Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:24:54 +0200 | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: vmx: don't vmx_segment_cache_clear twice in enter_pmode |
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Il 18/08/2014 11:50, Wanpeng Li ha scritto: > vmx_segment_cache_clear() will be called by vmx_set_segment() > which lead to vmx_segment_cache_clear() is called twice in > enter_pmode(). This patch remove the duplicate call site. > > Reviewed-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c > index 2963303..c97c44c 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c > @@ -3183,8 +3183,6 @@ static void enter_pmode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > > vmx->rmode.vm86_active = 0; > > - vmx_segment_cache_clear(vmx); > - > vmx_set_segment(vcpu, &vmx->rmode.segs[VCPU_SREG_TR], VCPU_SREG_TR); > > flags = vmcs_readl(GUEST_RFLAGS); >
I think this is not useful and obscures the code a bit.
It would be a bigger improvement to see when fix_pmode_seg really needs to call vmx_set_segment, and avoid the call. Are you seeing enter_pmode high in any profiles?
Paolo
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