Do not unconditionally call clear_atomic_switch_msr() when updating
EFER. This adds up to four unnecessary VMWrites in the case where
guest_efer != host_efer, e.g. if the load_on_{entry,exit} bits were
already set.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 6097d0115056..1fcf374a1475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2798,8 +2798,6 @@ static bool update_transition_efer(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, int efer_offset)
ignore_bits &= ~(u64)EFER_SCE;
#endif
- clear_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_EFER);
-
/*
* On EPT, we can't emulate NX, so we must switch EFER atomically.
* On CPUs that support "load IA32_EFER", always switch EFER
@@ -2812,8 +2810,12 @@ static bool update_transition_efer(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, int efer_offset)
if (guest_efer != host_efer)
add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_EFER,
guest_efer, host_efer, false);
+ else
+ clear_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_EFER);
return false;
} else {
+ clear_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_EFER);
+
guest_efer &= ~ignore_bits;
guest_efer |= host_efer & ignore_bits;
--
2.18.0
