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From: alex.bennee@linaro•org (Alex Bennée)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v10 07/18] arm64: fpsimd: Eliminate task->mm checks
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 10:19:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bmd5tnq9.fsf@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1527005119-6842-8-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com>


Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm•com> writes:

> Currently the FPSIMD handling code uses the condition task->mm ==
> NULL as a hint that task has no FPSIMD register context.
>
> The ->mm check is only there to filter out tasks that cannot
> possibly have FPSIMD context loaded, for optimisation purposes.
> Also, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE must always be checked anyway before
> saving FPSIMD context back to memory.  For these reasons, the ->mm
> checks are not useful, providing that that TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is
> maintained in a consistent way for kernel threads.
>
> This is true by construction however: TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is never
> cleared except when returning to userspace or returning from a
> signal: thus, for a true kernel thread no FPSIMD context is ever
> loaded, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE will remain set and no context will
> ever be saved.
>
> This patch removes the redundant checks and special-case code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm•com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm•com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm•com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro•org>

With Christoffer's commit text:

Reviewed-by: Alex Benn?e <alex.bennee@linaro•org>

>
> ---
>
> Changes since v9:
>
>  * New patch.  Introduced during debugging, since the ->mm checks
>    appear bogus and/or redundant, so are likely to be hiding or
>    causing bugs.
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c           | 38 ++++++++++++------------------------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index 740aa03c..a2ac914 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct thread_info {
>
>  #define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)						\
>  {									\
> +	.flags		= _TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE,				\
>  	.preempt_count	= INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT,				\
>  	.addr_limit	= KERNEL_DS,					\
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> index 3aa100a..1222491 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> @@ -891,31 +891,21 @@ asmlinkage void do_fpsimd_exc(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>
>  void fpsimd_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
>  {
> +	bool wrong_task, wrong_cpu;
> +
>  	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
>  		return;
> -	/*
> -	 * Save the current FPSIMD state to memory, but only if whatever is in
> -	 * the registers is in fact the most recent userland FPSIMD state of
> -	 * 'current'.
> -	 */
> -	if (current->mm)
> -		fpsimd_save();
>
> -	if (next->mm) {
> -		/*
> -		 * If we are switching to a task whose most recent userland
> -		 * FPSIMD state is already in the registers of *this* cpu,
> -		 * we can skip loading the state from memory. Otherwise, set
> -		 * the TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE flag so the state will be loaded
> -		 * upon the next return to userland.
> -		 */
> -		bool wrong_task = __this_cpu_read(fpsimd_last_state.st) !=
> +	/* Save unsaved fpsimd state, if any: */
> +	fpsimd_save();
> +
> +	/* Fix up TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE to correctly describe next's state: */
> +	wrong_task = __this_cpu_read(fpsimd_last_state.st) !=
>  					&next->thread.uw.fpsimd_state;
> -		bool wrong_cpu = next->thread.fpsimd_cpu != smp_processor_id();
> +	wrong_cpu = next->thread.fpsimd_cpu != smp_processor_id();
>
> -		update_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE,
> -				       wrong_task || wrong_cpu);
> -	}
> +	update_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE,
> +			       wrong_task || wrong_cpu);
>  }
>
>  void fpsimd_flush_thread(void)
> @@ -1120,9 +1110,8 @@ void kernel_neon_begin(void)
>
>  	__this_cpu_write(kernel_neon_busy, true);
>
> -	/* Save unsaved task fpsimd state, if any: */
> -	if (current->mm)
> -		fpsimd_save();
> +	/* Save unsaved fpsimd state, if any: */
> +	fpsimd_save();
>
>  	/* Invalidate any task state remaining in the fpsimd regs: */
>  	fpsimd_flush_cpu_state();
> @@ -1244,8 +1233,7 @@ static int fpsimd_cpu_pm_notifier(struct notifier_block *self,
>  {
>  	switch (cmd) {
>  	case CPU_PM_ENTER:
> -		if (current->mm)
> -			fpsimd_save();
> +		fpsimd_save();
>  		fpsimd_flush_cpu_state();
>  		break;
>  	case CPU_PM_EXIT:


--
Alex Benn?e

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-24  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-22 16:05 [PATCH v10 00/18] KVM: arm64: Optimise FPSIMD context switching Dave Martin
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 01/18] arm64: fpsimd: Fix TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE after invalidating cpu regs Dave Martin
2018-05-23 11:33   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-23 13:44   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-23 13:46   ` Catalin Marinas
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 02/18] thread_info: Add update_thread_flag() helpers Dave Martin
2018-05-23 13:46   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-23 13:57     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-23 14:35       ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 03/18] arm64: Use update{,_tsk}_thread_flag() Dave Martin
2018-05-23 13:48   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 04/18] KVM: arm/arm64: Introduce kvm_arch_vcpu_run_pid_change Dave Martin
2018-05-23 14:34   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-23 14:40     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-24  8:11       ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24  9:18         ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24 10:04           ` Dave Martin
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 05/18] KVM: arm64: Convert lazy FPSIMD context switch trap to C Dave Martin
2018-05-23 19:35   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24  8:12     ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24  8:54       ` Dave Martin
2018-05-24  9:14         ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 06/18] arm64: fpsimd: Generalise context saving for non-task contexts Dave Martin
2018-05-23 20:15   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24  9:03     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-24  9:41       ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 07/18] arm64: fpsimd: Eliminate task->mm checks Dave Martin
2018-05-23 11:48   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-23 13:31     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-23 14:56       ` Catalin Marinas
2018-05-23 15:03         ` Dave Martin
2018-05-23 16:42           ` Catalin Marinas
2018-05-24  8:33           ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24  9:16             ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24  9:50             ` Dave Martin
2018-05-24 10:06               ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24 14:37                 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-25  9:00                   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-25  9:45                     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-25 11:28                       ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24  9:19   ` Alex Bennée [this message]
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 08/18] arm64/sve: Refactor user SVE trap maintenance for external use Dave Martin
2018-05-23 20:16   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 09/18] KVM: arm64: Repurpose vcpu_arch.debug_flags for general-purpose flags Dave Martin
2018-05-24  9:21   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 10/18] KVM: arm64: Optimise FPSIMD handling to reduce guest/host thrashing Dave Martin
2018-05-24 10:09   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24 10:18     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 11/18] arm64/sve: Move read_zcr_features() out of cpufeature.h Dave Martin
2018-05-24 10:12   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 12/18] arm64/sve: Switch sve_pffr() argument from task to thread Dave Martin
2018-05-24 10:12   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 13/18] arm64/sve: Move sve_pffr() to fpsimd.h and make inline Dave Martin
2018-05-24 10:20   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-24 11:22     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 14/18] KVM: arm64: Save host SVE context as appropriate Dave Martin
2018-05-23 14:59   ` Catalin Marinas
2018-05-24  9:11   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24 14:49   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 15/18] KVM: arm64: Remove eager host SVE state saving Dave Martin
2018-05-24 14:54   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 16/18] KVM: arm64: Remove redundant *exit_code changes in fpsimd_guest_exit() Dave Martin
2018-05-24  9:11   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24 15:02   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 17/18] KVM: arm64: Fold redundant exit code checks out of fixup_guest_exit() Dave Martin
2018-05-24  9:12   ` Christoffer Dall
2018-05-24 15:06   ` Alex Bennée
2018-05-22 16:05 ` [PATCH v10 18/18] KVM: arm64: Invoke FPSIMD context switch trap from C Dave Martin
2018-05-24 15:09   ` Alex Bennée

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