[Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] xen: cache cr0 value to avoid trap'n'emulate for read_cr0

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

stts() is implemented in terms of read_cr0/write_cr0 to update the
state of the TS bit.  This happens during context switch, and so
is fairly performance critical.  Rather than falling back to
a trap-and-emulate native read_cr0, implement our own by caching
the last-written value from write_cr0 (the TS bit is the only one
we really care about).

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index cbb31eb..9c6de48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -656,10 +656,26 @@ static void xen_clts(void)
        xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, xen_cr0_value);
+
+static unsigned long xen_read_cr0(void)
+{
+       unsigned long cr0 = percpu_read(xen_cr0_value);
+
+       if (unlikely(cr0 == 0)) {
+               cr0 = native_read_cr0();
+               percpu_write(xen_cr0_value, cr0);
+       }
+
+       return cr0;
+}
+
 static void xen_write_cr0(unsigned long cr0)
 {
        struct multicall_space mcs;
 
+       percpu_write(xen_cr0_value, cr0);
+
        /* Only pay attention to cr0.TS; everything else is
           ignored. */
        mcs = xen_mc_entry(0);
@@ -845,7 +861,7 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initdata = {
 
        .clts = xen_clts,
 
-       .read_cr0 = native_read_cr0,
+       .read_cr0 = xen_read_cr0,
        .write_cr0 = xen_write_cr0,
 
        .read_cr4 = native_read_cr4,
-- 
1.6.0.6


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