From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:54:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1292928860-6438-3-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1292928860-6438-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
When NX is enabled on the host but not on the guest, we use the entry/exit
msr load facility, which is slow. Optimize it to use entry/exit efer load,
which is ~1200 cycles faster.
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index c195260..b997fdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ static unsigned long *vmx_io_bitmap_b;
static unsigned long *vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy;
static unsigned long *vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode;
+static bool cpu_has_load_ia32_efer;
+
static DECLARE_BITMAP(vmx_vpid_bitmap, VMX_NR_VPIDS);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmx_vpid_lock);
@@ -664,6 +666,12 @@ static void clear_atomic_switch_msr(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, unsigned msr)
unsigned i;
struct msr_autoload *m = &vmx->msr_autoload;
+ if (msr == MSR_EFER && cpu_has_load_ia32_efer) {
+ vmcs_clear_bits(VM_ENTRY_CONTROLS, VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
+ vmcs_clear_bits(VM_EXIT_CONTROLS, VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
+ return;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < m->nr; ++i)
if (m->guest[i].index == msr)
break;
@@ -683,6 +691,14 @@ static void add_atomic_switch_msr(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, unsigned msr,
unsigned i;
struct msr_autoload *m = &vmx->msr_autoload;
+ if (msr == MSR_EFER && cpu_has_load_ia32_efer) {
+ vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_EFER, guest_val);
+ vmcs_write64(HOST_IA32_EFER, host_val);
+ vmcs_set_bits(VM_ENTRY_CONTROLS, VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
+ vmcs_set_bits(VM_EXIT_CONTROLS, VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
+ return;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < m->nr; ++i)
if (m->guest[i].index == msr)
break;
@@ -1418,6 +1434,14 @@ static __init int adjust_vmx_controls(u32 ctl_min, u32 ctl_opt,
return 0;
}
+static __init bool allow_1_setting(u32 msr, u32 ctl)
+{
+ u32 vmx_msr_low, vmx_msr_high;
+
+ rdmsr(msr, vmx_msr_low, vmx_msr_high);
+ return vmx_msr_high & ctl;
+}
+
static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
{
u32 vmx_msr_low, vmx_msr_high;
@@ -1532,6 +1556,12 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
vmcs_conf->vmexit_ctrl = _vmexit_control;
vmcs_conf->vmentry_ctrl = _vmentry_control;
+ cpu_has_load_ia32_efer =
+ allow_1_setting(MSR_IA32_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS,
+ VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_EFER)
+ && allow_1_setting(MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS,
+ VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
+
return 0;
}
--
1.7.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-21 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-21 10:54 [PATCH 0/2] Optimize atomic efer loading Avi Kivity
2010-12-21 10:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits Avi Kivity
2010-12-21 10:54 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2010-12-23 13:33 ` [PATCH 0/2] Optimize atomic efer loading Marcelo Tosatti
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