[PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: Use try_cmpxchg64 in pi_try_set_control

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Fri May 20 2022 - 10:37:59 EST


Use try_cmpxchg64 instead of cmpxchg64 (*ptr, old, new) != old
in pi_try_set_control. cmpxchg returns success in ZF flag, so this
change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move instruction
in front of cmpxchg):

b9: 88 44 24 60 mov %al,0x60(%rsp)
bd: 48 89 c8 mov %rcx,%rax
c0: c6 44 24 62 f2 movb $0xf2,0x62(%rsp)
c5: 48 8b 74 24 60 mov 0x60(%rsp),%rsi
ca: f0 49 0f b1 34 24 lock cmpxchg %rsi,(%r12)
d0: 48 39 c1 cmp %rax,%rcx
d3: 75 cf jne a4 <vmx_vcpu_pi_load+0xa4>

patched:

c1: 88 54 24 60 mov %dl,0x60(%rsp)
c5: c6 44 24 62 f2 movb $0xf2,0x62(%rsp)
ca: 48 8b 54 24 60 mov 0x60(%rsp),%rdx
cf: f0 48 0f b1 13 lock cmpxchg %rdx,(%rbx)
d4: 75 d5 jne ab <vmx_vcpu_pi_load+0xab>

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- use address of local variable &old

The patch is agains tip tree.
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
index 3834bb30ce54..259315ea5e44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int pi_try_set_control(struct pi_desc *pi_desc, u64 old, u64 new)
* update must be retried with a fresh snapshot an ON change causes
* the cmpxchg to fail.
*/
- if (cmpxchg64(&pi_desc->control, old, new) != old)
+ if (!try_cmpxchg64(&pi_desc->control, &old, new))
return -EBUSY;

return 0;
--
2.35.3