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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/8] KVM: VMX: Optimize vmx_set_rflags() for unrestricted guest
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On 27/09/19 23:45, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rework vmx_set_rflags() to avoid the extra code need to handle emulation
> of real mode and invalid state when unrestricted guest is disabled. The
> primary reason for doing so is to avoid the call to vmx_get_rflags(),
> which will incur a VMREAD when RFLAGS is not already available. When
> running nested VMs, the majority of calls to vmx_set_rflags() will occur
> without an associated vmx_get_rflags(), i.e. when stuffing GUEST_RFLAGS
> during transitions between vmcs01 and vmcs02.
>
> Note, vmx_get_rflags() guarantees RFLAGS is marked available.

Slightly nicer this way:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 8de9853d7ab6..62ab19d65efd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -1431,9 +1431,17 @@ unsigned long vmx_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
- unsigned long old_rflags = vmx_get_rflags(vcpu);
+ unsigned long old_rflags;
+
+ if (enable_unrestricted_guest) {
+ __set_bit(VCPU_EXREG_RFLAGS, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
+ vmx->rflags = rflags;
+ vmcs_writel(GUEST_RFLAGS, rflags);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ old_rflags = vmx_get_rflags(vcpu);

- __set_bit(VCPU_EXREG_RFLAGS, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
vmx->rflags = rflags;
if (vmx->rmode.vm86_active) {
vmx->rmode.save_rflags = rflags;
Paolo

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