[tip:x86/pti] KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR path as unlikely()

From: tip-bot for Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Feb 23 2018 - 03:27:35 EST


Commit-ID: 946fbbc13dce68902f64515b610eeb2a6c3d7a64
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/946fbbc13dce68902f64515b610eeb2a6c3d7a64
Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:43:18 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:24:36 +0100

KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR path as unlikely()

vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() are large functions, and giving
branch hints to the compiler can actually make a substantial cycle
difference by keeping the fast path contiguous in memory.

With this optimization, the retpoline-guest/retpoline-host case is
about 50 cycles faster.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180222154318.20361-3-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 1598beeda11c..24c9521ebc24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -5465,7 +5465,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* If the L02 MSR bitmap does not intercept the MSR, then we need to
* save it.
*/
- if (!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL))
+ if (unlikely(!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL)))
svm->spec_ctrl = native_read_msr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL);

if (svm->spec_ctrl)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 0927be315965..7f8401d05939 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9588,7 +9588,7 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* If the L02 MSR bitmap does not intercept the MSR, then we need to
* save it.
*/
- if (!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL))
+ if (unlikely(!msr_write_intercepted(vcpu, MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL)))
vmx->spec_ctrl = native_read_msr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL);

if (vmx->spec_ctrl)