[PATCH 4.9 073/107] x86/kvm: Add static key for flush always

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Aug 14 2018 - 13:43:16 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 4c6523ec59fe895ea352a650218a6be0653910b1 upstream

Avoid the conditional in the L1D flush control path.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180713142322.790914912@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ module_param(ple_window_max, int, S_IRUG
extern const ulong vmx_return;

static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_should_flush);
+static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_flush_always);

/* Storage for pre module init parameter parsing */
static enum vmx_l1d_flush_state __read_mostly vmentry_l1d_flush_param = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_AUTO;
@@ -233,8 +234,12 @@ static int vmx_setup_l1d_flush(enum vmx_

l1tf_vmx_mitigation = l1tf;

- if (l1tf != VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NEVER)
- static_branch_enable(&vmx_l1d_should_flush);
+ if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NEVER)
+ return 0;
+
+ static_branch_enable(&vmx_l1d_should_flush);
+ if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS)
+ static_branch_enable(&vmx_l1d_flush_always);
return 0;
}

@@ -8625,7 +8630,6 @@ static void *vmx_l1d_flush_pages;
static void vmx_l1d_flush(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
int size = PAGE_SIZE << L1D_CACHE_ORDER;
- bool always;

/*
* This code is only executed when the the flush mode is 'cond' or
@@ -8635,8 +8639,10 @@ static void vmx_l1d_flush(struct kvm_vcp
* it. The flush bit gets set again either from vcpu_run() or from
* one of the unsafe VMEXIT handlers.
*/
- always = l1tf_vmx_mitigation == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS;
- vcpu->arch.l1tf_flush_l1d = always;
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_flush_always))
+ vcpu->arch.l1tf_flush_l1d = true;
+ else
+ vcpu->arch.l1tf_flush_l1d = false;

vcpu->stat.l1d_flush++;