Messages in this thread | | | From | "Liu, Jing2" <> | Subject | RE: [patch 13/31] x86/fpu: Move KVMs FPU swapping to FPU core | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:21:02 +0000 |
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> > 1. KVM dynamic allocation API: > > Since KVM also uses dynamic allocation, after KVM detects guest > > requesting AMX by #NM trap, KVM need alloc extra buffer for this > > vcpu's current->thread.fpu.fpstate and guest_fpu related. > > So far, the kernel itself has such API like fpstate_realloc(), but > > it's static. How about making a common function usable for KVM? > > Just making that function usable without a proper design how this should > work at all does not solve anything. > > We first need a conclusion vs. buffer reallocation. > > Once that is sorted then we can create proper infrastructure for that in the > FPU core code and not just expose a random function to KVM and hack it into > submssion. Yes, we need a consensus on the way we choose and then to see if need a kernel function for KVM usage.
Thanks, Jing
> > Thanks, > > tglx
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