;
>>> +        }
>>> +        break;
>>> +
>>>          case XENMEM_sharing_op_debug_gfn:
>>>          {
>>>              unsigned long gfn = mso.u.debug.u.gfn;
>>> diff --git a/xen/include/public/memory.h b/xen/include/public/memory.h
>>> index 29ec571..e0bc018 100644
>>> --- a/xen/include/public/memory.h
>>> +++ b/xen/include/public/memory.h
>>> @@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_mem_access_op_t);
>>>  #define XENMEM_sharing_op_debug_gref        5
>>>  #define XENMEM_sharing_op_add_physmap       6
>>>  #define XENMEM_sharing_op_audit             7
>>> +#define XENMEM_sharing_op_range_share       8
>>>
>>>  #define XENMEM_SHARING_OP_S_HANDLE_INVALID  (-10)
>>>  #define XENMEM_SHARING_OP_C_HANDLE_INVALID  (-9)
>>> @@ -500,7 +501,14 @@ struct xen_mem_sharing_op {
>>>              uint64_aligned_t client_gfn;    /* IN: the client gfn */
>>>              uint64_aligned_t client_handle; /* IN: handle to the client 
>>> page */
>>>              domid_t  client_domain; /* IN: the client domain id */
>>> -        } share;
>>> +        } share;
>>> +        struct mem_sharing_op_range {         /* OP_RANGE_SHARE */
>>> +            uint64_aligned_t start;          /* IN: start gfn. */
>>> +            uint64_aligned_t end;            /* IN: end gfn (inclusive) */
>>> +            uint64_aligned_t _scratchspace;  /* Must be set to 0 */
>>
>> Tamas,
>>
>> Why include this "scratchspace" that's not used in the interface,
>> rather than just doing what the memory operations in
>> xen/common/memory.c do, and store it in EAX by shifting it over by
>> MEMOP_EXTENT_SHIFT?  I looked through the history and I see that v1
>> did something very much like that, but it was changed to using the
>> scratch space without any explanation.
>>
>> Having this in the public interface is ugly; and what's worse, it
>> exposes some of the internal mechanism to the guest.
>>
>>  -George
>
> Well, that's exactly what I did in an earlier version of the patch but
> it was requested that I change it to something like this by Andrew
> (see https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-10/msg00434.html).
> Then over the various iterations it ended up like looking like this.

Oh right -- sorry, I did look but somehow I missed that Andrew had requested it.

I would have read his comment to  mean to put the _scratchspace
variable in the larger structure.  But it has his R-b, so I'll
consider myself answered.

Thanks,
 -George

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