KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mftb per guest entry/exit
mftb is serialising (dispatch next-to-complete) so it is heavy weight for a mfspr. Avoid reading it multiple times in the entry or exit paths. A small number of cycles delay to timers is tolerable. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211123095231.1036501-7-npiggin@gmail.com
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