[PATCH 3/3] Split the KVM pv-ops support by feature

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Currently selecting KVM guest support enabled multiple features at once that
not everyone necessarily wants to have, namely:

 - PV MMU
 - zero io delay
 - apic detection workaround

Let's split them off so we don't drag in the full pv-ops framework just to
detect we're running on KVM. That gives us more chances to tweak performance!

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig      |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c |   22 +++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 8c150b6..97d4f92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -522,11 +522,38 @@ config KVM_CLOCK
 
 config KVM_GUEST
 	bool "KVM Guest support"
-	select PARAVIRT_ALL
+	select PARAVIRT
 	---help---
 	  This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
 	  hypervisor.
 
+config KVM_IODELAY
+	bool "KVM IO-delay support"
+	depends on KVM_GUEST
+	select PARAVIRT_CPU
+	---help---
+	  Usually we wait for PIO access to complete. When inside KVM there's
+	  no need to do that, as we know that we're not going through a bus,
+	  but process PIO requests instantly.
+
+	  This option disables PIO waits, but drags in CPU-bound pv-ops. Thus
+	  you will probably get more speed loss than speedup using this option.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
+config KVM_MMU
+	bool "KVM PV MMU support"
+	depends on KVM_GUEST
+	select PARAVIRT_MMU
+	---help---
+	  This option enables the paravirtualized MMU for KVM. In most cases
+	  it's pretty useless and shouldn't be used.
+
+	  It will only cost you performance, because it drags in pv-ops for
+	  memory management.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
 
 config PARAVIRT
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 63b0ec8..7e0207f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_IODELAY
+/*
+ * No need for any "IO delay" on KVM
+ */
+static void kvm_io_delay(void)
+{
+}
+#endif  /* CONFIG_KVM_IODELAY */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMU
 #define MMU_QUEUE_SIZE 1024
 
 struct kvm_para_state {
@@ -43,13 +53,6 @@ static struct kvm_para_state *kvm_para_state(void)
 	return &per_cpu(para_state, raw_smp_processor_id());
 }
 
-/*
- * No need for any "IO delay" on KVM
- */
-static void kvm_io_delay(void)
-{
-}
-
 static void kvm_mmu_op(void *buffer, unsigned len)
 {
 	int r;
@@ -194,15 +197,19 @@ static void kvm_leave_lazy_mmu(void)
 	mmu_queue_flush(state);
 	paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu();
 }
+#endif  /* CONFIG_KVM_MMU */
 
 static void __init paravirt_ops_setup(void)
 {
 	pv_info.name = "KVM";
 	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_IODELAY
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY))
 		pv_cpu_ops.io_delay = kvm_io_delay;
+#endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMU
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_MMU_OP)) {
 		pv_mmu_ops.set_pte = kvm_set_pte;
 		pv_mmu_ops.set_pte_at = kvm_set_pte_at;
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ static void __init paravirt_ops_setup(void)
 		pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.enter = kvm_enter_lazy_mmu;
 		pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.leave = kvm_leave_lazy_mmu;
 	}
+#endif  /* CONFIG_KVM_MMU */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 	no_timer_check = 1;
 #endif
-- 
1.6.0.2

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