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authorWanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>2017-11-29 12:31:20 +0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2017-12-14 11:26:47 +0300
commit74c55931c71352317ae0f5736ee9e4ca07ba4238 (patch)
tree74f88584fdc28674e27d3a0785c1167f9e476370
parent276c796cfef5bdaf9aae055f520b8857eaa3fa19 (diff)
downloadlinux-74c55931c71352317ae0f5736ee9e4ca07ba4238.tar.xz
KVM: VMX: Cache IA32_DEBUGCTL in memory
MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR is zeroed on VMEXIT, so it is saved/restored each time during world switch. This patch caches the host IA32_DEBUGCTL MSR and saves/restores the host IA32_DEBUGCTL msr when guest/host switches to avoid to save/restore each time during world switch. This saves about 100 clock cycles per vmexit. Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 3b5f70285414..4e7da90b4426 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
u32 host_pkru;
+ unsigned long host_debugctlmsr;
+
/*
* Only bits masked by msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits can be set in
* msr_ia32_feature_control. FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED is always included
@@ -2318,6 +2320,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
vmx_vcpu_pi_load(vcpu, cpu);
vmx->host_pkru = read_pkru();
+ vmx->host_debugctlmsr = get_debugctlmsr();
}
static void vmx_vcpu_pi_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -9261,7 +9264,7 @@ static void vmx_arm_hv_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
- unsigned long debugctlmsr, cr3, cr4;
+ unsigned long cr3, cr4;
/* Record the guest's net vcpu time for enforced NMI injections. */
if (unlikely(!enable_vnmi &&
@@ -9314,7 +9317,6 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
__write_pkru(vcpu->arch.pkru);
atomic_switch_perf_msrs(vmx);
- debugctlmsr = get_debugctlmsr();
vmx_arm_hv_timer(vcpu);
@@ -9425,8 +9427,8 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
);
/* MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR is zeroed on vmexit. Restore it if needed */
- if (debugctlmsr)
- update_debugctlmsr(debugctlmsr);
+ if (vmx->host_debugctlmsr)
+ update_debugctlmsr(vmx->host_debugctlmsr);
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
/*