KVM: X86: Micro-optimize IPI fastpath delay
This patch optimizes the virtual IPI fastpath emulation sequence:
write ICR2 send virtual IPI
read ICR2 write ICR2
send virtual IPI ==> write ICR
write ICR
We can observe ~0.67% performance improvement for IPI microbenchmark
(https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20171219085010.4081-1-ynorov@caviumnetworks.com/)
on Skylake server.
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
Message-Id: <1585189202-1708-4-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 41bd49e..b754e49a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ void kvm_apic_set_eoi_accelerated(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vector)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_apic_set_eoi_accelerated);
-static void apic_send_ipi(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 icr_low, u32 icr_high)
+void kvm_apic_send_ipi(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 icr_low, u32 icr_high)
{
struct kvm_lapic_irq irq;
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ int kvm_lapic_reg_write(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 reg, u32 val)
case APIC_ICR:
/* No delay here, so we always clear the pending bit */
val &= ~(1 << 12);
- apic_send_ipi(apic, val, kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_ICR2));
+ kvm_apic_send_ipi(apic, val, kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_ICR2));
kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_ICR, val);
break;