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KVM: VMX: make PLE window per-VCPU
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Change PLE window into per-VCPU variable, seeded from module parameter,
to allow greater flexibility.

Brings in a small overhead on every vmentry.

Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Radim Krčmář authored and Paolo Bonzini committed Aug 21, 2014
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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
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Expand Up @@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {

/* Support for a guest hypervisor (nested VMX) */
struct nested_vmx nested;

/* Dynamic PLE window. */
int ple_window;
bool ple_window_dirty;
};

enum segment_cache_field {
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if (ple_gap) {
vmcs_write32(PLE_GAP, ple_gap);
vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, ple_window);
vmx->ple_window = ple_window;
vmx->ple_window_dirty = true;
}

vmcs_write32(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MASK, 0);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -7389,6 +7394,11 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vmx->emulation_required)
return;

if (vmx->ple_window_dirty) {
vmx->ple_window_dirty = false;
vmcs_write32(PLE_WINDOW, vmx->ple_window);
}

if (vmx->nested.sync_shadow_vmcs) {
copy_vmcs12_to_shadow(vmx);
vmx->nested.sync_shadow_vmcs = false;
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