/* * VMware Balloon driver. * * Copyright (C) 2000-2010, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the * Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License and no later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Maintained by: Dmitry Torokhov */ /* * This is VMware physical memory management driver for Linux. The driver * acts like a "balloon" that can be inflated to reclaim physical pages by * reserving them in the guest and invalidating them in the monitor, * freeing up the underlying machine pages so they can be allocated to * other guests. The balloon can also be deflated to allow the guest to * use more physical memory. Higher level policies can control the sizes * of balloons in VMs in order to manage physical memory resources. */ //#define DEBUG #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc."); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver"); MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.3-k"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnVMware*:*"); MODULE_ALIAS("vmware_vmmemctl"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); /* * Various constants controlling rate of inflaint/deflating balloon, * measured in pages. */ /* * Rate of allocating memory when there is no memory pressure * (driver performs non-sleeping allocations). */ #define VMW_BALLOON_NOSLEEP_ALLOC_MAX 16384U /* * Rates of memory allocaton when guest experiences memory pressure * (driver performs sleeping allocations). */ #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MIN 512U #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MAX 2048U #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_INC 16U /* * Rates for releasing pages while deflating balloon. */ #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_MIN 512U #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_MAX 16384U #define VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_INC 16U /* * When guest is under memory pressure, use a reduced page allocation * rate for next several cycles. */ #define VMW_BALLOON_SLOW_CYCLES 4 /* * Use __GFP_HIGHMEM to allow pages from HIGHMEM zone. We don't * allow wait (__GFP_WAIT) for NOSLEEP page allocations. Use * __GFP_NOWARN, to suppress page allocation failure warnings. */ #define VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP (__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_NOWARN) /* * Use GFP_HIGHUSER when executing in a separate kernel thread * context and allocation can sleep. This is less stressful to * the guest memory system, since it allows the thread to block * while memory is reclaimed, and won't take pages from emergency * low-memory pools. */ #define VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP (GFP_HIGHUSER) /* Maximum number of page allocations without yielding processor */ #define VMW_BALLOON_YIELD_THRESHOLD 1024 /* Maximum number of refused pages we accumulate during inflation cycle */ #define VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED 16 /* * Hypervisor communication port definitions. */ #define VMW_BALLOON_HV_PORT 0x5670 #define VMW_BALLOON_HV_MAGIC 0x456c6d6f #define VMW_BALLOON_PROTOCOL_VERSION 2 #define VMW_BALLOON_GUEST_ID 1 /* Linux */ #define VMW_BALLOON_CMD_START 0 #define VMW_BALLOON_CMD_GET_TARGET 1 #define VMW_BALLOON_CMD_LOCK 2 #define VMW_BALLOON_CMD_UNLOCK 3 #define VMW_BALLOON_CMD_GUEST_ID 4 /* error codes */ #define VMW_BALLOON_SUCCESS 0 #define VMW_BALLOON_FAILURE -1 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_CMD_INVALID 1 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_INVALID 2 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_LOCKED 3 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_UNLOCKED 4 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_PINNED 5 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_NOTNEEDED 6 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET 7 #define VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_BUSY 8 #define VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(cmd, data, result) \ ({ \ unsigned long __stat, __dummy1, __dummy2; \ __asm__ __volatile__ ("inl (%%dx)" : \ "=a"(__stat), \ "=c"(__dummy1), \ "=d"(__dummy2), \ "=b"(result) : \ "0"(VMW_BALLOON_HV_MAGIC), \ "1"(VMW_BALLOON_CMD_##cmd), \ "2"(VMW_BALLOON_HV_PORT), \ "3"(data) : \ "memory"); \ result &= -1UL; \ __stat & -1UL; \ }) #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS struct vmballoon_stats { unsigned int timer; /* allocation statustics */ unsigned int alloc; unsigned int alloc_fail; unsigned int sleep_alloc; unsigned int sleep_alloc_fail; unsigned int refused_alloc; unsigned int refused_free; unsigned int free; /* monitor operations */ unsigned int lock; unsigned int lock_fail; unsigned int unlock; unsigned int unlock_fail; unsigned int target; unsigned int target_fail; unsigned int start; unsigned int start_fail; unsigned int guest_type; unsigned int guest_type_fail; }; #define STATS_INC(stat) (stat)++ #else #define STATS_INC(stat) #endif struct vmballoon { /* list of reserved physical pages */ struct list_head pages; /* transient list of non-balloonable pages */ struct list_head refused_pages; unsigned int n_refused_pages; /* balloon size in pages */ unsigned int size; unsigned int target; /* reset flag */ bool reset_required; /* adjustment rates (pages per second) */ unsigned int rate_alloc; unsigned int rate_free; /* slowdown page allocations for next few cycles */ unsigned int slow_allocation_cycles; #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS /* statistics */ struct vmballoon_stats stats; /* debugfs file exporting statistics */ struct dentry *dbg_entry; #endif struct sysinfo sysinfo; struct delayed_work dwork; }; static struct vmballoon balloon; /* * Send "start" command to the host, communicating supported version * of the protocol. */ static bool vmballoon_send_start(struct vmballoon *b) { unsigned long status, dummy; STATS_INC(b->stats.start); status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(START, VMW_BALLOON_PROTOCOL_VERSION, dummy); if (status == VMW_BALLOON_SUCCESS) return true; pr_debug("%s - failed, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, status); STATS_INC(b->stats.start_fail); return false; } static bool vmballoon_check_status(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long status) { switch (status) { case VMW_BALLOON_SUCCESS: return true; case VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET: b->reset_required = true; /* fall through */ default: return false; } } /* * Communicate guest type to the host so that it can adjust ballooning * algorithm to the one most appropriate for the guest. This command * is normally issued after sending "start" command and is part of * standard reset sequence. */ static bool vmballoon_send_guest_id(struct vmballoon *b) { unsigned long status, dummy; status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(GUEST_ID, VMW_BALLOON_GUEST_ID, dummy); STATS_INC(b->stats.guest_type); if (vmballoon_check_status(b, status)) return true; pr_debug("%s - failed, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, status); STATS_INC(b->stats.guest_type_fail); return false; } /* * Retrieve desired balloon size from the host. */ static bool vmballoon_send_get_target(struct vmballoon *b, u32 *new_target) { unsigned long status; unsigned long target; unsigned long limit; u32 limit32; /* * si_meminfo() is cheap. Moreover, we want to provide dynamic * max balloon size later. So let us call si_meminfo() every * iteration. */ si_meminfo(&b->sysinfo); limit = b->sysinfo.totalram; /* Ensure limit fits in 32-bits */ limit32 = (u32)limit; if (limit != limit32) return false; /* update stats */ STATS_INC(b->stats.target); status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(GET_TARGET, limit, target); if (vmballoon_check_status(b, status)) { *new_target = target; return true; } pr_debug("%s - failed, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, status); STATS_INC(b->stats.target_fail); return false; } /* * Notify the host about allocated page so that host can use it without * fear that guest will need it. Host may reject some pages, we need to * check the return value and maybe submit a different page. */ static bool vmballoon_send_lock_page(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long pfn, unsigned int *hv_status) { unsigned long status, dummy; u32 pfn32; pfn32 = (u32)pfn; if (pfn32 != pfn) return false; STATS_INC(b->stats.lock); *hv_status = status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(LOCK, pfn, dummy); if (vmballoon_check_status(b, status)) return true; pr_debug("%s - ppn %lx, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, pfn, status); STATS_INC(b->stats.lock_fail); return false; } /* * Notify the host that guest intends to release given page back into * the pool of available (to the guest) pages. */ static bool vmballoon_send_unlock_page(struct vmballoon *b, unsigned long pfn) { unsigned long status, dummy; u32 pfn32; pfn32 = (u32)pfn; if (pfn32 != pfn) return false; STATS_INC(b->stats.unlock); status = VMWARE_BALLOON_CMD(UNLOCK, pfn, dummy); if (vmballoon_check_status(b, status)) return true; pr_debug("%s - ppn %lx, hv returns %ld\n", __func__, pfn, status); STATS_INC(b->stats.unlock_fail); return false; } /* * Quickly release all pages allocated for the balloon. This function is * called when host decides to "reset" balloon for one reason or another. * Unlike normal "deflate" we do not (shall not) notify host of the pages * being released. */ static void vmballoon_pop(struct vmballoon *b) { struct page *page, *next; unsigned int count = 0; list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, &b->pages, lru) { list_del(&page->lru); __free_page(page); STATS_INC(b->stats.free); b->size--; if (++count >= b->rate_free) { count = 0; cond_resched(); } } } /* * Perform standard reset sequence by popping the balloon (in case it * is not empty) and then restarting protocol. This operation normally * happens when host responds with VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET to a command. */ static void vmballoon_reset(struct vmballoon *b) { /* free all pages, skipping monitor unlock */ vmballoon_pop(b); if (vmballoon_send_start(b)) { b->reset_required = false; if (!vmballoon_send_guest_id(b)) pr_err("failed to send guest ID to the host\n"); } } /* * Allocate (or reserve) a page for the balloon and notify the host. If host * refuses the page put it on "refuse" list and allocate another one until host * is satisfied. "Refused" pages are released at the end of inflation cycle * (when we allocate b->rate_alloc pages). */ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep) { struct