KVM: X86: Implement ring-based dirty memory tracking

This patch is heavily based on previous work from Lei Cao
<[e-mail]> and Paolo Bonzini <[e-mail]>. [1]

KVM currently uses large bitmaps to track dirty memory. These bitmaps
are copied to userspace when userspace queries KVM for its dirty page
information. The use of bitmaps is mostly sufficient for live
migration, as large parts of memory are be dirtied from one log-dirty
pass to another. However, in a checkpointing system, the number of
dirty pages is small and in fact it is often bounded---the VM is
paused when it has dirtied a pre-defined number of pages. Traversing a
large, sparsely populated bitmap to find set bits is time-consuming,
as is copying the bitmap to user-space.

A similar issue will be there for live migration when the guest memory
is huge while the page dirty procedure is trivial. In that case for
each dirty sync we need to pull the whole dirty bitmap to userspace
and analyse every bit even if it's mostly zeros.

The preferred data structure for above scenarios is a dense list of
guest frame numbers (GFN). This patch series stores the dirty list in
kernel memory that can be memory mapped into userspace to allow speedy
harvesting.

This patch enables dirty ring for X86 only. However it should be
easily extended to other archs as well.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10471409/

Signed-off-by: Lei Cao <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[e-mail]>

Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst

···
 memory region.  This ioctl returns the size of that region.  See the
 KVM_RUN documentation for details.
 
+Besides the size of the KVM_RUN communication region, other areas of
+the VCPU file descriptor can be mmap-ed, including:
+
+- if KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO is available, a page at
+  KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET * PAGE_SIZE; for historical reasons,
+  this page is included in the result of KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE.
+  KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO is not documented yet.
+
+- if KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING is available, a number of pages at
+  KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET * PAGE_SIZE.  For more information on
+  KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, see section 8.3.
+
 
 4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION
 -------------------------
···
 guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf
 (0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features
 regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf.
+
+
+8.29 KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING
+---------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+:Parameters: args[0] - size of the dirty log ring
+
+KVM is capable of tracking dirty memory using ring buffers that are
+mmaped into userspace; there is one dirty ring per vcpu.
+
+The dirty ring is available to userspace as an array of
+``struct kvm_dirty_gfn``.  Each dirty entry it's defined as::
+
+  struct kvm_dirty_gfn {
+          __u32 flags;
+          __u32 slot; /* as_id | slot_id */
+          __u64 offset;
+  };
+
+The following values are defined for the flags field to define the
+current state of the entry::
+
+  #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY           BIT(0)
+  #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET           BIT(1)
+  #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_MASK            0x3
+
+Userspace should call KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl right after KVM_CREATE_VM
+ioctl to enable this capability for the new guest and set the size of
+the rings.  Enabling the capability is only allowed before creating any
+vCPU, and the size of the ring must be a power of two.  The larger the
+ring buffer, the less likely the ring is full and the VM is forced to
+exit to userspace. The optimal size depends on the workload, but it is
+recommended that it be at least 64 KiB (4096 entries).
+
+Just like for dirty page bitmaps, the buffer tracks writes to
+all user memory regions for which the KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag was
+set in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION.  Once a memory region is registered
+with the flag set, userspace can start harvesting dirty pages from the
+ring buffer.
+
+An entry in the ring buffer can be unused (flag bits ``00``),
+dirty (flag bits ``01``) or harvested (flag bits ``1X``).  The
+state machine for the entry is as follows::
+
+          dirtied         harvested        reset
+     00 -----------> 01 -------------> 1X -------+
+      ^                                          |
+      |                                          |
+      +------------------------------------------+
+
+To harvest the dirty pages, userspace accesses the mmaped ring buffer
+to read the dirty GFNs.  If the flags has the DIRTY bit set (at this stage
+the RESET bit must be cleared), then it means this GFN is a dirty GFN.
+The userspace should harvest this GFN and mark the flags from state
+``01b`` to ``1Xb`` (bit 0 will be ignored by KVM, but bit 1 must be set
+to show that this GFN is harvested and waiting for a reset), and move
+on to the next GFN.  The userspace should continue to do this until the
+flags of a GFN have the DIRTY bit cleared, meaning that it has harvested
+all the dirty GFNs that were available.
+
+It's not necessary for userspace to harvest the all dirty GFNs at once.
+However it must collect the dirty GFNs in sequence, i.e., the userspace
+program cannot skip one dirty GFN to collect the one next to it.
+
+After processing one or more entries in the ring buffer, userspace
+calls the VM ioctl KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS to notify the kernel about
+it, so that the kernel will reprotect those collected GFNs.
+Therefore, the ioctl must be called *before* reading the content of
+the dirty pages.
+
+The dirty ring can get full.  When it happens, the KVM_RUN of the
+vcpu will return with exit reason KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_LOG_FULL.
+
+The dirty ring interface has a major difference comparing to the
+KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG interface in that, when reading the dirty ring from
+userspace, it's still possible that the kernel has not yet flushed the
+processor's dirty page buffers into the kernel buffer (with dirty bitmaps, the
+flushing is done by the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl).  To achieve that, one
+needs to kick the vcpu out of KVM_RUN using a signal.  The resulting
+vmexit ensures that all dirty GFNs are flushed to the dirty rings.

arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h

···
 	void (*enable_log_dirty_pt_masked)(struct kvm *kvm,
 					   struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 					   gfn_t offset, unsigned long mask);
+	int (*cpu_dirty_log_size)(void);
 
 	/* pmu operations of sub-arch */
 	const struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops;
···
 
 #define GET_SMSTATE(type, buf, offset)		\
 	(*(type *)((buf) + (offset) - 0x7e00))
+
+int kvm_cpu_dirty_log_size(void);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_KVM_HOST_H */

arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h

···
 
 #define KVM_PIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 2
+#define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET 64
 
 #define DE_VECTOR 0
 #define DB_VECTOR 1

arch/x86/kvm/Makefile

···
 KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
 
 kvm-y			+= $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o \
-				$(KVM)/eventfd.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o
+				$(KVM)/eventfd.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o \
+				$(KVM)/dirty_ring.o
 kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF)	+= $(KVM)/async_pf.o
 
 kvm-y			+= x86.o emulate.o i8259.o irq.o lapic.o \

arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c

···
 		kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(kvm, slot, gfn_offset, mask);
 }
 
+int kvm_cpu_dirty_log_size(void)
+{
+	if (kvm_x86_ops.cpu_dirty_log_size)
+		return kvm_x86_ops.cpu_dirty_log_size();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 bool kvm_mmu_slot_gfn_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
 				    struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, u64 gfn)
 {

arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c

···
 	if ((!is_writable_pte(old_spte) || pfn_changed) &&
 	    is_writable_pte(new_spte)) {
 		slot = __gfn_to_memslot(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), gfn);
-		mark_page_dirty_in_slot(slot, gfn);
+		mark_page_dirty_in_slot(kvm, slot, gfn);
 	}
 }
 

arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c

···
 	return supported & BIT(bit);
 }
 
+static int vmx_cpu_dirty_log_size(void)
+{
+	return enable_pml ? PML_ENTITY_NUM : 0;
+}
+
 static struct kvm_x86_ops vmx_x86_ops __initdata = {
 	.hardware_unsetup = hardware_unsetup,
 
···
 	.migrate_timers = vmx_migrate_timers,
 
 	.msr_filter_changed = vmx_msr_filter_changed,
+	.cpu_dirty_log_size = vmx_cpu_dirty_log_size,
 };
 
 static __init int hardware_setup(void)
···
 		vmx_x86_ops.slot_disable_log_dirty = NULL;
 		vmx_x86_ops.flush_log_dirty = NULL;
 		vmx_x86_ops.enable_log_dirty_pt_masked = NULL;
+		vmx_x86_ops.cpu_dirty_log_size = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!cpu_has_vmx_preemption_timer())

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

···
 
 	bool req_immediate_exit = false;
 
+	/* Forbid vmenter if vcpu dirty ring is soft-full */
+	if (unlikely(vcpu->kvm->dirty_ring_size &&
+		     kvm_dirty_ring_soft_full(&vcpu->dirty_ring))) {
+		vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_RING_FULL;
+		trace_kvm_dirty_ring_exit(vcpu);
+		r = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu)) {
 			if (unlikely(!kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->get_nested_state_pages(vcpu))) {

