mtrr_set_all() has quite a bit of overhead, which is entirely useless when set_mtrr_state() really does nothing. Furthermore, with mtrr_state.def_type never initialized from hardware, post_set()'s unconditional writing of the MSR means would leave us running in UC mode after the sync.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mtrr/main.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mtrr/main.c @@ -605,13 +605,15 @@ void mtrr_aps_sync_begin(void) void mtrr_aps_sync_end(void) { - set_mtrr(~0U, 0, 0, 0); + if (mtrr_if) + set_mtrr(~0U, 0, 0, 0); hold_mtrr_updates_on_aps = 0; } void mtrr_bp_restore(void) { - mtrr_set_all(); + if (mtrr_if) + mtrr_set_all(); } static int __init cf_check mtrr_init_finialize(void)