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[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.6] x86/vmx: Defer vmx_vmcs_exit() as long as possible in construct_vmcs()



commit 3bd7cf6a11769e898c3869ef3f790f23eb7daf2b
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon May 28 15:02:34 2018 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Aug 14 17:39:56 2018 +0100

    x86/vmx: Defer vmx_vmcs_exit() as long as possible in construct_vmcs()
    
    paging_update_paging_modes() and vmx_vlapic_msr_changed() both operate on 
the
    VMCS being constructed.  Avoid dropping and re-acquiring the reference
    multiple times.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
    (cherry picked from commit f30e3cf34042846e391e3f8361fc6a76d181a7ee)
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
index 60ef8a8c5b..d419f80be3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ static int construct_vmcs(struct vcpu *v)
     unsigned long sysenter_eip;
     u32 vmexit_ctl = vmx_vmexit_control;
     u32 vmentry_ctl = vmx_vmentry_control;
+    int rc = 0;
 
     vmx_vmcs_enter(v);
 
@@ -1074,8 +1075,8 @@ static int construct_vmcs(struct vcpu *v)
 
         if ( msr_bitmap == NULL )
         {
-            vmx_vmcs_exit(v);
-            return -ENOMEM;
+            rc = -ENOMEM;
+            goto out;
         }
 
         memset(msr_bitmap, ~0, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -1271,8 +1272,6 @@ static int construct_vmcs(struct vcpu *v)
     if ( cpu_has_vmx_mpx )
         __vmwrite(GUEST_BNDCFGS, 0);
 
-    vmx_vmcs_exit(v);
-
     /* PVH: paging mode is updated by arch_set_info_guest(). */
     if ( is_hvm_domain(d) )
     {
@@ -1282,7 +1281,10 @@ static int construct_vmcs(struct vcpu *v)
         vmx_vlapic_msr_changed(v);
     }
 
-    return 0;
+ out:
+    vmx_vmcs_exit(v);
+
+    return rc;
 }
 
 int vmx_read_guest_msr(u32 msr, u64 *val)
--
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