Because the x86 MMU locklessly implements fast_only versions of
kvm_test_age_gfn and kvm_age_gfn, we can advertise support for
has_fast_aging to allow MGLRU to quickly find better eviction
candidates.
There is one case where the MMU is not 100% accurate: for the shadow
MMU, when A/D bits are not in use, young sptes will never be aged with
the fast_only kvm_age_gfn. In this case, such pages will consistently
appear young, so they will be the least likely eviction candidates.
Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index f47bd88b55e3..1798e3853d27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -7708,6 +7708,8 @@ int kvm_mmu_post_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
int err;
+ kvm->mmu_notifier.has_fast_aging = true;
+
if (nx_hugepage_mitigation_hard_disabled)
return 0;
--
2.46.0.792.g87dc391469-goog