KVM: SVM: disable CR8 intercept when tpr is not masking interrupts
This patch disables the intercept of CR8 writes if the TPR is not masking
interrupts. This reduces the total number CR8 intercepts to below 1 percent of
what we have without this patch using Windows 64 bit guests.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index ee2ee83..61bb2cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1502,6 +1502,27 @@
svm_inject_irq(svm, irq);
}
+static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
+ struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb;
+ int max_irr, tpr;
+
+ if (!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm) || vcpu->arch.apic->vapic_addr)
+ return;
+
+ vmcb->control.intercept_cr_write &= ~INTERCEPT_CR8_MASK;
+
+ max_irr = kvm_lapic_find_highest_irr(vcpu);
+ if (max_irr == -1)
+ return;
+
+ tpr = kvm_lapic_get_cr8(vcpu) << 4;
+
+ if (tpr >= (max_irr & 0xf0))
+ vmcb->control.intercept_cr_write |= INTERCEPT_CR8_MASK;
+}
+
static void svm_intr_assist(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
@@ -1514,14 +1535,14 @@
SVM_EVTINJ_VEC_MASK;
vmcb->control.exit_int_info = 0;
svm_inject_irq(svm, intr_vector);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
if (vmcb->control.int_ctl & V_IRQ_MASK)
- return;
+ goto out;
if (!kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(vcpu))
- return;
+ goto out;
if (!(vmcb->save.rflags & X86_EFLAGS_IF) ||
(vmcb->control.int_state & SVM_INTERRUPT_SHADOW_MASK) ||
@@ -1529,12 +1550,14 @@
/* unable to deliver irq, set pending irq */
vmcb->control.intercept |= (1ULL << INTERCEPT_VINTR);
svm_inject_irq(svm, 0x0);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
/* Okay, we can deliver the interrupt: grab it and update PIC state. */
intr_vector = kvm_cpu_get_interrupt(vcpu);
svm_inject_irq(svm, intr_vector);
kvm_timer_intr_post(vcpu, intr_vector);
+out:
+ update_cr8_intercept(vcpu);
}
static void kvm_reput_irq(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
