From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: Misc anti-retpoline optimizations
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 08:09:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200504150940.GB16949@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76c2fc30-58e3-4d90-4b66-85b6fb4741b5@redhat.com>
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 03:25:58PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/05/20 06:32, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > A smattering of optimizations geared toward avoiding retpolines, though
> > IMO most of the patches are worthwhile changes irrespective of retpolines.
> > I can split this up into separate patches if desired, outside of the
> > obvious combos there are no dependencies.
>
> Most of them are good stuff anyway, I agree.
>
> Since I like to believe that static calls _are_ close, I queued these:
>
> KVM: x86: Save L1 TSC offset in 'struct kvm_vcpu_arch'
> KVM: nVMX: Unconditionally validate CR3 during nested transitions
> KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR4
> KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR0
> KVM: VMX: Move nested EPT out of kvm_x86_ops.get_tdp_level() hook
> KVM: x86/mmu: Capture TDP level when updating CPUID
>
> and I don't disagree with the DR6 one though it can be even improved a
> bit so I'll send a patch myself.
Sounds good, thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-04 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-02 4:32 [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: Misc anti-retpoline optimizations Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 01/10] KVM: x86: Save L1 TSC offset in 'struct kvm_vcpu_arch' Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 02/10] KVM: nVMX: Unconditionally validate CR3 during nested transitions Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 03/10] KVM: x86: Make kvm_x86_ops' {g,s}et_dr6() hooks optional Sean Christopherson
2020-05-04 13:19 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 04/10] KVM: x86: Split guts of kvm_update_dr7() to separate helper Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 05/10] KVM: nVMX: Avoid retpoline when writing DR7 during nested transitions Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 06/10] KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR4 Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 07/10] KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR0 Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 08/10] KVM: VMX: Add anti-retpoline accessors for RIP and RSP Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 09/10] KVM: VMX: Move nested EPT out of kvm_x86_ops.get_tdp_level() hook Sean Christopherson
2020-05-02 4:32 ` [PATCH 10/10] KVM: x86/mmu: Capture TDP level when updating CPUID Sean Christopherson
2020-05-04 13:25 ` [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: Misc anti-retpoline optimizations Paolo Bonzini
2020-05-04 15:09 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
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