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Commit 52a9fcbc authored by Sean Christopherson's avatar Sean Christopherson Committed by Paolo Bonzini
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KVM: VMX: Optimize VMX instruction error and fault handling

Rework the VMX instruction helpers using asm-goto to branch directly
to error/fault "handlers" in lieu of using __ex(), i.e. the generic
____kvm_handle_fault_on_reboot().  Branching directly to fault handling
code during fixup avoids the extra JMP that is inserted after every VMX
instruction when using the generic "fault on reboot" (see commit
3901336e

, "x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup").

Opportunistically clean up the helpers so that they all have consistent
error handling and messages.

Leave the usage of ____kvm_handle_fault_on_reboot() (via __ex()) in
kvm_cpu_vmxoff() and nested_vmx_check_vmentry_hw() as is.  The VMXOFF
case is not a fast path, i.e. the cleanliness of __ex() is worth the
JMP, and the extra JMP in nested_vmx_check_vmentry_hw() is unavoidable.

Note, VMREAD cannot get the asm-goto treatment as output operands aren't
compatible with GCC's asm-goto due to internal compiler restrictions.

Acked-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
parent 4b526de5
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