On 11.07.2013, at 13:49, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Unlike the other general-purpose SPRs, SPRG3 can be read by usermode > code, and is used in recent kernels to store the CPU and NUMA node > numbers so that they can be read by VDSO functions. Thus we need to > load the guest's SPRG3 value into the real SPRG3 register when entering > the guest, and restore the host's value when exiting the guest. We don't > need to save the guest SPRG3 value when exiting the guest as usermode > code can't modify SPRG3.
This loads SPRG3 on every guest exit, which can happen a lot with instruction emulation. Since the kernel doesn't rely on the contents of SPRG3 we only have to care about it when not in KVM code, right? So could we move this to kvmppc_core_vcpu_load/put instead? Alex > > Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 + > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c > index 6f16ffa..a67c76e 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c > @@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ int main(void) > DEFINE(VCPU_SPRG2, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch.shregs.sprg2)); > DEFINE(VCPU_SPRG3, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch.shregs.sprg3)); > #endif > + DEFINE(VCPU_SHARED_SPRG3, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared, sprg3)); > DEFINE(VCPU_SHARED_SPRG4, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared, sprg4)); > DEFINE(VCPU_SHARED_SPRG5, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared, sprg5)); > DEFINE(VCPU_SHARED_SPRG6, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared, sprg6)); > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S > b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S > index 48cbbf8..17cfae5 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S > @@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ kvm_start_lightweight: > PPC_LL r3, VCPU_HFLAGS(r4) > rldicl r3, r3, 0, 63 /* r3 &= 1 */ > stb r3, HSTATE_RESTORE_HID5(r13) > + > + /* Load up guest SPRG3 value, since it's user readable */ > + ld r3, VCPU_SHARED(r4) > + ld r3, VCPU_SHARED_SPRG3(r3) > + mtspr SPRN_SPRG3, r3 > #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */ > > PPC_LL r4, VCPU_SHADOW_MSR(r4) /* get shadow_msr */ > @@ -123,6 +128,15 @@ kvmppc_handler_highmem: > /* R7 = vcpu */ > PPC_LL r7, GPR4(r1) > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 > + /* > + * Reload kernel SPRG3 value. > + * No need to save guest value as usermode can't modify SPRG3. > + */ > + ld r3, PACA_SPRG3(r13) > + mtspr SPRN_SPRG3, r3 > +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */ > + > PPC_STL r14, VCPU_GPR(R14)(r7) > PPC_STL r15, VCPU_GPR(R15)(r7) > PPC_STL r16, VCPU_GPR(R16)(r7) > -- > 1.8.3.1 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
