linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] KVM: emulate: extend memory access optimization to stores

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Date:	Tue,  1 Apr 2014 17:26:46 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] KVM: emulate: extend memory access optimization to stores

Even on a store, the optimization saves about 20 clock cycles (4-5%),
mostly because the jump in write_memory_operand becomes much more
predictable.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 2c881e5cf5ad..541296f62b40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ exception:
 
 static int prepare_memory_operand(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				  struct operand *op,
-				  bool write)
+				  bool read, bool write)
 {
 	int rc;
 	unsigned long gva;
@@ -1563,6 +1563,10 @@ static int prepare_memory_operand(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
 		return rc;
 
+	/* optimisation - avoid slow emulated read if Mov */
+	if (!read)
+		return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
+
 	if (likely(!kvm_is_error_hva(op->hva))) {
 		rc = __copy_from_user(&op->val, (void __user *)op->hva,
 				      size);
@@ -4643,14 +4647,14 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	}
 
 	if ((ctxt->src.type == OP_MEM) && !(ctxt->d & NoAccess)) {
-		rc = prepare_memory_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->src, false);
+		rc = prepare_memory_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->src, true, false);
 		if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
 			goto done;
 		ctxt->src.orig_val64 = ctxt->src.val64;
 	}
 
 	if (ctxt->src2.type == OP_MEM) {
-		rc = prepare_memory_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->src2, false);
+		rc = prepare_memory_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->src2, true, false);
 		if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
 			goto done;
 	}
@@ -4659,9 +4663,9 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 		goto special_insn;
 
 
-	if ((ctxt->dst.type == OP_MEM) && !(ctxt->d & Mov)) {
-		/* optimisation - avoid slow emulated read if Mov */
+	if (ctxt->dst.type == OP_MEM) {
 		rc = prepare_memory_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->dst,
+					    !(ctxt->d & Mov),
 					    !(ctxt->d & NoWrite));
 		if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
 			goto done;
-- 
1.8.3.1
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