[PATCH 0/2] KVM: X86: Don't reset mmu context when changing PGE or PCID

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Sat Sep 18 2021 - 22:42:53 EST


From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patchset uses kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() instead of kvm_mmu_reset_context()
when X86_CR4_PGE is changed or X86_CR4_PCIDE is changed 1->0.

Neither X86_CR4_PGE nor X86_CR4_PCIDE participates in kvm_mmu_role, so
kvm_mmu_reset_context() is not required to be invoked. Only flushing tlb
is required as SDM says.

The patchset has nothing to do with performance, because the overheads of
kvm_mmu_reset_context() and kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() are the same. And
even in the [near] future, kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() will be optimized,
the code is not in the hot path.

This patchset makes the code more clear when to reset the mmu context.
And it makes KVM_MMU_CR4_ROLE_BITS consistent with kvm_mmu_role.

Lai Jiangshan (2):
KVM: X86: Don't reset mmu context when X86_CR4_PCIDE 1->0
KVM: X86: Don't reset mmu context when toggling X86_CR4_PGE

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 5 ++---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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