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[v3,3/7] KVM: VMX: make PLE window per-VCPU

Message ID 1408637291-18533-4-git-send-email-rkrcmar@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Radim Krčmář Aug. 21, 2014, 4:08 p.m. UTC
Change PLE window into per-VCPU variable, seeded from module parameter,
to allow greater flexibility.

Brings in a small overhead on every vmentry.

Signed-off-by: Radim Kr?má? <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Raghavendra K T Aug. 21, 2014, 6:52 p.m. UTC | #1
On 08/21/2014 09:38 PM, Radim Kr?má? wrote:
> Change PLE window into per-VCPU variable, seeded from module parameter,
> to allow greater flexibility.
>
> Brings in a small overhead on every vmentry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radim Kr?má? <rkrcmar@redhat.com>

with intelligent update in patch 7
Reviewed-by: Raghavendra KT <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 2b306f9..18e0e52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@  struct vcpu_vmx {
 
 	/* Support for a guest hypervisor (nested VMX) */
 	struct nested_vmx nested;
+
+	/* Dynamic PLE window. */
+	int ple_window;
 };
 
 enum segment_cache_field {
@@ -4402,7 +4405,7 @@  static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 
 	if (ple_gap) {
 		vmcs_write32(PLE_GAP, ple_gap);
-		vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, ple_window);
+		vmx->ple_window = ple_window;
 	}
 
 	vmcs_write32(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MASK, 0);
@@ -7387,6 +7390,9 @@  static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (vmx->emulation_required)
 		return;
 
+	if (ple_gap)
+		vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, vmx->ple_window);
+
 	if (vmx->nested.sync_shadow_vmcs) {
 		copy_vmcs12_to_shadow(vmx);
 		vmx->nested.sync_shadow_vmcs = false;