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| author | Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> | 2021-10-22 20:55:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> | 2021-10-23 14:50:19 +0200 |
| commit | 69f6ed1d14c6bcf712f4bb22a231c15eeab401e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 0433d82091543673e37daae13a80343add92727c /tools/perf/scripts/python/sched-migration.py | |
| parent | 75c52dad5e327605f1025f399dafdf4aaf5dae9c (diff) | |
x86/fpu: Provide infrastructure for KVM FPU cleanup
For the upcoming AMX support it's necessary to do a proper integration with
KVM. Currently KVM allocates two FPU structs which are used for saving the user
state of the vCPU thread and restoring the guest state when entering
vcpu_run() and doing the reverse operation before leaving vcpu_run().
With the new fpstate mechanism this can be reduced to one extra buffer by
swapping the fpstate pointer in current::thread::fpu. This makes the
upcoming support for AMX and XFD simpler because then fpstate information
(features, sizes, xfd) are always consistent and it does not require any
nasty workarounds.
Provide:
- An allocator which initializes the state properly
- A replacement for the existing FPU swap mechanim
Aside of the reduced memory footprint, this also makes state switching
more efficient when TIF_FPU_NEED_LOAD is set. It does not require a
memcpy as the state is already correct in the to be swapped out fpstate.
The existing interfaces will be removed once KVM is converted over.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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