Re: [PATCH 4/8] KVM: SVM: move guest vmsave/vmload to assembly

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On 07/11/2022 14:54, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 4cfa62e66a0e..ae65cdcab660 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -3924,16 +3924,7 @@ static noinstr void svm_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	} else {
>  		struct svm_cpu_data *sd = per_cpu(svm_data, vcpu->cpu);
>  
> -		/*
> -		 * Use a single vmcb (vmcb01 because it's always valid) for
> -		 * context switching guest state via VMLOAD/VMSAVE, that way
> -		 * the state doesn't need to be copied between vmcb01 and
> -		 * vmcb02 when switching vmcbs for nested virtualization.
> -		 */
> -		vmload(svm->vmcb01.pa);
>  		__svm_vcpu_run(vmcb_pa, svm);
> -		vmsave(svm->vmcb01.pa);
> -
>  		vmload(__sme_page_pa(sd->save_area));

%gs is still the guests until this vmload has completed.  It needs to
move down into asm too.

~Andrew




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