page *page; gfp_t flags; unsigned int hv_status; bool locked = false; flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP; do { if (!can_sleep) STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc); else STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc); page = alloc_page(flags); if (!page) { if (!can_sleep) STATS_INC(b->stats.alloc_fail); else STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc_fail); return -ENOMEM; } /* inform monitor */ locked = vmballoon_send_lock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page), &hv_status); if (!locked) { STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc); if (hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_RESET || hv_status == VMW_BALLOON_ERROR_PPN_NOTNEEDED) { __free_page(page); return -EIO; } /* * Place page on the list of non-balloonable pages * and retry allocation, unless we already accumulated * too many of them, in which case take a breather. */ list_add(&page->lru, &b->refused_pages); if (++b->n_refused_pages >= VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED) return -EIO; } } while (!locked); /* track allocated page */ list_add(&page->lru, &b->pages); /* update balloon size */ b->size++; return 0; } /* * Release the page allocated for the balloon. Note that we first notify * the host so it can make sure the page will be available for the guest * to use, if needed. */ static int vmballoon_release_page(struct vmballoon *b, struct page *page) { if (!vmballoon_send_unlock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page))) return -EIO; list_del(&page->lru); /* deallocate page */ __free_page(page); STATS_INC(b->stats.free); /* update balloon size */ b->size--; return 0; } /* * Release pages that were allocated while attempting to inflate the * balloon but were refused by the host for one reason or another. */ static void vmballoon_release_refused_pages(struct vmballoon *b) { struct page *page, *next; list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, &b->refused_pages, lru) { list_del(&page->lru); __free_page(page); STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_free); } b->n_refused_pages = 0; } /* * Inflate the balloon towards its target size. Note that we try to limit * the rate of allocation to make sure we are not choking the rest of the * system. */ static void vmballoon_inflate(struct vmballoon *b) { unsigned int goal; unsigned int rate; unsigned int i; unsigned int allocations = 0; int error = 0; bool alloc_can_sleep = false; pr_debug("%s - size: %d, target %d\n", __func__, b->size, b->target); /* * First try NOSLEEP page allocations to inflate balloon. * * If we do not throttle nosleep allocations, we can drain all * free pages in the guest quickly (if the balloon target is high). * As a side-effect, draining free pages helps to inform (force) * the guest to start swapping if balloon target is not met yet, * which is a desired behavior. However, balloon driver can consume * all available CPU cycles if too many pages are allocated in a * second. Therefore, we throttle nosleep allocations even when * the guest is not under memory pressure. OTOH, if we have already * predicted that the guest is under memory pressure, then we * slowdown page allocations considerably. */ goal = b->target - b->size; /* * Start with no sleep allocation rate which may be higher * than sleeping allocation rate. */ rate = b->slow_allocation_cycles ? b->rate_alloc : VMW_BALLOON_NOSLEEP_ALLOC_MAX; pr_debug("%s - goal: %d, no-sleep rate: %d, sleep rate: %d\n", __func__, goal, rate, b->rate_alloc); for (i = 0; i < goal; i++) { error = vmballoon_reserve_page(b, alloc_can_sleep); if (error) { if (error != -ENOMEM) { /* * Not a page allocation failure, stop this * cycle. Maybe we'll get new target from * the host soon. */ break; } if (alloc_can_sleep) { /* * CANSLEEP page allocation failed, so guest * is under severe memory pressure. Quickly * decrease allocation rate. */ b->rate_alloc = max(b->rate_alloc / 2, VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MIN); break; } /* * NOSLEEP page allocation failed, so the guest is * under memory pressure. Let us slow down page * allocations for next few cycles so that the guest * gets out of memory pressure. Also, if we already * allocated b->rate_alloc pages, let's pause, * otherwise switch to sleeping allocations. */ b->slow_allocation_cycles = VMW_BALLOON_SLOW_CYCLES; if (i >= b->rate_alloc) break; alloc_can_sleep = true; /* Lower rate for sleeping allocations. */ rate = b->rate_alloc; } if (++allocations > VMW_BALLOON_YIELD_THRESHOLD) { cond_resched(); allocations = 0; } if (i >= rate) { /* We allocated enough pages, let's take a break. */ break; } } /* * We reached our goal without failures so try increasing * allocation rate. */ if (error == 0 && i >= b->rate_alloc) { unsigned int mult = i / b->rate_alloc; b->rate_alloc = min(b->rate_alloc + mult * VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_INC, VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MAX); } vmballoon_release_refused_pages(b); } /* * Decrease the size of the balloon allowing guest to use more memory. */ static void vmballoon_deflate(struct vmballoon *b) { struct page *page, *next; unsigned int i = 0; unsigned int goal; int error; pr_debug("%s - size: %d, target %d\n", __func__, b->size, b->target); /* limit