KVM: Avoid useless memory write when possible
When writing to normal memory and the memory area is unchanged the write
can be safely skipped, avoiding the costly kvm_mmu_pte_write.
Signed-Off-By: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7826f16..5603000 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1170,8 +1170,10 @@
return 0;
mark_page_dirty(vcpu->kvm, gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT);
virt = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- kvm_mmu_pte_write(vcpu, gpa, virt + offset, val, bytes);
- memcpy(virt + offset_in_page(gpa), val, bytes);
+ if (memcmp(virt + offset_in_page(gpa), val, bytes)) {
+ kvm_mmu_pte_write(vcpu, gpa, virt + offset, val, bytes);
+ memcpy(virt + offset_in_page(gpa), val, bytes);
+ }
kunmap_atomic(virt, KM_USER0);
return 1;
}