linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] KVM: x86: Avoid calling kvm_is_mmio_pfn() when kvm_x86_ops.get_mt

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Message-ID: <20250523011756.3243624-2-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 18:17:52 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] KVM: x86: Avoid calling kvm_is_mmio_pfn() when
 kvm_x86_ops.get_mt_mask is NULL

Guard the call to kvm_x86_call(get_mt_mask) with an explicit check on
kvm_x86_ops.get_mt_mask so as to avoid unnecessarily calling
kvm_is_mmio_pfn(), which is moderately expensive for some backing types.
E.g. lookup_memtype() conditionally takes a system-wide spinlock if KVM
ends up being call pat_pfn_immune_to_uc_mtrr(), e.g. for DAX memory.

While the call to kvm_x86_ops.get_mt_mask() itself is elided, the compiler
still needs to compute all parameters, as it can't know at build time that
the call will be squashed.

   <+243>:   call   0xffffffff812ad880 <kvm_is_mmio_pfn>
   <+248>:   mov    %r13,%rsi
   <+251>:   mov    %rbx,%rdi
   <+254>:   movzbl %al,%edx
   <+257>:   call   0xffffffff81c26af0 <__SCT__kvm_x86_get_mt_mask>

Fixes: 3fee4837ef40 ("KVM: x86: remove shadow_memtype_mask")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
index cfce03d8f123..f262c380f40e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
 	if (level > PG_LEVEL_4K)
 		spte |= PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK;
 
-	spte |= kvm_x86_call(get_mt_mask)(vcpu, gfn, kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn));
+	if (kvm_x86_ops.get_mt_mask)
+		spte |= kvm_x86_call(get_mt_mask)(vcpu, gfn, kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn));
+
 	if (host_writable)
 		spte |= shadow_host_writable_mask;
 	else
-- 
2.49.0.1151.ga128411c76-goog