linux-kernel - [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 03:20:31 -0500
From:	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>
To:	<pbonzini@...hat.com>, <rkrcmar@...hat.com>, <joro@...tes.org>,
	<bp@...en8.de>, <gleb@...nel.org>, <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
CC:	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<wei@...hat.com>, <sherry.hurwitz@....com>,
	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
Subject: [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC

When enable AVIC:
    * Do not intercept CR8 since this should be handled by AVIC HW.
    * Also, we don't need to sync cr8/V_TPR and APIC backing page.

Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 74b0751..bccf6cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,8 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR0_WRITE);
 	set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR3_WRITE);
 	set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR4_WRITE);
-	set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
+	if (!svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
+		set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
 
 	set_dr_intercepts(svm);
 
@@ -4069,7 +4070,8 @@ static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 
-	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
+	if ((is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK)) ||
+	     svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
 		return;
 
 	clr_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
@@ -4255,14 +4257,15 @@ static inline void sync_cr8_to_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static inline void sync_lapic_to_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
-	u64 cr8;
+	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
 
-	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
+	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK) &&
+	    svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
 		return;
 
-	cr8 = kvm_get_cr8(vcpu);
 	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl &= ~V_TPR_MASK;
-	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |= cr8 & V_TPR_MASK;
+	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |= (kvm_apic_get_reg(apic,
+				       APIC_TASKPRI) >> 4) & V_TPR_MASK;
 }
 
 static void svm_complete_interrupts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
-- 
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