linux-kernel - [PATCH 28/50] KVM: MMU: Optimize prefetch

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Message-Id: <1214483312-9265-29-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:28:10 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 28/50] KVM: MMU: Optimize prefetch_page()

Instead of reading each pte individually, read 256 bytes worth of ptes and
batch process them.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |   28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 934c7b6..4d91822 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -460,8 +460,9 @@ static gpa_t FNAME(gva_to_gpa)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t vaddr)
 static void FNAME(prefetch_page)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				 struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
-	int i, offset = 0, r = 0;
-	pt_element_t pt;
+	int i, j, offset, r;
+	pt_element_t pt[256 / sizeof(pt_element_t)];
+	gpa_t pte_gpa;
 
 	if (sp->role.metaphysical
 	    || (PTTYPE == 32 && sp->role.level > PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL)) {
@@ -469,19 +470,20 @@ static void FNAME(prefetch_page)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (PTTYPE == 32)
+	pte_gpa = gfn_to_gpa(sp->gfn);
+	if (PTTYPE == 32) {
 		offset = sp->role.quadrant << PT64_LEVEL_BITS;
+		pte_gpa += offset * sizeof(pt_element_t);
+	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < PT64_ENT_PER_PAGE; ++i) {
-		gpa_t pte_gpa = gfn_to_gpa(sp->gfn);
-		pte_gpa += (i+offset) * sizeof(pt_element_t);
-
-		r = kvm_read_guest_atomic(vcpu->kvm, pte_gpa, &pt,
-					  sizeof(pt_element_t));
-		if (r || is_present_pte(pt))
-			sp->spt[i] = shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte;
-		else
-			sp->spt[i] = shadow_notrap_nonpresent_pte;
+	for (i = 0; i < PT64_ENT_PER_PAGE; i += ARRAY_SIZE(pt)) {
+		r = kvm_read_guest_atomic(vcpu->kvm, pte_gpa, pt, sizeof pt);
+		pte_gpa += ARRAY_SIZE(pt) * sizeof(pt_element_t);
+		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(pt); ++j)
+			if (r || is_present_pte(pt[j]))
+				sp->spt[i+j] = shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte;
+			else
+				sp->spt[i+j] = shadow_notrap_nonpresent_pte;
 	}
 }
 
-- 
1.5.6

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