[PATCH 10/31] KVM: SVM: do not intercept task switch with NPT

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Mon Apr 21 2008 - 06:33:20 EST


From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>

When KVM uses NPT there is no reason to intercept task switches. This patch
removes the intercept for it in that case.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index da3ddef..8d04aed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
if (npt_enabled) {
/* Setup VMCB for Nested Paging */
control->nested_ctl = 1;
+ control->intercept &= ~(1ULL << INTERCEPT_TASK_SWITCH);
control->intercept_exceptions &= ~(1 << PF_VECTOR);
control->intercept_cr_read &= ~(INTERCEPT_CR0_MASK|
INTERCEPT_CR3_MASK);
--
1.5.5

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