include/linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h

···
+#ifndef KVM_DIRTY_RING_H
+#define KVM_DIRTY_RING_H
+
+#include <linux/kvm.h>
+
+/**
+ * kvm_dirty_ring: KVM internal dirty ring structure
+ *
+ * @dirty_index: free running counter that points to the next slot in
+ *               dirty_ring->dirty_gfns, where a new dirty page should go
+ * @reset_index: free running counter that points to the next dirty page
+ *               in dirty_ring->dirty_gfns for which dirty trap needs to
+ *               be reenabled
+ * @size:        size of the compact list, dirty_ring->dirty_gfns
+ * @soft_limit:  when the number of dirty pages in the list reaches this
+ *               limit, vcpu that owns this ring should exit to userspace
+ *               to allow userspace to harvest all the dirty pages
+ * @dirty_gfns:  the array to keep the dirty gfns
+ * @index:       index of this dirty ring
+ */
+struct kvm_dirty_ring {
+	u32 dirty_index;
+	u32 reset_index;
+	u32 size;
+	u32 soft_limit;
+	struct kvm_dirty_gfn *dirty_gfns;
+	int index;
+};
+
+#if (KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET == 0)
+/*
+ * If KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET not defined, kvm_dirty_ring.o should
+ * not be included as well, so define these nop functions for the arch.
+ */
+static inline u32 kvm_dirty_ring_get_rsvd_entries(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int kvm_dirty_ring_alloc(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring,
+				       int index, u32 size)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline struct kvm_dirty_ring *kvm_dirty_ring_get(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int kvm_dirty_ring_reset(struct kvm *kvm,
+				       struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_dirty_ring_push(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring,
+				       u32 slot, u64 offset)
+{
+}
+
+static inline struct page *kvm_dirty_ring_get_page(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring,
+						   u32 offset)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_dirty_ring_free(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+}
+
+static inline bool kvm_dirty_ring_soft_full(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+#else /* KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET == 0 */
+
+u32 kvm_dirty_ring_get_rsvd_entries(void);
+int kvm_dirty_ring_alloc(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, int index, u32 size);
+struct kvm_dirty_ring *kvm_dirty_ring_get(struct kvm *kvm);
+
+/*
+ * called with kvm->slots_lock held, returns the number of
+ * processed pages.
+ */
+int kvm_dirty_ring_reset(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring);
+
+/*
+ * returns =0: successfully pushed
+ *         <0: unable to push, need to wait
+ */
+void kvm_dirty_ring_push(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, u32 slot, u64 offset);
+
+/* for use in vm_operations_struct */
+struct page *kvm_dirty_ring_get_page(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, u32 offset);
+
+void kvm_dirty_ring_free(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring);
+bool kvm_dirty_ring_soft_full(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring);
+
+#endif /* KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET == 0 */
+
+#endif	/* KVM_DIRTY_RING_H */

include/linux/kvm_host.h

···
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
 
 #include <asm/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h>
 
 #ifndef KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID KVM_MAX_VCPUS
···
 	bool preempted;
 	bool ready;
 	struct kvm_vcpu_arch arch;
+	struct kvm_dirty_ring dirty_ring;
 };
 
 static inline int kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
···
 	struct srcu_struct irq_srcu;
 	pid_t userspace_pid;
 	unsigned int max_halt_poll_ns;
+	u32 dirty_ring_size;
 };
 
 #define kvm_err(fmt, ...) \
···
 	vcpu->stat.signal_exits++;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK */
+
+/*
+ * This defines how many reserved entries we want to keep before we
+ * kick the vcpu to the userspace to avoid dirty ring full.  This
+ * value can be tuned to higher if e.g. PML is enabled on the host.
+ */
+#define  KVM_DIRTY_RING_RSVD_ENTRIES  64
+
+/* Max number of entries allowed for each kvm dirty ring */
+#define  KVM_DIRTY_RING_MAX_ENTRIES  65536
 
 #endif

include/trace/events/kvm.h

···
 #define trace_kvm_halt_poll_ns_shrink(vcpu_id, new, old) \
 	trace_kvm_halt_poll_ns(false, vcpu_id, new, old)
 
