[PATCH v5 3/7] riscv: vector: refactor vector context operations

Andy Chiu tchiu at tenstorrent.com
Mon Aug 10 10:22:30 PDT 2026


Lift riscv_v_{enable,disable} out of __*vstate_{save,restore,discard} so
that we can reuse some functions without repeatedly turning on/off
vector.

Also, refactor and document about the user context save in preempt_v to
make code more readable.

Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <tchiu at tenstorrent.com>
---
Changelog v5:
 - rebase on top of the kvm fix[1]
Changelog v4:
 - fix an unused variable warning (Olof)
Changelog v3:
 - new patch since v3
---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_vector.h |  8 ++++++--
 arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h          | 15 ++++++++-------
 arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c   |  4 ++++
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c                    |  2 +-
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c             |  6 +++---
 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_vector.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_vector.h
index 6371d5ea5392..f6aba7ade694 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_vector.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_vector.h
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@
 #include <asm/vector.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_host.h>
 
-static __always_inline void __kvm_riscv_vector_save(struct kvm_cpu_context *context)
+static __always_inline void kvm_riscv_vector_save(struct kvm_cpu_context *context)
 {
+	riscv_v_enable();
 	__riscv_v_vstate_save(&context->vector, context->vector.datap);
+	riscv_v_disable();
 }
 
-static __always_inline void __kvm_riscv_vector_restore(struct kvm_cpu_context *context)
+static __always_inline void kvm_riscv_vector_restore(struct kvm_cpu_context *context)
 {
+	riscv_v_enable();
 	__riscv_v_vstate_restore(&context->vector, context->vector.datap);
+	riscv_v_disable();
 }
 
 void kvm_riscv_vcpu_vector_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
index fccf9edb4e6a..e7f9fce5ab43 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_save(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *save_to,
 {
 	unsigned long vl;
 
-	riscv_v_enable();
 	__vstate_csr_save(save_to);
 	if (has_xtheadvector()) {
 		asm volatile (
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_save(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *save_to,
 			".option pop\n\t"
 			: "=&r" (vl) : "r" (datap) : "memory");
 	}
-	riscv_v_disable();
 }
 
 static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_restore(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *restore_from,
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_restore(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *restore_
 {
 	unsigned long vl;
 
-	riscv_v_enable();
 	if (has_xtheadvector()) {
 		asm volatile (
 			"mv t0, %0\n\t"
@@ -269,14 +266,12 @@ static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_restore(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *restore_
 			: "=&r" (vl) : "r" (datap) : "memory");
 	}
 	__vstate_csr_restore(restore_from);
-	riscv_v_disable();
 }
 
 static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_discard(void)
 {
 	unsigned long vl, vtype_inval = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 1);
 
-	riscv_v_enable();
 	if (has_xtheadvector())
 		asm volatile (THEAD_VSETVLI_T4X0E8M8D1 : : : "t4");
 	else
@@ -296,14 +291,14 @@ static inline void __riscv_v_vstate_discard(void)
 		"vsetvl		%0, x0, %1\n\t"
 		".option pop\n\t"
 		: "=&r" (vl) : "r" (vtype_inval));
-
-	riscv_v_disable();
 }
 
 static inline void riscv_v_vstate_discard(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	if (riscv_v_vstate_query(regs)) {
+		riscv_v_enable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_discard();
+		riscv_v_disable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_dirty(regs);
 	}
 }
@@ -312,7 +307,9 @@ static inline void riscv_v_vstate_save(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *vstate,
 				       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	if (__riscv_v_vstate_check(regs->status, DIRTY)) {
+		riscv_v_enable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_save(vstate, vstate->datap);
+		riscv_v_disable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_clean(regs);
 	}
 }
@@ -321,7 +318,9 @@ static inline void riscv_v_vstate_restore(struct __riscv_v_ext_state *vstate,
 					  struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	if (riscv_v_vstate_query(regs)) {
+		riscv_v_enable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_restore(vstate, vstate->datap);
+		riscv_v_disable();
 		__riscv_v_vstate_clean(regs);
 	}
 }
@@ -382,8 +381,10 @@ static inline void __switch_to_vector(struct task_struct *prev,
 			prev->thread.riscv_v_flags |= RISCV_PREEMPT_V_IN_SCHEDULE;
 		}
 		if (riscv_preempt_v_dirty(prev)) {
+			riscv_v_enable();
 			__riscv_v_vstate_save(&prev->thread.kernel_vstate,
 					      prev->thread.kernel_vstate.datap);
+			riscv_v_disable();
 			riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(prev);
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
index 5ad93ddf6a10..369a0756d059 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ static int riscv_v_start_kernel_context(void)
 		WARN_ON(riscv_v_ctx_get_depth() == 0);
 		get_cpu_vector_context();
 		if (riscv_preempt_v_dirty(current)) {
+			riscv_v_enable();
 			__riscv_v_vstate_save(kvstate, kvstate->datap);
+			riscv_v_disable();
 			riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(current);
 		}
 		riscv_preempt_v_set_restore(current);
@@ -215,7 +217,9 @@ asmlinkage void riscv_v_context_nesting_end(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	depth = riscv_v_ctx_get_depth();
 	if (depth == 0) {
 		if (riscv_preempt_v_restore(current)) {
+			riscv_v_enable();
 			__riscv_v_vstate_restore(vstate, vstate->datap);
+			riscv_v_disable();
 			__riscv_v_vstate_clean(regs);
 			riscv_preempt_v_reset_flags();
 		}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
index e2651808e1d3..3d2566647029 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static void noinstr kvm_riscv_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (current->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_V_VCPU_NEED_RESTORE) {
 		current->thread.riscv_v_flags &= ~RISCV_V_VCPU_NEED_RESTORE;
 		current->thread.riscv_v_flags |= RISCV_V_VCPU_CTX;
-		__kvm_riscv_vector_restore(gcntx);
+		kvm_riscv_vector_restore(gcntx);
 		gcntx->sstatus = (gcntx->sstatus & ~SR_VS) | SR_VS_CLEAN;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
index ef2eee6ec308..6cfa5c0c7e6c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_guest_vector_save(struct kvm_cpu_context *cntx,
 {
 	if ((cntx->sstatus & SR_VS) == SR_VS_DIRTY) {
 		if (riscv_isa_extension_available(isa, v))
-			__kvm_riscv_vector_save(cntx);
+			kvm_riscv_vector_save(cntx);
 		kvm_riscv_vcpu_vector_clean(cntx);
 	}
 }
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_host_vector_save(struct kvm_cpu_context *cntx)
 {
 	/* No need to check host sstatus as it can be modified outside */
 	if (!kvm_riscv_isa_check_host(V))
-		__kvm_riscv_vector_save(cntx);
+		kvm_riscv_vector_save(cntx);
 }
 
 void kvm_riscv_vcpu_host_vector_restore(struct kvm_cpu_context *cntx)
 {
 	if (!kvm_riscv_isa_check_host(V))
-		__kvm_riscv_vector_restore(cntx);
+		kvm_riscv_vector_restore(cntx);
 	riscv_v_flags_set(riscv_v_flags() & ~(RISCV_V_VCPU_CTX | RISCV_V_VCPU_NEED_RESTORE));
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0




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