[PATCH v2 19/20] kvm: x86/mmu: Don't clear write flooding count for direct roots

From: Ben Gardon
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 14:28:14 EST


Direct roots don't have a write flooding count because the guest can't
affect that paging structure. Thus there's no need to clear the write
flooding count on a fast CR3 switch for direct roots.

Tested by running kvm-unit-tests and KVM selftests on an Intel Haswell
machine. This series introduced no new failures.

This series can be viewed in Gerrit at:
https://linux-review.googlesource.com/c/virt/kvm/kvm/+/2538

Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 2e8bf8d19c35a..3935c10278736 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4266,7 +4266,13 @@ static void __kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd,
*/
vcpu_clear_mmio_info(vcpu, MMIO_GVA_ANY);

- __clear_sp_write_flooding_count(to_shadow_page(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa));
+ /*
+ * If this is a direct root page, it doesn't have a write flooding
+ * count. Otherwise, clear the write flooding count.
+ */
+ if (!new_role.direct)
+ __clear_sp_write_flooding_count(
+ to_shadow_page(vcpu->arch.mmu->root_hpa));
}

void kvm_mmu_new_pgd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd, bool skip_tlb_flush,
--
2.28.0.1011.ga647a8990f-goog