RFC Emulator Speedups - Optimize Instruction fetches
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| # | Subject and files | Size | Replies | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/3 | KVM: x86: pass ctxt to fetch helper functionarch/ | +5 | 0 replies | |
| 2/3 | KVM: x86: use memory_prepare in fetch helper functionarch/ | +17 | 2 replies | |
| 3/3 | KVM: x86: cache userspace address for faster fetchesarch/ arch/ | +29 | 2 replies |
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Cover letter [RFC PATCH 0/3] Emulator Speedups - Optimize Instruction fetches
My initial attempt at caching gva->gpa->hva translations. Pretty straight forward with details in the individual patches.
I haven't yet looked into if there are other possibilities to speed things up, just thought of sending these out since the numbers are better
567 cycles/emulated jump instruction
718 cycles/emulated move instruction
730 cycles/emulated arithmetic instruction
946 cycles/emulated memory load instruction
956 cycles/emulated memory store instruction
921 cycles/emulated memory RMW instruction
Old realmode.flat numbers from init ctxt changes -
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/16/848
639 cycles/emulated jump instruction (4.3%) 776 cycles/emulated move instruction (7.5%) 791 cycles/emulated arithmetic instruction (11%) 943 cycles/emulated memory load instruction (5.2%) 948 cycles/emulated memory store instruction (7.6%) 929 cycles/emulated memory RMW instruction (9.0%)
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KVM: x86: pass ctxt to fetch helper function
KVM: x86: use memory_prepare in fetch helper function
KVM: x86: cache userspace address for faster fetches
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 7 +++++- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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