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[PATCH] RFC x86/msr: Use WRMSRNS $imm when available



Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is on top of the FRED series for the wrmsrns() cleanup, but otherwise
unrelated.

The code generation isn't entirely ideal

  Function                                     old     new   delta
  init_fred                                    255     274     +19
  vmx_set_reg                                  248     256      +8
  enter_state_helper.cold                     1014    1018      +4
  __start_xen                                 8893    8897      +4

but made worse by the the prior codegen for wrmsrns(MSR_STAR, ...) being mad:

  mov    $0xc0000081,%ecx
  mov    $0xe023e008,%edx
  movabs $0xe023e00800000000,%rax
  cs wrmsr

The two sources of code expansion come from the compiler not being able to
construct %eax and %edx separately, and not being able propagate constants.

Loading 0 is possibly common enough to warrant another specialisation where we
can use "a" (0), "d" (0) and forgo the MOV+SHR.

I'm probably overthinking things.  The addition will be in the noise in
practice, and Intel are sure the advantage of MSR_IMM will not be.
---
 xen/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h      |  7 ++++
 xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h              | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h 
b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 0482bbf7cbf1..fe87b15ec72c 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ extern void alternative_instructions(void);
         ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature)                        \
         :: input )
 
+#define alternative_input_2(oldinstr, newinstr1, feature1,              \
+                            newinstr2, feature2, input...)              \
+    asm_inline volatile (                                               \
+        ALTERNATIVE_2(oldinstr, newinstr1, feature1,                    \
+                      newinstr2, feature2)                              \
+        :: input )
+
 /* Like alternative_input, but with a single output argument */
 #define alternative_io(oldinstr, newinstr, feature, output, input...)   \
     asm_inline volatile (                                               \
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 01f510315ffe..434fcac854e1 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -38,9 +38,46 @@ static inline void wrmsrl(unsigned int msr, uint64_t val)
         wrmsr(msr, lo, hi);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Non-serialising WRMSR with a compile-time constant index, when available.
+ * Falls back to plain WRMSRNS, or to a serialising WRMSR.
+ */
+static always_inline void __wrmsrns_imm(uint32_t msr, uint64_t val)
+{
+    /*
+     * For best performance, WRMSRNS %r64, $msr is recommended.  For
+     * compatibility, we need to fall back to plain WRMSRNS, or to WRMSR.
+     *
+     * The combined ABI is awkward, because WRMSRNS $imm takes a single r64,
+     * whereas WRMSR{,NS} takes a split edx:eax pair.
+     *
+     * Always use WRMSRNS %rax, $imm, because it has the most in common with
+     * the legacy forms.  When MSR_IMM isn't available, emit setup logic for
+     * %ecx and %edx too.
+     */
+    alternative_input_2(
+        "mov $%c[msr], %%ecx\n\t"
+        "mov %%rax, %%rdx\n\t"
+        "shr $32, %%rdx\n\t"
+        ".byte 0x2e; wrmsr",
+
+        /* WRMSRNS %rax, $msr */
+        ".byte 0xc4,0xe7,0x7a,0xf6,0xc0; .long %c[msr]", X86_FEATURE_MSR_IMM,
+
+        "mov $%c[msr], %%ecx\n\t"
+        "mov %%rax, %%rdx\n\t"
+        "shr $32, %%rdx\n\t"
+        ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc6", X86_FEATURE_WRMSRNS,
+
+        [msr] "i" (msr), "a" (val) : "rcx", "rdx");
+}
+
 /* Non-serialising WRMSR, when available.  Falls back to a serialising WRMSR. 
*/
-static inline void wrmsrns(uint32_t msr, uint64_t val)
+static always_inline void wrmsrns(uint32_t msr, uint64_t val)
 {
+    if ( __builtin_constant_p(msr) )
+        return __wrmsrns_imm(msr, val);
+
     /*
      * WRMSR is 2 bytes.  WRMSRNS is 3 bytes.  Pad WRMSR with a redundant CS
      * prefix to avoid a trailing NOP.
diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h 
b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
index 9cd778586f10..af69cf3822eb 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(MCDT_NO,            13*32+ 5) /*A  MCDT_NO */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(UC_LOCK_DIS,        13*32+ 6) /*   UC-lock disable */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1.ecx, word 14 */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(MSR_IMM,            14*32+ 5) /*   {RD,WR}MSR $imm32 */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1.edx, word 15 */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX_VNNI_INT8,      15*32+ 4) /*A  AVX-VNNI-INT8 Instructions */
-- 
2.39.5




 


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