Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: VMX: hyper-v: Enlightened MSR-Bitmap support

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Apr 13 2018 - 09:52:56 EST


On 12/04/2018 17:25, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> @@ -5335,6 +5353,9 @@ static void __always_inline vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(unsigned long *msr_bit
> if (!cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap())
> return;
>
> + if (static_branch_unlikely(&enable_emsr_bitmap))
> + evmcs_touch_msr_bitmap();
> +
> /*
> * See Intel PRM Vol. 3, 20.6.9 (MSR-Bitmap Address). Early manuals
> * have the write-low and read-high bitmap offsets the wrong way round.
> @@ -5370,6 +5391,9 @@ static void __always_inline vmx_enable_intercept_for_msr(unsigned long *msr_bitm
> if (!cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap())
> return;
>
> + if (static_branch_unlikely(&enable_emsr_bitmap))
> + evmcs_touch_msr_bitmap();

I'm not sure about the "unlikely". Can you just check current_evmcs
instead (dropping the static key completely)?

The function, also, is small enough that inlining should be beneficial.

Paolo