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[v2,06/10] KVM: VMX: Don't invalidate hv_tlb_eptp if the new EPTP matches

Message ID 20201020215613.8972-7-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Commit Message

Sean Christopherson Oct. 20, 2020, 9:56 p.m. UTC
Don't invalidate the common EPTP, and thus trigger rechecking of EPTPs
across all vCPUs, if the new EPTP matches the old/common EPTP.  In all
likelihood this is a meaningless optimization, but there are (uncommon)
scenarios where KVM can reload the same EPTP.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Vitaly Kuznetsov Oct. 21, 2020, 1:47 p.m. UTC | #1
Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> writes:

> Don't invalidate the common EPTP, and thus trigger rechecking of EPTPs
> across all vCPUs, if the new EPTP matches the old/common EPTP.  In all
> likelihood this is a meaningless optimization, but there are (uncommon)
> scenarios where KVM can reload the same EPTP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 4dfde8b64750..e6569bafacdc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -3043,7 +3043,8 @@ static void vmx_load_mmu_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long pgd,
>  		if (kvm_x86_ops.tlb_remote_flush) {
>  			spin_lock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>  			to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer = eptp;
> -			to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
> +			if (eptp != to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp)
> +				to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
>  			spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
>  		}

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 4dfde8b64750..e6569bafacdc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3043,7 +3043,8 @@  static void vmx_load_mmu_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long pgd,
 		if (kvm_x86_ops.tlb_remote_flush) {
 			spin_lock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
 			to_vmx(vcpu)->ept_pointer = eptp;
-			to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
+			if (eptp != to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp)
+				to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->hv_tlb_eptp = INVALID_PAGE;
 			spin_unlock(&to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_pointer_lock);
 		}