Switching the ordering allows for an out-of-line path for VM-Fail that elides saving guest state but still shares the register clearing with the VM-Exit path. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 51ac6a2a1fc5..b2e114144e13 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -6381,7 +6381,6 @@ static void __vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx *vmx) asm( /* Store host registers */ "push %%" _ASM_BP " \n\t" - "sub $%c[wordsize], %%" _ASM_SP "\n\t" /* placeholder for guest RCX */ "push %%" _ASM_ARG1 " \n\t" /* Adjust RSP to account for the CALL to vmx_vmenter(). */ @@ -6417,11 +6416,11 @@ static void __vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx *vmx) /* Enter guest mode */ "call vmx_vmenter\n\t" - /* Save guest's RCX to the stack placeholder (see above) */ - "mov %%" _ASM_CX ", %c[wordsize](%%" _ASM_SP ") \n\t" + /* Temporarily save guest's RCX. */ + "push %%" _ASM_CX " \n\t" - /* Load host's RCX, i.e. the vmx_vcpu pointer */ - "pop %%" _ASM_CX " \n\t" + /* Reload the vcpu_vmx pointer to RCX. */ + "mov %c[wordsize](%%" _ASM_SP "), %%" _ASM_CX " \n\t" /* Set vmx->fail based on EFLAGS.{CF,ZF} */ "setbe %c[fail](%%" _ASM_CX ")\n\t" @@ -6468,6 +6467,9 @@ static void __vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx *vmx) "xor %%esi, %%esi \n\t" "xor %%edi, %%edi \n\t" "xor %%ebp, %%ebp \n\t" + + /* "POP" the vcpu_vmx pointer. */ + "add $%c[wordsize], %%" _ASM_SP " \n\t" "pop %%" _ASM_BP " \n\t" : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT, "=b"((int){0}), #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 -- 2.20.1