Re: [PATCH 00/10] KVM: x86: Misc anti-retpoline optimizations

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon May 04 2020 - 11:09:45 EST


On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 03:25:58PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/05/20 06:32, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > A smattering of optimizations geared toward avoiding retpolines, though
> > IMO most of the patches are worthwhile changes irrespective of retpolines.
> > I can split this up into separate patches if desired, outside of the
> > obvious combos there are no dependencies.
>
> Most of them are good stuff anyway, I agree.
>
> Since I like to believe that static calls _are_ close, I queued these:
>
> KVM: x86: Save L1 TSC offset in 'struct kvm_vcpu_arch'
> KVM: nVMX: Unconditionally validate CR3 during nested transitions
> KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR4
> KVM: VMX: Add proper cache tracking for CR0
> KVM: VMX: Move nested EPT out of kvm_x86_ops.get_tdp_level() hook
> KVM: x86/mmu: Capture TDP level when updating CPUID
>
> and I don't disagree with the DR6 one though it can be even improved a
> bit so I'll send a patch myself.

Sounds good, thanks!