From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: x86: Copy kvm_pmu_ops by value to eliminate layer of indirection
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:10:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YbD1ETLLpf4uKPWY@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211108111032.24457-5-likexu@tencent.com>
On Mon, Nov 08, 2021, Like Xu wrote:
> From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
>
> Replace the kvm_pmu_ops pointer in common x86 with an instance of the
> struct to save one pointer dereference when invoking functions. Copy the
> struct by value to set the ops during kvm_init().
>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 4 +++-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> index aa6ac9c7aff2..353989bf0102 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
> * * AMD: [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS-1] <=> gp counters
> */
>
> +struct kvm_pmu_ops kvm_pmu_ops __read_mostly;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_pmu_ops);
This export isn't necessary.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-08 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-08 11:10 [PATCH v2 0/7] Use static_call for kvm_pmu_ops Like Xu
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: x86: Export kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr() for nVMX Like Xu
2021-12-08 17:55 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: x86: Fix WARNING that macros should not use a trailing semicolon Like Xu
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: x86: Move kvm_ops_static_call_update() to x86.c Like Xu
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: x86: Copy kvm_pmu_ops by value to eliminate layer of indirection Like Xu
2021-12-08 18:10 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: x86: Move .pmu_ops to kvm_x86_init_ops and tagged as __initdata Like Xu
2021-12-08 18:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: x86: Introduce definitions to support static calls for kvm_pmu_ops Like Xu
2021-12-08 18:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-12-09 12:50 ` Like Xu
2021-11-08 11:10 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: x86: Use static calls to reduce kvm_pmu_ops overhead Like Xu
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