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KVM: x86: update pvclock area conditionally, on cpu migration

As requested by Glauber, do not update kvmclock area on vcpu->pcpu
migration, in case the host has stable TSC.

This is to reduce cacheline bouncing.

Acked-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Marcelo Tosatti 12 жил өмнө
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1 өөрчлөгдсөн 6 нэмэгдсэн , 1 устгасан
  1. 6 1
      arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

+ 6 - 1
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

@@ -2627,7 +2627,12 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 			kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
 			vcpu->arch.tsc_catchup = 1;
 		}
-		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
+		/*
+		 * On a host with synchronized TSC, there is no need to update
+		 * kvmclock on vcpu->cpu migration
+		 */
+		if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.use_master_clock || vcpu->cpu == -1)
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
 		if (vcpu->cpu != cpu)
 			kvm_migrate_timers(vcpu);
 		vcpu->cpu = cpu;