From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, vkuznets@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't reread VMCS-agnostic state when switching VMCS
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:25:39 -0700
Message-ID: <20190614162532.GG12191@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1560445409-17363-22-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 07:03:07PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
>
> When switching between vmcs01 and vmcs02, there is no need to update
> state tracking for values that aren't tied to any particular VMCS as
> the per-vCPU values are already up-to-date (vmx_switch_vmcs() can only
> be called when the vCPU is loaded).
>
> Avoiding the update eliminates a RDMSR, and potentially a RDPKRU and
> posted-interrupt updated (cmpxchg64() and more).
Another typo, s/updated/update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
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2019-06-13 17:02 [PATCH 00/43] VMX optimizations Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 01/43] KVM: VMX: Fix handling of #MC that occurs during VM-Entry Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:24 ` Jim Mattson
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 02/43] kvm: nVMX: small cleanup in handle_exception Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 03/43] KVM: VMX: Read cached VM-Exit reason to detect external interrupt Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 04/43] KVM: VMX: Store the host kernel's IDT base in a global variable Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 05/43] KVM: x86: Move kvm_{before,after}_interrupt() calls to vendor code Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 06/43] KVM: VMX: Handle NMIs, #MCs and async #PFs in common irqs-disabled fn Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 07/43] KVM: nVMX: Intercept VMWRITEs to read-only shadow VMCS fields Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 08/43] KVM: nVMX: Intercept VMWRITEs to GUEST_{CS,SS}_AR_BYTES Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 09/43] KVM: nVMX: Track vmcs12 offsets for shadowed VMCS fields Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 10/43] KVM: nVMX: Lift sync_vmcs12() out of prepare_vmcs12() Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 11/43] KVM: nVMX: Use descriptive names for VMCS sync functions and flags Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 12/43] KVM: nVMX: Add helpers to identify shadowed VMCS fields Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-14 16:10 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-06-13 17:02 ` [PATCH 13/43] KVM: nVMX: Sync rarely accessed guest fields only when needed Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 14/43] KVM: nVMX: Rename prepare_vmcs02_*_full to prepare_vmcs02_*_rare Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 15/43] KVM: VMX: Always signal #GP on WRMSR to MSR_IA32_CR_PAT with bad value Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 16/43] KVM: nVMX: Always sync GUEST_BNDCFGS when it comes from vmcs01 Paolo Bonzini
[not found] ` <20190615221602.93C5721851@mail.kernel.org>
2019-06-15 22:40 ` Liran Alon
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 17/43] KVM: nVMX: Write ENCLS-exiting bitmap once per vmcs02 Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 18/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't rewrite GUEST_PML_INDEX during nested VM-Entry Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 19/43] KVM: VMX: simplify vmx_prepare_switch_to_{guest,host} Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 20/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't "put" vCPU or host state when switching VMCS Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 21/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't reread VMCS-agnostic " Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-14 16:25 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 22/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't dump VMCS if virtual APIC page can't be mapped Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-17 19:17 ` Radim Krčmář
2019-06-17 20:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-06-18 9:43 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 23/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't speculatively write virtual-APIC page address Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 24/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't speculatively write APIC-access " Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 25/43] KVM: nVMX: Update vmcs12 for MSR_IA32_CR_PAT when it's written Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 26/43] KVM: nVMX: Update vmcs12 for SYSENTER MSRs when they're written Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 27/43] KVM: nVMX: Update vmcs12 for MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR when it's written Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 28/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't update GUEST_BNDCFGS if it's clean in HV eVMCS Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 29/43] KVM: x86: introduce is_pae_paging Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 30/43] KVM: nVMX: Copy PDPTRs to/from vmcs12 only when necessary Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 31/43] KVM: nVMX: Use adjusted pin controls for vmcs02 Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 32/43] KVM: VMX: Add builder macros for shadowing controls Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 33/43] KVM: VMX: Shadow VMCS pin controls Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 34/43] KVM: VMX: Shadow VMCS primary execution controls Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 35/43] KVM: VMX: Shadow VMCS secondary " Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 36/43] KVM: nVMX: Shadow VMCS controls on a per-VMCS basis Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 37/43] KVM: nVMX: Don't reset VMCS controls shadow on VMCS switch Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 38/43] KVM: VMX: Explicitly initialize controls shadow at VMCS allocation Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 39/43] KVM: nVMX: Preserve last USE_MSR_BITMAPS when preparing vmcs02 Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 40/43] KVM: nVMX: Preset *DT exiting in vmcs02 when emulating UMIP Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 41/43] KVM: VMX: Drop hv_timer_armed from 'struct loaded_vmcs' Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 42/43] KVM: VMX: Leave preemption timer running when it's disabled Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-14 16:34 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-06-13 17:03 ` [PATCH 43/43] KVM: nVMX: shadow pin based execution controls Paolo Bonzini
2019-06-14 16:34 ` Sean Christopherson
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