Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: nVMX: Enlightened MSR Bitmap feature for Hyper-V on KVM

Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-11-03T15:13:28Z

Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> writes:

> Changes since v2:
> - Renamed 'msr_bitmap_changed' to 'msr_bitmap_force_recalc' [Paolo] and
> expanded the comment near its definition explaining its limited
> usefulness [Sean].
>
> Original description:
>
> Updating MSR bitmap for L2 is not cheap and rearly needed. TLFS for Hyper-V
> offers 'Enlightened MSR Bitmap' feature which allows L1 hypervisor to
> inform L0 when it changes MSR bitmap, this eliminates the need to examine
> L1's MSR bitmap for L2 every time when 'real' MSR bitmap for L2 gets
> constructed.
>
> When the feature is enabled for Win10+WSL2, it shaves off around 700 CPU
> cycles from a nested vmexit cost (tight cpuid loop test).
>
> First patch of the series is unrelated to the newly implemented feature,
> it fixes a bug in Enlightened MSR Bitmap usage when KVM runs as a nested
> hypervisor on top of Hyper-V.
>

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Vitaly