[edk2-devel] [PATCH v15 38/46] OvmfPkg/Sec: Enable cache early to speed up booting

[Lendacky, Thomas]

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky at amd.com>

BZ: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2198

Currently, the OVMF code relies on the hypervisor to enable the cache
support on the processor in order to improve the boot speed. However,
with SEV-ES, the hypervisor is not allowed to change the CR0 register
to enable caching.

Update the OVMF Sec support to enable caching in order to improve the
boot speed when running as an SEV-ES guest.

Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen at intel.com>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky at amd.com>
---
 OvmfPkg/Sec/SecMain.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Sec/SecMain.c b/OvmfPkg/Sec/SecMain.c
index 169c04b9cec7..63aca7020727 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Sec/SecMain.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Sec/SecMain.c
@@ -906,6 +906,13 @@ SecCoreStartupWithStack (
     // For non SEV-ES guests, just load the IDTR.
     //
     AsmWriteIdtr (&IdtDescriptor);
+  } else {
+    //
+    // Under SEV-ES, the hypervisor can't modify CR0 and so can't enable
+    // caching in order to speed up the boot. Enable caching early for
+    // an SEV-ES guest.
+    //
+    AsmEnableCache ();
   }
 
   DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO,
-- 
2.28.0


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