linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM TSS cleanups and speedups

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Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:14:07 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:     kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM TSS cleanups and speedups

The first four patches here are intended to be straightforward
cleanups and to make a better base for Thomas' GDT series.  They may
be a slight speedup, too, because they remove an STR instruction
from the VMX entry path.

The last two patches are a reasonably large speedup but need careful
review.

FWIW, I can see lots of additional easy-ish speedups here.  For example:

 - The GDT reload on VM exit isn't really needed at all.  Instead let's
   just change the kernel limit to 0xFFFF.  Doing that naively would
   waste memory, but doing it carefully on top of Thomas' series would
   be straightforward and almost free.

 - RDMSR from MSR_GS_BASE is totally pointless.

 - Once I or someone finishes the FSGSBASE series, we get a big speedup
   there.

 - The LDT reload code should be split up and optimized better, I think.

Changes from v1:
 - Fix some changelog typos.
 - Fix the bug that Paolo found.
 - Rename the helpers to make their usage more obvious.
 - Move clearing __tss_limit_invalid into force_reload_TR() as a tiny
   optimization.
 - Add a test case.  It doesn't test all the machinations, but at least
   it checks basic functionality.

Andy Lutomirski (7):
  x86/asm: Define the kernel TSS limit in a macro
  x86/kvm/vmx: Don't fetch the TSS base from the GDT
  x86/kvm/vmx: Get rid of segment_base() on 64-bit kernels
  x86/kvm/vmx: Simplify segment_base()
  x86/asm/64: Drop __cacheline_aligned from struct x86_hw_tss
  x86/kvm/vmx: Defer TR reload after VM exit
  selftests/x86: Add a basic selftest for ioperm

 arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h          |  62 +++++++++++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h     |  12 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c             |  11 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c            |  10 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                   |  63 ++++++-------
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile |   2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/ioperm.c | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 284 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/x86/ioperm.c

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