linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/7] Enlightened VMCS support for KVM on Hyper-V

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Date:   Fri,  9 Mar 2018 15:02:42 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "Michael Kelley (EOSG)" <Michael.H.Kelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Mohammed Gamal <mmorsy@...hat.com>,
        Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>, Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/7] Enlightened VMCS support for KVM on Hyper-V

Changes since v2:
- Move hyperv.h out of uapi [Radim Krčmář], PATCHes 1 and 2 added.
- define KVM_EVMCS_VERSION, HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_VERSION [Radim Krčmář]
- WARN_ONCE in get_evmcs_offset[,_cf] [Radim Krčmář]
- add evmcs_sanitize_exec_ctrls() and use it in hardware_setup() and
  dump_vmcs() [Radim Krčmář]

When running nested KVM on Hyper-V it's possible to use so called
'Enlightened VMCS' and do normal memory reads/writes instead of
doing VMWRITE/VMREAD instructions. In addition, clean field mask
provides a huge room for optimization on L0's side.

Tight CPUID loop test shows significant speedup (E5-2667 v4 @ 3.20GHz):
  Before: 18890 cycles
  After: 8304 cycles

Ladi Prosek (1):
  x86/kvm: rename HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE to
    HV_X64_MSR_VP_ASSIST_PAGE

Vitaly Kuznetsov (6):
  x86/hyper-v: move hyperv.h out of uapi
  x86/hyper-v: move definitions from TLFS to hyperv-tlfs.h
  x86/hyper-v: allocate and use Virtual Processor Assist Pages
  x86/hyper-v: define struct hv_enlightened_vmcs and clean field bits
  x86/hyper-v: detect nested features
  x86/kvm: use Enlightened VMCS when running on Hyper-V

 MAINTAINERS                          |   2 +-
 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c            |  35 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h   | 695 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h      |  91 +----
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h   | 421 ---------------------
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h |   1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c       |  21 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c                |   8 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h                 |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                   | 625 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   |   2 +-
 drivers/hv/connection.c              |   1 -
 drivers/hv/hv.c                      |   1 -
 drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h            |   1 +
 drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c               |   1 -
 include/linux/hyperv.h               |   1 -
 17 files changed, 1379 insertions(+), 530 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h

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