Re: [PATCH 08/12] kvm/svm: cache nested intercepts

[Alexander Graf]

Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |   30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 31467b1..9192c9a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ struct nested_state {
>  
>  	/* gpa pointers to the real vectors */
>  	u64 vmcb_msrpm;
> +
> +	/* cache for intercepts of the guest */
> +	u16 intercept_cr_read;
> +	u16 intercept_cr_write;
> +	u16 intercept_dr_read;
> +	u16 intercept_dr_write;
> +	u32 intercept_exceptions;
> +	u64 intercept;
> +
>  };
>  
>  struct vcpu_svm {
> @@ -1459,7 +1468,6 @@ static int nested_svm_exit_handled_real(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
>  					void *arg2,
>  					void *opaque)
>  {
> -	struct vmcb *nested_vmcb = (struct vmcb *)arg1;
>   

That's not enough. You actually have to make the caller not pass it as
argument too. Otherwise a good idea.

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