Re: [RFC 1/3] iommu/intel: Use page->refcount to count number of entries in IOMMU

[Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>]

On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 9:59 PM Liu, Jingqi <jingqi.liu@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/21/2023 11:19 AM, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> > In order to be able to efficiently free empty page table levels, count the
> > number of entries in each page table my incremeanting and decremeanting
> s/incremeanting/incrementing
> s/decremeanting/decrementing
>
> > refcount every time a PTE is inserted or removed form the page table.
> s/form/from
>
> >
> > For this to work correctly, add two helper function:
> > dma_clear_pte and dma_set_pte where counting is performed,
> >
> > Also, modify the code so every page table entry is always updated using the
> > two new functions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >   drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >   2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > index 897159dba47d..4688ef797161 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static struct dma_pte *pfn_to_dma_pte(struct dmar_domain *domain,
> >                       if (domain->use_first_level)
> >                               pteval |= DMA_FL_PTE_XD | DMA_FL_PTE_US | DMA_FL_PTE_ACCESS;
> >
> > -                     if (cmpxchg64(&pte->val, 0ULL, pteval))
> > +                     if (dma_set_pte(pte, pteval))
> >                               /* Someone else set it while we were thinking; use theirs. */
> >                               free_pgtable_page(tmp_page);
> >                       else
> > @@ -1021,7 +1021,8 @@ static void dma_pte_clear_range(struct dmar_domain *domain,
> >                       continue;
> >               }
> >               do {
> > -                     dma_clear_pte(pte);
> > +                     if (dma_pte_present(pte))
> > +                             dma_clear_pte(pte);
> >                       start_pfn += lvl_to_nr_pages(large_page);
> >                       pte++;
> >               } while (start_pfn <= last_pfn && !first_pte_in_page(pte));
> > @@ -1062,7 +1063,8 @@ static void dma_pte_free_level(struct dmar_domain *domain, int level,
> >                */
> >               if (level < retain_level && !(start_pfn > level_pfn ||
> >                     last_pfn < level_pfn + level_size(level) - 1)) {
> > -                     dma_clear_pte(pte);
> > +                     if (dma_pte_present(pte))
> > +                             dma_clear_pte(pte);
> >                       domain_flush_cache(domain, pte, sizeof(*pte));
> >                       free_pgtable_page(level_pte);
> >               }
> > @@ -1093,12 +1095,13 @@ static void dma_pte_free_pagetable(struct dmar_domain *domain,
> >       }
> >   }
> >
> > -/* When a page at a given level is being unlinked from its parent, we don't
> > -   need to *modify* it at all. All we need to do is make a list of all the
> > -   pages which can be freed just as soon as we've flushed the IOTLB and we
> > -   know the hardware page-walk will no longer touch them.
> > -   The 'pte' argument is the *parent* PTE, pointing to the page that is to
> > -   be freed. */
> > +/*
> > + * A given page at a given level is being unlinked from its parent.
> > + * We need to make a list of all the pages which can be freed just as soon as
> > + * we've flushed the IOTLB and we know the hardware page-walk will no longer
> > + * touch them. The 'pte' argument is the *parent* PTE, pointing to the page
> > + * that is to be freed.
> > + */
> >   static void dma_pte_list_pagetables(struct dmar_domain *domain,
> >                                   int level, struct dma_pte *pte,
> >                                   struct list_head *freelist)
> > @@ -1106,17 +1109,20 @@ static void dma_pte_list_pagetables(struct dmar_domain *domain,
> >       struct page *pg;
> >
> >       pg = pfn_to_page(dma_pte_addr(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > -     list_add_tail(&pg->lru, freelist);
> > -
> > -     if (level == 1)
> > -             return;
> > -
> >       pte = page_address(pg);
> > +
> >       do {
> > -             if (dma_pte_present(pte) && !dma_pte_superpage(pte))
> > -                     dma_pte_list_pagetables(domain, level - 1, pte, freelist);
> > +             if (dma_pte_present(pte)) {
> > +                     if (level > 1 && !dma_pte_superpage(pte)) {
> > +                             dma_pte_list_pagetables(domain, level - 1, pte,
> > +                                                     freelist);
> > +                     }
> > +                     dma_clear_pte(pte);
> > +             }
> >               pte++;
> >       } while (!first_pte_in_page(pte));
> > +
> > +     list_add_tail(&pg->lru, freelist);
> >   }
> >
> How about calculating the page decrement when the pages in the freelist
> are really freed in iommu_free_pgtbl_pages() ?


Hi Jingqi,

Thank you for looking at this.

My understanding is what you are suggesting is to count number of
entries and subtract them from refcount only once before adding page
to the freelist, is this correct?

We could do that, but having dma_clear_pte() for each entry is very
beneficial, as we could extend IOMMU page tables with other debug
technologies, such as page_table_check, if every single entry in the
page table is added and removed via dma_clear_pte() and dma_set_pte(),
since we are alreadying clearing pte, there is no reason not to change
the refcount at the same time.

Pasha