lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2020]   [Aug]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/entry/64: Disallow RDPID in paranoid entry if KVM is enabled
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:09:01AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> One more MSR *is* a big deal: KVM's vmentry+vmexit cost is around 1000
> cycles, adding 100 clock cycles for 2 WRMSRs is a 10% increase.

The kernel uses TSC_AUX so we can't reserve it to KVM either.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2020-08-21 10:19    [W:0.305 / U:0.636 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site