[PATCH 26/48] KVM: VMX: Avoid duplicate ept tlb flush when setting cr3

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Sun Aug 16 2009 - 05:38:22 EST


vmx_set_cr3() will call vmx_tlb_flush(), which will flush the ept context.
So there is no need to call ept_sync_context() explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 1 -
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index c14bffc..ea0e1d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,6 @@ static void vmx_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
if (enable_ept) {
eptp = construct_eptp(cr3);
vmcs_write64(EPT_POINTER, eptp);
- ept_sync_context(eptp);
ept_load_pdptrs(vcpu);
guest_cr3 = is_paging(vcpu) ? vcpu->arch.cr3 :
VMX_EPT_IDENTITY_PAGETABLE_ADDR;
--
1.6.3.3

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