Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:17:20 +0100 | From | Dave Martin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] arch/arm64: fpsimd: Introduce fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() and use it |
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 02:57:18PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote: > tent-Length: 4295 > Lines: 128 > > The only external user of fpsimd_save() and fpsimd_flush_cpu_state() is > the KVM FPSIMD code. > > A following patch will introduce a mechanism to acquire owernship of the > FPSIMD/SVE context for performing context management operations. Rather > than having to export the new helpers to get/put the context, we can just > introduce a new function to combine fpsimd_save() and > fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(). > > This has also the advantage to remove any external call of fpsimd_save() > and fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(), so they can be turned static. > > Lastly, the new function can also be used in the PM notifier. > > Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> > > --- > kernel_neon_begin() does not use fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() > because the next patch will modify the function to also grab the > FPSIMD/SVE context. > > Changes in v3: > - Rework the commit message > - Move the prototype of fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() > further down in the header > - Remove comment in kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp() > > Changes in v2: > - Patch added > --- > arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h | 5 ++--- > arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- > arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c | 4 +--- > 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h > index b73d12fcc7f9..c311d36ecffe 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h > @@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ struct task_struct; > extern void fpsimd_save_state(struct user_fpsimd_state *state); > extern void fpsimd_load_state(struct user_fpsimd_state *state); > > -extern void fpsimd_save(void); > - > extern void fpsimd_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next); > extern void fpsimd_flush_thread(void); > > @@ -63,7 +61,8 @@ extern void fpsimd_bind_state_to_cpu(struct user_fpsimd_state *state, > void *sve_state, unsigned int sve_vl); > > extern void fpsimd_flush_task_state(struct task_struct *target); > -extern void fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(void); > + > +extern void fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state(void);
Nit: You could drop this blank line: these are all "state maintenance" operations, roughly speaking.
But don't bother unless you respin for some other reason.
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With or without that,
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Cheers ---Dave
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