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KVM: VMX: move CR3/PDPTR update to vmx_set_cr3

PATCH Applied Marcelo Tosatti 3 participants 3 messages Oct 26, 2009 – Oct 27, 2009

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GUEST_CR3 is updated via kvm_set_cr3 whenever CR3 is modified from outside guest context. Similarly pdptrs are updated via load_pdptrs.

Let kvm_set_cr3 perform the update, removing it from the vcpu_run fast path.

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +1 -4
Index: b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
===================================================================
@@ -1748,6 +1748,7 @@ static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu 
 		vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER, eptp);
 		guest_cr3 = is_paging(vcpu) ? vcpu->arch.cr3 :
 			vcpu->kvm->arch.ept_identity_map_addr;
+		ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
@@ -3638,10 +3639,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
-	if (enable_ept && is_paging(vcpu)) {
-		vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, vcpu->arch.cr3);
-		ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
-	}
 	/* Record the guest's net vcpu time for enforced NMI injections. */
 	if (unlikely(!cpu_has_virtual_nmis() && vmx->soft_vnmi_blocked))
 		vmx->entry_time = ktime_get();
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +3 -1
Index: b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
===================================================================
@@ -4517,8 +4517,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct
 
 	mmu_reset_needed |= vcpu->arch.cr4 != sregs->cr4;
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_cr4(vcpu, sregs->cr4);
-	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu) && is_pae(vcpu))
+	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu) && is_pae(vcpu)) {
 		load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.cr3);
+		mmu_reset_needed = 1;
+	}
 
 	if (mmu_reset_needed)
 		kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
Acked-by Sheng Yang
#1 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines · On Tuesday 27 October 2009 02:48:33 Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

GUEST_CR3 is updated via kvm_set_cr3 whenever CR3 is modified from outside guest context. Similarly pdptrs are updated via load_pdptrs.

Let kvm_set_cr3 perform the update, removing it from the vcpu_run fast path.

Looks fine to me.

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Yang, Sheng
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Index: b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
===================================================================

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +1 -4
@@ -1748,6 +1748,7 @@ static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu
 		vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER, eptp);
 		guest_cr3 = is_paging(vcpu) ? vcpu->arch.cr3 :
 			vcpu->kvm->arch.ept_identity_map_addr;
+		ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
@@ -3638,10 +3639,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
-	if (enable_ept && is_paging(vcpu)) {
-		vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, vcpu->arch.cr3);
-		ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
-	}
 	/* Record the guest's net vcpu time for enforced NMI injections. */
 	if (unlikely(!cpu_has_virtual_nmis() && vmx->soft_vnmi_blocked))
 		vmx->entry_time = ktime_get();

Index: b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
===================================================================

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +3 -1
@@ -4517,8 +4517,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct
 
 	mmu_reset_needed |= vcpu->arch.cr4 != sregs->cr4;
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_cr4(vcpu, sregs->cr4);
-	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu) && is_pae(vcpu))
+	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu) && is_pae(vcpu)) {
 		load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.cr3);
+		mmu_reset_needed = 1;
+	}
 
 	if (mmu_reset_needed)
 		kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
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Quoted 6 lines · Marcelo Tosatti

GUEST_CR3 is updated via kvm_set_cr3 whenever CR3 is modified from outside guest context. Similarly pdptrs are updated via load_pdptrs.

Let kvm_set_cr3 perform the update, removing it from the vcpu_run fast path.

Applied, thanks.

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