KVM: VMX: remove yield_on_hlt
yield_on_hlt was introduced for CPU bandwidth capping. Now it is
redundant with CFS hardlimit.
yield_on_hlt also complicates the scenario in paravirtual environment,
that needs to trap halt. for e.g. paravirtualized ticket spinlocks.
Acked-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 575fb74..d2bd719 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@
static bool __read_mostly vmm_exclusive = 1;
module_param(vmm_exclusive, bool, S_IRUGO);
-static bool __read_mostly yield_on_hlt = 1;
-module_param(yield_on_hlt, bool, S_IRUGO);
-
static bool __read_mostly fasteoi = 1;
module_param(fasteoi, bool, S_IRUGO);
@@ -1655,17 +1652,6 @@
vmx_set_interrupt_shadow(vcpu, 0);
}
-static void vmx_clear_hlt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- /* Ensure that we clear the HLT state in the VMCS. We don't need to
- * explicitly skip the instruction because if the HLT state is set, then
- * the instruction is already executing and RIP has already been
- * advanced. */
- if (!yield_on_hlt &&
- vmcs_read32(GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE) == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT)
- vmcs_write32(GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE, GUEST_ACTIVITY_ACTIVE);
-}
-
/*
* KVM wants to inject page-faults which it got to the guest. This function
* checks whether in a nested guest, we need to inject them to L1 or L2.
@@ -1718,7 +1704,6 @@
intr_info |= INTR_TYPE_HARD_EXCEPTION;
vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD, intr_info);
- vmx_clear_hlt(vcpu);
}
static bool vmx_rdtscp_supported(void)
@@ -2405,7 +2390,7 @@
&_pin_based_exec_control) < 0)
return -EIO;
- min =
+ min = CPU_BASED_HLT_EXITING |
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
CPU_BASED_CR8_LOAD_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_CR8_STORE_EXITING |
@@ -2420,9 +2405,6 @@
CPU_BASED_INVLPG_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_RDPMC_EXITING;
- if (yield_on_hlt)
- min |= CPU_BASED_HLT_EXITING;
-
opt = CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |
CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS |
CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS;
@@ -4009,7 +3991,6 @@
} else
intr |= INTR_TYPE_EXT_INTR;
vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD, intr);
- vmx_clear_hlt(vcpu);
}
static void vmx_inject_nmi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -4041,7 +4022,6 @@
}
vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD,
INTR_TYPE_NMI_INTR | INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK | NMI_VECTOR);
- vmx_clear_hlt(vcpu);
}
static int vmx_nmi_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)