+TRACE_EVENT(kvm_dirty_ring_push,
+	TP_PROTO(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, u32 slot, u64 offset),
+	TP_ARGS(ring, slot, offset),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, index)
+		__field(u32, dirty_index)
+		__field(u32, reset_index)
+		__field(u32, slot)
+		__field(u64, offset)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->index          = ring->index;
+		__entry->dirty_index    = ring->dirty_index;
+		__entry->reset_index    = ring->reset_index;
+		__entry->slot           = slot;
+		__entry->offset         = offset;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("ring %d: dirty 0x%x reset 0x%x "
+		  "slot %u offset 0x%llx (used %u)",
+		  __entry->index, __entry->dirty_index,
+		  __entry->reset_index,  __entry->slot, __entry->offset,
+		  __entry->dirty_index - __entry->reset_index)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(kvm_dirty_ring_reset,
+	TP_PROTO(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring),
+	TP_ARGS(ring),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(int, index)
+		__field(u32, dirty_index)
+		__field(u32, reset_index)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->index          = ring->index;
+		__entry->dirty_index    = ring->dirty_index;
+		__entry->reset_index    = ring->reset_index;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("ring %d: dirty 0x%x reset 0x%x (used %u)",
+		  __entry->index, __entry->dirty_index, __entry->reset_index,
+		  __entry->dirty_index - __entry->reset_index)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(kvm_dirty_ring_exit,
+	TP_PROTO(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu),
+	TP_ARGS(vcpu),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+	    __field(int, vcpu_id)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+	    __entry->vcpu_id = vcpu->vcpu_id;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("vcpu %d", __entry->vcpu_id)
+);
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_KVM_MAIN_H */
 
 /* This part must be outside protection */

include/uapi/linux/kvm.h

···
 #define KVM_EXIT_ARM_NISV         28
 #define KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR        29
 #define KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR        30
+#define KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_RING_FULL  31
 
 /* For KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR */
 /* Emulate instruction failed. */
···
 #define KVM_CAP_X86_MSR_FILTER 189
 #define KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_FEATURE_CPUID 190
 #define KVM_CAP_SYS_HYPERV_CPUID 191
+#define KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING 192
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
 
···
 /* Available with KVM_CAP_X86_MSR_FILTER */
 #define KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER	_IOW(KVMIO,  0xc6, struct kvm_msr_filter)
 
+/* Available with KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING */
+#define KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS		_IO(KVMIO, 0xc7)
+
 /* Secure Encrypted Virtualization command */
 enum sev_cmd_id {
 	/* Guest initialization commands */
···
 
 #define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE    (1 << 0)
 #define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET            (1 << 1)
+
+/*
+ * Arch needs to define the macro after implementing the dirty ring
+ * feature.  KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET should be defined as the
+ * starting page offset of the dirty ring structures.
+ */
+#ifndef KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET
+#define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * KVM dirty GFN flags, defined as:
+ *
+ * |---------------+---------------+--------------|
+ * | bit 1 (reset) | bit 0 (dirty) | Status       |
+ * |---------------+---------------+--------------|
+ * |             0 |             0 | Invalid GFN  |
+ * |             0 |             1 | Dirty GFN    |
+ * |             1 |             X | GFN to reset |
+ * |---------------+---------------+--------------|
+ *
+ * Lifecycle of a dirty GFN goes like:
+ *
+ *      dirtied         harvested        reset
+ * 00 -----------> 01 -------------> 1X -------+
+ *  ^                                          |
+ *  |                                          |
+ *  +------------------------------------------+
+ *
+ * The userspace program is only responsible for the 01->1X state
+ * conversion after harvesting an entry.  Also, it must not skip any
+ * dirty bits, so that dirty bits are always harvested in sequence.
+ */
+#define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY           BIT(0)
+#define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET           BIT(1)
+#define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_MASK            0x3
+
+/*
+ * KVM dirty rings should be mapped at KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET of
+ * per-vcpu mmaped regions as an array of struct kvm_dirty_gfn.  The
+ * size of the gfn buffer is decided by the first argument when
+ * enabling KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING.
+ */
+struct kvm_dirty_gfn {
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 slot;
+	__u64 offset;
+};
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_KVM_H */

