From 2aab2c5b2bac6510b3bd143ca83babee382f4302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gleb Natapov Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:36:25 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: call cache_all_regs() only once during instruction emulation Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index a9a307a..f5f2d3d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -4459,6 +4459,12 @@ static void init_emulate_ctxt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) struct decode_cache *c = &vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.decode; int cs_db, cs_l; + /* + * TODO: fix emulate.c to use guest_read/write_register + * instead of direct ->regs accesses, can save hundred cycles + * on Intel for instructions that don't read/change RSP, for + * for example. + */ cache_all_regs(vcpu); kvm_x86_ops->get_cs_db_l_bits(vcpu, &cs_db, &cs_l); @@ -4562,14 +4568,6 @@ int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu); - /* - * TODO: fix emulate.c to use guest_read/write_register - * instead of direct ->regs accesses, can save hundred cycles - * on Intel for instructions that don't read/change RSP, for - * for example. - */ - cache_all_regs(vcpu); - if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE)) { init_emulate_ctxt(vcpu); vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.interruptibility = 0; -- 2.7.4