RE: [PATCH v2 09/25] KVM: VMX: Switch FRED RSP0 between host and guest

[Li, Xin3]

> >+		if (unlikely(vmx->msr_host_fred_rsp0 == 0))
> >+			vmx->msr_host_fred_rsp0 =
> read_msr(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0);
> 
> can we just drop this and use "(unsigned long)task_stack_page(current) +
> THREAD_SIZE"
> as host fred rsp0?

I thought about it, however, don't see a strong reason that it's better,
 i.e., is RDMSR slower than reading 'stack' from current task_struct?

> 
> >+		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0, vmx->msr_guest_fred_rsp0);
> 
> any reason to not use wrmsrns?

Good call!


> >+	}
> > #else
> > 	savesegment(fs, fs_sel);
> > 	savesegment(gs, gs_sel);
> >@@ -1381,6 +1391,11 @@ static void vmx_prepare_switch_to_host(struct
> vcpu_vmx *vmx)
> > 	invalidate_tss_limit();
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > 	wrmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, vmx->msr_host_kernel_gs_base);
> >+
> >+	if (guest_can_use(&vmx->vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FRED)) {
> >+		vmx->msr_guest_fred_rsp0 = read_msr(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0);
> >+		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0, vmx->msr_host_fred_rsp0);
> 
> same question.

Will do!

Thanks!
    Xin