Re: [PATCHv6 6/8] kvm: only sync when attention bits set

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 07:27:48PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 10:28:29AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Commit eb0dc6d0368072236dcd086d7fdc17fd3c4574d4 introduced apic
> > attention bitmask but kvm still syncs lapic unconditionally.
> > As that commit suggested and in anticipation of adding more attention
> > bits, only sync lapic if(apic_attention).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    3 ++-
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index be6d549..2f70861 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -5388,7 +5388,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.tsc_always_catchup))
> >  		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
> >  
> > -	kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic(vcpu);
> > +	if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.apic_attention))
> > +		kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic(vcpu);
> 
> void kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
>         u32 data;
>         void *vapic;
> 
>         if (!test_bit(KVM_APIC_CHECK_VAPIC, &vcpu->arch.apic_attention))
>                 return;
> 
> Please use unlikely more carefully, when a gain is measureable:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/420019/

Do we have to measure every single thing?
Sometimes it's obvious: vapic is slow path, isn't it?

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MST