mftb is serialising (dispatch next-to-complete) so it is heavy weight for a mfspr. Avoid reading it multiple times in the entry or exit paths. A small number of cycles delay to timers is tolerable. Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 ++-- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c index 34e95d3c89e5..49a3c1e6a544 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c @@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, * * XXX: Another day's problem. */ - mtspr(SPRN_DEC, vcpu->arch.dec_expires - mftb()); + mtspr(SPRN_DEC, vcpu->arch.dec_expires - tb); if (kvmhv_on_pseries()) { /* @@ -4049,7 +4049,7 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, vc->in_guest = 0; next_timer = timer_get_next_tb(); - set_dec(next_timer - mftb()); + set_dec(next_timer - tb); /* We may have raced with new irq work */ if (test_irq_work_pending()) set_dec(1); diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c index 0ff9ddb5e7ca..bd8cf0a65ce8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c @@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, unsigned long lpc unsigned long host_dawr1; unsigned long host_dawrx1; - hdec = time_limit - mftb(); + tb = mftb(); + hdec = time_limit - tb; if (hdec < 0) return BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_HV_DECREMENTER; @@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, unsigned long lpc vcpu->arch.ceded = 0; if (vc->tb_offset) { - u64 new_tb = mftb() + vc->tb_offset; + u64 new_tb = tb + vc->tb_offset; mtspr(SPRN_TBU40, new_tb); tb = mftb(); if ((tb & 0xffffff) < (new_tb & 0xffffff)) -- 2.23.0