Thread (152 messages) 152 messages, 8 authors, 2020-06-12

Re: [PATCH v3 64/75] x86/sev-es: Cache CPUID results for improved performance

From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Date: 2020-06-12 09:12:19
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:17:14PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
From: Mike Stunes <redacted>

To avoid a future VMEXIT for a subsequent CPUID function, cache the
results returned by CPUID into an xarray.

 [tl: coding standard changes, register zero extension]

Signed-off-by: Mike Stunes <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
[ jroedel@suse.de: - Wrapped cache handling into vc_handle_cpuid_cached()
                   - Used lower_32_bits() where applicable
		   - Moved cache_index out of struct es_em_ctxt ]
Co-developed-by: Joerg Roedel <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <redacted>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/sev-es-shared.c |  12 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/sev-es.c        | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Okay, following the discussion, I am dropping this patch for now. We can
revisit CPUID caching later when we have a better justification.

Regards,

	Joerg
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