Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Skip the VMWRITE to update GUEST_CR3 if CR3 is not available, i.e. has > not been read from the VMCS since the last VM-Enter. If vcpu->arch.cr3 > is stale, kvm_read_cr3(vcpu) will refresh vcpu->arch.cr3 from the VMCS, > meaning KVM will do a VMREAD and then VMWRITE the value it just pulled > from the VMCS. > > Note, this is a purely theoretical change, no instances of skipping > the VMREAD+VMWRITE have been observed with this change. > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c > index b530950a9c2b..6de09f60edf3 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c > @@ -3003,10 +3003,12 @@ void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3) > > if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) > skip_cr3 = true; > - else if (enable_unrestricted_guest || is_paging(vcpu)) > - guest_cr3 = kvm_read_cr3(vcpu); > - else > + else if (!enable_unrestricted_guest && !is_paging(vcpu)) > guest_cr3 = to_kvm_vmx(kvm)->ept_identity_map_addr; > + else if (test_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CR3, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail)) Nit: with 'test_bit(,(ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail)' spreading more and more I'd suggest creating an inline in kvm_cache_regs.h (e.g. kvm_vcpu_reg_avail()). > + guest_cr3 = vcpu->arch.cr3; > + else > + skip_cr3 = true; /* vmcs01.GUEST_CR3 is up-to-date. */ > ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu); > } -- Vitaly
