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[v3,7/7] KVM: VMX: optimize ple_window updates to VMCS

Message ID 1408637291-18533-8-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 
ple_window is preserved in VMCS, so can write it only after a change.
Do this by keeping a dirty bit.

Signed-off-by: Radim Kr?má? <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Raghavendra K T Aug. 21, 2014, 7:18 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 08/21/2014 09:38 PM, Radim Kr?má? wrote:
> ple_window is preserved in VMCS, so can write it only after a change.
> Do this by keeping a dirty bit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radim Kr?má? <rkrcmar@redhat.com>

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 1318232..f32415b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@  struct vcpu_vmx {
 
 	/* Dynamic PLE window. */
 	int ple_window;
+	bool ple_window_dirty;
 };
 
 enum segment_cache_field {
@@ -4426,6 +4427,7 @@  static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 		vmcs_write64(POSTED_INTR_DESC_ADDR, __pa((&vmx->pi_desc)));
 	}
 
+	vmx->ple_window_dirty = ple_gap;
 	if (ple_gap) {
 		vmcs_write32(PLE_GAP, ple_gap);
 		vmx->ple_window = ple_window;
@@ -5741,6 +5743,9 @@  static void grow_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vmx->ple_window = __grow_ple_window(old);
 	} while (read_seqretry(&ple_window_seqlock, seq));
 
+	if (vmx->ple_window != old)
+		vmx->ple_window_dirty = true;
+
 	trace_kvm_ple_window_grow(vcpu->vcpu_id, vmx->ple_window, old);
 }
 
@@ -5756,6 +5761,9 @@  static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		                                      ple_window);
 	} while (read_seqretry(&ple_window_seqlock, seq));
 
+	if (vmx->ple_window != old)
+		vmx->ple_window_dirty = true;
+
 	trace_kvm_ple_window_shrink(vcpu->vcpu_id, vmx->ple_window, old);
 }
 
@@ -7505,8 +7513,10 @@  static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (vmx->emulation_required)
 		return;
 
-	if (ple_gap)
+	if (vmx->ple_window_dirty) {
+		vmx->ple_window_dirty = false;
 		vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, vmx->ple_window);
+	}
 
 	if (vmx->nested.sync_shadow_vmcs) {
 		copy_vmcs12_to_shadow(vmx);