linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/18] KVM: VMX: Only save/restore MSR_K6

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:22:12 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/18] KVM: VMX: Only save/restore MSR_K6_STAR if necessary

Intel hosts only support syscall/sysret in long more (and only if efer.sce
is enabled), so only reload the related MSR_K6_STAR if the guest will
actually be able to use it.

This reduces vmexit cost by about 500 cycles (6400 -> 5870) on my setup.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/vmx.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index b61d4dd..37537af 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ static struct kvm_vmx_segment_field {
 	VMX_SEGMENT_FIELD(LDTR),
 };
 
+/*
+ * Keep MSR_K6_STAR at the end, as setup_msrs() will try to optimize it
+ * away by decrementing the array size.
+ */
 static const u32 vmx_msr_index[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	MSR_SYSCALL_MASK, MSR_LSTAR, MSR_CSTAR, MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE,
@@ -323,6 +327,18 @@ static void setup_msrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		nr_skip = NR_64BIT_MSRS;
 	nr_good_msrs = vcpu->nmsrs - nr_skip;
 
+	/*
+	 * MSR_K6_STAR is only needed on long mode guests, and only
+	 * if efer.sce is enabled.
+	 */
+	if (find_msr_entry(vcpu, MSR_K6_STAR)) {
+		--nr_good_msrs;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		if (is_long_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->shadow_efer & EFER_SCE))
+			++nr_good_msrs;
+#endif
+	}
+
 	vmcs_writel(VM_ENTRY_MSR_LOAD_ADDR,
 		    virt_to_phys(vcpu->guest_msrs + nr_skip));
 	vmcs_writel(VM_EXIT_MSR_STORE_ADDR,
-- 
1.5.0.6

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