deallocation rate */ goal = min(b->size - b->target, b->rate_free); pr_debug("%s - goal: %d, rate: %d\n", __func__, goal, b->rate_free); /* free pages to reach target */ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, &b->pages, lru) { error = vmballoon_release_page(b, page); if (error) { /* quickly decrease rate in case of error */ b->rate_free = max(b->rate_free / 2, VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_MIN); return; } if (++i >= goal) break; } /* slowly increase rate if there were no errors */ b->rate_free = min(b->rate_free + VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_INC, VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_MAX); } /* * Balloon work function: reset protocol, if needed, get the new size and * adjust balloon as needed. Repeat in 1 sec. */ static void vmballoon_work(struct work_struct *work) { struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(work); struct vmballoon *b = container_of(dwork, struct vmballoon, dwork); unsigned int target; STATS_INC(b->stats.timer); if (b->reset_required) vmballoon_reset(b); if (b->slow_allocation_cycles > 0) b->slow_allocation_cycles--; if (vmballoon_send_get_target(b, &target)) { /* update target, adjust size */ b->target = target; if (b->size < target) vmballoon_inflate(b); else if (b->size > target) vmballoon_deflate(b); } /* * We are using a freezable workqueue so that balloon operations are * stopped while the system transitions to/from sleep/hibernation. */ queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, dwork, round_jiffies_relative(HZ)); } /* * DEBUGFS Interface */ #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS static int vmballoon_debug_show(struct seq_file *f, void *offset) { struct vmballoon *b = f->private; struct vmballoon_stats *stats = &b->stats; /* format size info */ seq_printf(f, "target: %8d pages\n" "current: %8d pages\n", b->target, b->size); /* format rate info */ seq_printf(f, "rateNoSleepAlloc: %8d pages/sec\n" "rateSleepAlloc: %8d pages/sec\n" "rateFree: %8d pages/sec\n", VMW_BALLOON_NOSLEEP_ALLOC_MAX, b->rate_alloc, b->rate_free); seq_printf(f, "\n" "timer: %8u\n" "start: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "guestType: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "lock: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "unlock: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "target: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "primNoSleepAlloc: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "primCanSleepAlloc: %8u (%4u failed)\n" "primFree: %8u\n" "errAlloc: %8u\n" "errFree: %8u\n", stats->timer, stats->start, stats->start_fail, stats->guest_type, stats->guest_type_fail, stats->lock, stats->lock_fail, stats->unlock, stats->unlock_fail, stats->target, stats->target_fail, stats->alloc, stats->alloc_fail, stats->sleep_alloc, stats->sleep_alloc_fail, stats->free, stats->refused_alloc, stats->refused_free); return 0; } static int vmballoon_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { return single_open(file, vmballoon_debug_show, inode->i_private); } static const struct file_operations vmballoon_debug_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = vmballoon_debug_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = single_release, }; static int __init vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b) { int error; b->dbg_entry = debugfs_create_file("vmmemctl", S_IRUGO, NULL, b, &vmballoon_debug_fops); if (IS_ERR(b->dbg_entry)) { error = PTR_ERR(b->dbg_entry); pr_err("failed to create debugfs entry, error: %d\n", error); return error; } return 0; } static void __exit vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b) { debugfs_remove(b->dbg_entry); } #else static inline int vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b) { return 0; } static inline void vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b) { } #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */ static int __init vmballoon_init(void) { int error; /* * Check if we are running on VMware's hypervisor and bail out * if we are not. */ if (x86_hyper != &x86_hyper_vmware) return -ENODEV; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&balloon.pages); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&balloon.refused_pages); /* initialize rates */ balloon.rate_alloc = VMW_BALLOON_RATE_ALLOC_MAX; balloon.rate_free = VMW_BALLOON_RATE_FREE_MAX; INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&balloon.dwork, vmballoon_work); /* * Start balloon. */ if (!vmballoon_send_start(&balloon)) { pr_err("failed to send start command to the host\n"); return -EIO; } if (!vmballoon_send_guest_id(&balloon)) { pr_err("failed to send guest ID to the host\n"); return -EIO; } error = vmballoon_debugfs_init(&balloon); if (error) return error; queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &balloon.dwork, 0); return 0; } module_init(vmballoon_init); static void __exit vmballoon_exit(void) { cancel_delayed_work_sync(&balloon.dwork); vmballoon_debugfs_exit(&balloon); /* * Deallocate all reserved memory, and reset connection with monitor. * Reset connection before deallocating memory to avoid potential for * additional spurious resets from guest touching deallocated pages. */ vmballoon_send_start(&balloon); vmballoon_pop(&balloon); } module_exit(vmballoon_exit);