virt/kvm/dirty_ring.c

···
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * KVM dirty ring implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/kvm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h>
+#include <trace/events/kvm.h>
+
+int __weak kvm_cpu_dirty_log_size(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+u32 kvm_dirty_ring_get_rsvd_entries(void)
+{
+	return KVM_DIRTY_RING_RSVD_ENTRIES + kvm_cpu_dirty_log_size();
+}
+
+static u32 kvm_dirty_ring_used(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(ring->dirty_index) - READ_ONCE(ring->reset_index);
+}
+
+bool kvm_dirty_ring_soft_full(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	return kvm_dirty_ring_used(ring) >= ring->soft_limit;
+}
+
+static bool kvm_dirty_ring_full(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	return kvm_dirty_ring_used(ring) >= ring->size;
+}
+
+struct kvm_dirty_ring *kvm_dirty_ring_get(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_get_running_vcpu();
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->kvm != kvm);
+
+	return &vcpu->dirty_ring;
+}
+
+static void kvm_reset_dirty_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, u32 slot, u64 offset, u64 mask)
+{
+	struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot;
+	int as_id, id;
+
+	as_id = slot >> 16;
+	id = (u16)slot;
+
+	if (as_id >= KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM || id >= KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS)
+		return;
+
+	memslot = id_to_memslot(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), id);
+
+	if (!memslot || (offset + __fls(mask)) >= memslot->npages)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+	kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked(kvm, memslot, offset, mask);
+	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+}
+
+int kvm_dirty_ring_alloc(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, int index, u32 size)
+{
+	ring->dirty_gfns = vmalloc(size);
+	if (!ring->dirty_gfns)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memset(ring->dirty_gfns, 0, size);
+
+	ring->size = size / sizeof(struct kvm_dirty_gfn);
+	ring->soft_limit = ring->size - kvm_dirty_ring_get_rsvd_entries();
+	ring->dirty_index = 0;
+	ring->reset_index = 0;
+	ring->index = index;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_dirty_gfn_set_invalid(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
+{
+	gfn->flags = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_dirty_gfn_set_dirtied(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
+{
+	gfn->flags = KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY;
+}
+
+static inline bool kvm_dirty_gfn_invalid(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
+{
+	return gfn->flags == 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool kvm_dirty_gfn_harvested(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
+{
+	return gfn->flags & KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET;
+}
+
+int kvm_dirty_ring_reset(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	u32 cur_slot, next_slot;
+	u64 cur_offset, next_offset;
+	unsigned long mask;
+	int count = 0;
+	struct kvm_dirty_gfn *entry;
+	bool first_round = true;
+
+	/* This is only needed to make compilers happy */
+	cur_slot = cur_offset = mask = 0;
+
+	while (true) {
+		entry = &ring->dirty_gfns[ring->reset_index & (ring->size - 1)];
+
+		if (!kvm_dirty_gfn_harvested(entry))
+			break;
+
+		next_slot = READ_ONCE(entry->slot);
+		next_offset = READ_ONCE(entry->offset);
+
+		/* Update the flags to reflect that this GFN is reset */
+		kvm_dirty_gfn_set_invalid(entry);
+
+		ring->reset_index++;
+		count++;
+		/*
+		 * Try to coalesce the reset operations when the guest is
+		 * scanning pages in the same slot.
+		 */
+		if (!first_round && next_slot == cur_slot) {
+			s64 delta = next_offset - cur_offset;
+
+			if (delta >= 0 && delta < BITS_PER_LONG) {
+				mask |= 1ull << delta;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* Backwards visit, careful about overflows!  */
+			if (delta > -BITS_PER_LONG && delta < 0 &&
+			    (mask << -delta >> -delta) == mask) {
+				cur_offset = next_offset;
+				mask = (mask << -delta) | 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		kvm_reset_dirty_gfn(kvm, cur_slot, cur_offset, mask);
+		cur_slot = next_slot;
+		cur_offset = next_offset;
+		mask = 1;
+		first_round = false;
+	}
+
+	kvm_reset_dirty_gfn(kvm, cur_slot, cur_offset, mask);
+
+	trace_kvm_dirty_ring_reset(ring);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+void kvm_dirty_ring_push(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, u32 slot, u64 offset)
+{
+	struct kvm_dirty_gfn *entry;
+
+	/* It should never get full */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_dirty_ring_full(ring));
+
+	entry = &ring->dirty_gfns[ring->dirty_index & (ring->size - 1)];
+
+	entry->slot = slot;
+	entry->offset = offset;
+	/*
+	 * Make sure the data is filled in before we publish this to
+	 * the userspace program.  There's no paired kernel-side reader.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	kvm_dirty_gfn_set_dirtied(entry);
+	ring->dirty_index++;
+	trace_kvm_dirty_ring_push(ring, slot, offset);
+}
+
+struct page *kvm_dirty_ring_get_page(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring, u32 offset)
+{
+	return vmalloc_to_page((void *)ring->dirty_gfns + offset * PAGE_SIZE);
+}
+
+void kvm_dirty_ring_free(struct kvm_dirty_ring *ring)
+{
+	vfree(ring->dirty_gfns);
+	ring->dirty_gfns = NULL;
+}

virt/kvm/kvm_main.c

···
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/kvm.h>
 
+#include <linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h>
+
 /* Worst case buffer size needed for holding an integer. */
 #define ITOA_MAX_LEN 12
 
