From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paolo Bonzini Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: disable MPX if host did not enable MPX XSAVE features Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:38:38 +0200 Message-ID: <5731D64E.2060101@redhat.com> References: <1457437481-65784-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <1457437481-65784-2-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <56E2B58B.8020605@redhat.com> <56F3E653.6040901@gmail.com> <56F3E6AB.5070902@redhat.com> <570E15B9.5070205@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Xiao Guangrong To: Yang Zhang Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f66.google.com ([74.125.82.66]:34877 "EHLO mail-wm0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751382AbcEJMiq (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2016 08:38:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <570E15B9.5070205@gmail.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 13/04/2016 11:47, Yang Zhang wrote: > On 2016/3/24 21:07, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> >> >> On 24/03/2016 14:06, Yang Zhang wrote: >>> >>> I mean why not keep the old way that only activate the eager_fpu while >>> guest sees the MPX bit in CPUID, like: >>> >>> vcpu->arch.eager_fpu = use_eager_fpu() && guest_cpuid_has_mpx(vcpu); >> >> If the host uses eager FPU you can assume that it's faster than lazy FPU. >> >> Paolo >> >>> Besides, vmx_fpu_activate is called when do vcpu_reset. So it seems no >>> need to call fpu_activate() here again. > > Hi Paolo > > The check in kvm_update_cpuid of fpu is strange since nothing relies on > cpuid now. How about the following change? Ok, please post it generated by git-format-patch and with a commit message. Thanks, Paolo > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > index bbbaa80..da4e6ad 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > @@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ int kvm_update_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > if (best && (best->eax & (F(XSAVES) | F(XSAVEC)))) > best->ebx = xstate_required_size(vcpu->arch.xcr0, true); > > - if (use_eager_fpu()) > - kvm_x86_ops->fpu_activate(vcpu); > - > /* > * The existing code assumes virtual address is 48-bit in the > canonical > * address checks; exit if it is ever changed. > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index 9b7798c..8f57335 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -7453,6 +7453,9 @@ void kvm_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool > init_event) > vcpu->arch.regs_avail = ~0; > vcpu->arch.regs_dirty = ~0; > > + if (use_eager_fpu()) > + kvm_x86_ops->fpu_activate(vcpu); > + > kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_reset(vcpu, init_event); > } > >