[Xen-changelog] [xen master] x86/vmx: Don't rewrite HOST_TR_SELECTOR on every context switch

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commit cec618383b3d8e03411a6abb194fd63b15f4444e
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 17 18:06:23 2017 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Dec 1 19:03:27 2017 +0000

    x86/vmx: Don't rewrite HOST_TR_SELECTOR on every context switch
    
    TSS_ENTRY is a compile time constant, so HOST_TR_SELECTOR can be set up 
during
    VMCS construction and left alone thereafter, rather than rewriting it on 
every
    context switch.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
index b5100b5..6042109 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
@@ -806,7 +806,6 @@ static void vmx_set_host_env(struct vcpu *v)
               (unsigned long)(this_cpu(gdt_table) - FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY));
     __vmwrite(HOST_IDTR_BASE, (unsigned long)idt_tables[cpu]);
 
-    __vmwrite(HOST_TR_SELECTOR, TSS_ENTRY << 3);
     __vmwrite(HOST_TR_BASE, (unsigned long)&per_cpu(init_tss, cpu));
 
     __vmwrite(HOST_SYSENTER_ESP, get_stack_bottom());
@@ -1144,6 +1143,7 @@ static int construct_vmcs(struct vcpu *v)
     __vmwrite(HOST_GS_SELECTOR, 0);
     __vmwrite(HOST_FS_BASE, 0);
     __vmwrite(HOST_GS_BASE, 0);
+    __vmwrite(HOST_TR_SELECTOR, TSS_ENTRY << 3);
 
     /* Host control registers. */
     v->arch.hvm_vmx.host_cr0 = read_cr0() | X86_CR0_TS;
--
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