[PATCH 11/13] KVM: retpolines: x86: eliminate retpoline from vmx.c exit handlers

Andrea Arcangeli
2019-11-04T23:01:07Z

It's enough to check the exit value and issue a direct call to avoid
the retpoline for all the common vmexit reasons.

Of course CONFIG_RETPOLINE already forbids gcc to use indirect jumps
while compiling all switch() statements, however switch() would still
allow the compiler to bisect the case value. It's more efficient to
prioritize the most frequent vmexits instead.

The halt may be slow paths from the point of the guest, but not
necessarily so from the point of the host if the host runs at full CPU
capacity and no host CPU is ever left idle.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index a6afa5f4a01c..582f837dc8c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -5905,9 +5905,23 @@ int kvm_x86_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}

if (exit_reason < kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers
- && kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason])
+ && kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason]) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+ if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
+ return kvm_emulate_wrmsr(vcpu);
+ else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER)
+ return handle_preemption_timer(vcpu);
+ else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PENDING_INTERRUPT)
+ return handle_interrupt_window(vcpu);
+ else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
+ return handle_external_interrupt(vcpu);
+ else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_HLT)
+ return kvm_emulate_halt(vcpu);
+ else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG)
+ return handle_ept_misconfig(vcpu);
+#endif
return kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason](vcpu);
- else {
+ } else {
vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "vmx: unexpected exit reason 0x%x\n",
exit_reason);
dump_vmcs();