···
 
 void kvm_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	kvm_dirty_ring_free(&vcpu->dirty_ring);
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 
 	/*
···
 {
 	if (memslot && memslot->dirty_bitmap) {
 		unsigned long rel_gfn = gfn - memslot->base_gfn;
+		u32 slot = (memslot->as_id << 16) | memslot->id;
 
-		set_bit_le(rel_gfn, memslot->dirty_bitmap);
+		if (kvm->dirty_ring_size)
+			kvm_dirty_ring_push(kvm_dirty_ring_get(kvm),
+					    slot, rel_gfn);
+		else
+			set_bit_le(rel_gfn, memslot->dirty_bitmap);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mark_page_dirty_in_slot);
···
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_on_spin);
 
+static bool kvm_page_in_dirty_ring(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long pgoff)
+{
+#if KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET > 0
+	return (pgoff >= KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET) &&
+	    (pgoff < KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET +
+	     kvm->dirty_ring_size / PAGE_SIZE);
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 static vm_fault_t kvm_vcpu_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = vmf->vma->vm_file->private_data;
···
 	else if (vmf->pgoff == KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET)
 		page = virt_to_page(vcpu->kvm->coalesced_mmio_ring);
 #endif
+	else if (kvm_page_in_dirty_ring(vcpu->kvm, vmf->pgoff))
+		page = kvm_dirty_ring_get_page(
+		    &vcpu->dirty_ring,
+		    vmf->pgoff - KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET);
 	else
 		return kvm_arch_vcpu_fault(vcpu, vmf);
 	get_page(page);
···
 
 static int kvm_vcpu_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = file->private_data;
+	unsigned long pages = (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if ((kvm_page_in_dirty_ring(vcpu->kvm, vma->vm_pgoff) ||
+	     kvm_page_in_dirty_ring(vcpu->kvm, vma->vm_pgoff + pages - 1)) &&
+	    ((vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vma->vm_ops = &kvm_vcpu_vm_ops;
 	return 0;
 }
···
 	if (r)
 		goto vcpu_free_run_page;
 
+	if (kvm->dirty_ring_size) {
+		r = kvm_dirty_ring_alloc(&vcpu->dirty_ring,
+					 id, kvm->dirty_ring_size);
+		if (r)
+			goto arch_vcpu_destroy;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	if (kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(kvm, id)) {
 		r = -EEXIST;
···
 
 unlock_vcpu_destroy:
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+	kvm_dirty_ring_free(&vcpu->dirty_ring);
+arch_vcpu_destroy:
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 vcpu_free_run_page:
 	free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->run);
···
 #endif
 	case KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS:
 		return KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS;
+	case KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING:
+#if KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET > 0
+		return KVM_DIRTY_RING_MAX_ENTRIES * sizeof(struct kvm_dirty_gfn);
+#else
+		return 0;
+#endif
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
 	return kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(kvm, arg);
+}
+
+static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_dirty_log_ring(struct kvm *kvm, u32 size)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	if (!KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* the size should be power of 2 */
+	if (!size || (size & (size - 1)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Should be bigger to keep the reserved entries, or a page */
+	if (size < kvm_dirty_ring_get_rsvd_entries() *
+	    sizeof(struct kvm_dirty_gfn) || size < PAGE_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (size > KVM_DIRTY_RING_MAX_ENTRIES *
+	    sizeof(struct kvm_dirty_gfn))
+		return -E2BIG;
+
+	/* We only allow it to set once */
+	if (kvm->dirty_ring_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+
+	if (kvm->created_vcpus) {
+		/* We don't allow to change this value after vcpu created */
+		r = -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		kvm->dirty_ring_size = size;
+		r = 0;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static int kvm_vm_ioctl_reset_dirty_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+	int cleared = 0;
+
+	if (!kvm->dirty_ring_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+
+	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
+		cleared += kvm_dirty_ring_reset(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->dirty_ring);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+
+	if (cleared)
+		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
+
+	return cleared;
 }
 
 int __attribute__((weak)) kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
···
 		kvm->max_halt_poll_ns = cap->args[0];
 		return 0;
 	}
+	case KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING:
+		return kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_dirty_log_ring(kvm, cap->args[0]);
 	default:
 		return kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(kvm, cap);
 	}
···
 	}
 	case KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION:
 		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension_generic(kvm, arg);
+		break;
+	case KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS:
+		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_reset_dirty_pages(kvm);
 		break;
 	default:
 		r = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);