This command enables/disables the command replies. It is useful when
the introspection tool send multiple messages with one write() call and
doesn't have to wait for a reply.
IIRC, the speed improvment seen during UnixBench tests in a VM
introspected through vsock (the introspection tool was running in a
different VM) was around 5-10%.
Signed-off-by: Adalbert Lazăr
---
Documentation/virtual/kvm/kvmi.rst | 50 ++
include/uapi/linux/kvmi.h | 7
virt/kvm/kvmi_int.h| 2 ++
virt/kvm/kvmi_msg.c| 57 ++
4 files changed, 116 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/kvmi.rst
b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/kvmi.rst
index 0f296e3c4244..82de474d512b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/kvmi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/kvmi.rst
@@ -252,3 +252,53 @@ Returns the introspection API version.
This command is always allowed and successful (if the introspection is
built in kernel).
+
+2. KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE
+
+
+:Architectures: all
+:Versions: >= 1
+:Parameters:
+
+::
+
+ struct kvmi_control_cmd_response {
+ __u8 enable;
+ __u8 now;
+ __u16 padding1;
+ __u32 padding2;
+ };
+
+:Returns:
+
+::
+ struct kvmi_error_code
+
+Enables or disables the command replies. By default, all commands need
+a reply.
+
+If `now` is 1, the command reply is enabled/disabled (according to
+`enable`) starting with the current command. For example, `enable=0`
+and `now=1` means that the reply is disabled for this command too,
+while `enable=0` and `now=0` means that a reply will be send for this
+command, but not for the next ones (until enabled back with another
+*KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE*).
+
+This command is used by the introspection tool to disable the replies
+for commands returning an error code only (eg. *KVMI_SET_REGISTERS*)
+when an error is less likely to happen. For example, the following
+commands can be used to reply to an event with a single `write()` call:
+
+ KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE enable=0 now=1
+ KVMI_SET_REGISTERS vcpu=N
+ KVMI_EVENT_REPLY vcpu=N
+ KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE enable=1 now=0
+
+While the command reply is disabled:
+
+* the socket will be closed on any command for which the reply should
+ contain more than just an error code (eg. *KVMI_GET_REGISTERS*)
+
+* the reply status is ignored for any unsupported/unknown or disallowed
+ commands (and ``struct kvmi_error_code`` will be sent with -KVM_EOPNOTSUPP
+ or -KVM_PERM).
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvmi.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvmi.h
index 9574ba0b9565..a1ab39c5b8e0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvmi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvmi.h
@@ -83,4 +83,11 @@ struct kvmi_get_version_reply {
__u32 padding;
};
+struct kvmi_control_cmd_response {
+ __u8 enable;
+ __u8 now;
+ __u16 padding1;
+ __u32 padding2;
+};
+
#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_KVMI_H */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvmi_int.h b/virt/kvm/kvmi_int.h
index 76119a4b69d8..157f765fb34d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvmi_int.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvmi_int.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct kvmi {
DECLARE_BITMAP(cmd_allow_mask, KVMI_NUM_COMMANDS);
DECLARE_BITMAP(event_allow_mask, KVMI_NUM_EVENTS);
+
+ bool cmd_reply_disabled;
};
/* kvmi_msg.c */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvmi_msg.c b/virt/kvm/kvmi_msg.c
index 6fe04de29f7e..ea5c7e23669a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvmi_msg.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvmi_msg.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include "kvmi_int.h"
static const char *const msg_IDs[] = {
+ [KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE] = "KVMI_CONTROL_CMD_RESPONSE",
[KVMI_GET_VERSION] = "KVMI_GET_VERSION",
};
@@ -130,6 +131,36 @@ static int kvmi_msg_vm_reply(struct kvmi *ikvm,
return kvmi_msg_reply(ikvm, msg, err, rpl, rpl_size);
}
+static bool kvmi_validate_no_reply(struct kvmi *ikvm,
+ const struct kvmi_msg_hdr *msg,
+ size_t rpl_size, int err)
+{
+ if (rpl_size) {
+ kvmi_err(ikvm, "Reply disabled for command %d", msg->id);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (err)
+ kvmi_warn(ikvm, "Error code %d discarded for message id %d\n",
+ err, msg->id);
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int kvmi_msg_vm_maybe_reply(struct kvmi *ikvm,
+ const struct kvmi_msg_hdr *msg,
+ int err, const void *rpl,
+ size_t rpl_size)
+{
+ if (ikvm->cmd_reply_disabled) {
+ if (!kvmi_validate_no_reply(ikvm, msg, rpl_size, err))
+ return -KVM_EINVAL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return kvmi_msg_vm_reply(ikvm, msg, err, rpl, rpl_size);
+}
+
static int handle_get_version(struct kvmi *ikvm,
const struct kvmi_msg_hdr *msg, const
