KVM: x86: optimize PKU branching in kvm_load_{guest|host}_xsave_state
kvm_load_{guest|host}_xsave_state handles xsave on vm entry and exit, part of which is managing memory protection key state. The latest arch.pkru is updated with a rdpkru, and if that doesn't match the base host_pkru (which about 70% of the time), we issue a __write_pkru. To improve performance, implement the following optimizations: 1. Reorder if conditions prior to wrpkru in both kvm_load_{guest|host}_xsave_state. Flip the ordering of the || condition so that XFEATURE_MASK_PKRU is checked first, which when instrumented in our environment appeared to be always true and less overall work than kvm_read_cr4_bits. For kvm_load_guest_xsave_state, hoist arch.pkru != host_pkru ahead one position. When instrumented, I saw this be true roughly ~70% of the time vs the other conditions which were almost always true. With this change, we will avoid 3rd condition check ~30% of the time. 2. Wrap PKU sections with CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS, as if the user compiles out this feature, we should not have these branches at all. Signed-off-by:Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com> Message-Id: <20220324004439.6709-1-jon@nutanix.com> Signed-off-by:
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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