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Paolo Bonzini 04d7f0cfd5 KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT
commit 15038e1472 upstream.

For many years some users of assigned devices have reported worse
performance on AMD processors with NPT than on AMD without NPT,
Intel or bare metal.

The reason turned out to be that SVM is discarding the guest PAT
setting and uses the default (PA0=PA4=WB, PA1=PA5=WT, PA2=PA6=UC-,
PA3=UC).  The guest might be using a different setting, and
especially might want write combining but isn't getting it
(instead getting slow UC or UC- accesses).

Thanks a lot to geoff@hostfission.com for noticing the relation
to the g_pat setting.  The patch has been tested also by a bunch
of people on VFIO users forums.

Fixes: 709ddebf81
Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196409
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Nick Sarnie <commendsarnex@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2017-11-30 08:40:53 +00:00
arch KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT 2017-11-30 08:40:53 +00:00
block block: Fix a race between blk_cleanup_queue() and timeout handling 2017-11-30 08:40:52 +00:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto crypto: dh - Don't permit 'key' or 'g' size longer than 'p' 2017-11-21 09:49:21 +01:00
Documentation Documentation: enforcement-statement: name updates 2017-11-05 10:21:06 -08:00
drivers irqchip/gic-v3: Fix ppi-partitions lookup 2017-11-30 08:40:53 +00:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs lockd: double unregister of inetaddr notifiers 2017-11-30 08:40:53 +00:00
include genirq: Track whether the trigger type has been set 2017-11-30 08:40:52 +00:00
init License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some files 2017-11-02 10:04:46 -07:00
ipc License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kernel genirq: Track whether the trigger type has been set 2017-11-30 08:40:52 +00:00
lib lib/mpi: call cond_resched() from mpi_powm() loop 2017-11-30 08:40:39 +00:00
mm mm/z3fold.c: use kref to prevent page free/compact race 2017-11-30 08:40:44 +00:00
net net/9p: Switch to wait_event_killable() 2017-11-30 08:40:49 +00:00
samples License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some files 2017-11-02 10:04:46 -07:00
scripts scripts: add leaking_addresses.pl 2017-11-06 11:46:42 -08:00
security ima: do not update security.ima if appraisal status is not INTEGRITY_PASS 2017-11-24 08:37:03 +01:00
sound ASoC: sun8i-codec: Set the BCLK divider 2017-11-30 08:40:49 +00:00
tools selftests/x86/protection_keys: Fix syscall NR redefinition warnings 2017-11-21 09:49:22 +01:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt Fixes for interrupt controller emulation in ARM/ARM64 and x86, plus a one-liner 2017-11-04 11:44:55 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap .mailmap: Add Maciej W. Rozycki's Imagination e-mail address 2017-11-10 12:16:15 -08:00
COPYING [PATCH] update FSF address in COPYING 2005-09-10 10:06:29 -07:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-09 18:26:51 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.14.2 2017-11-24 08:37:05 +01:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.