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Optimize atomic efer loading

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1/2KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bitsarch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h+8 -00 replies
2/2KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER loadarch/x86/kvm/vmx.c+30 -00 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/2] Optimize atomic efer loading

In some cases we resort to loading EFER via the atomic msr load on entry/exit facility. This is incredibly slow. Use the faster entry/exit LOAD_IA32_EFER controls instead, when available.

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KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits
KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load

 arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h |    8 ++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c         |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)