[PATCH] arm64/sve: ABI change: Zero SVE regs on syscall entry
Catalin Marinas
catalin.marinas at arm.com
Tue Oct 24 09:35:25 PDT 2017
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 04:46:06PM +0100, Dave P Martin wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 6718780..fbc0eb5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ el0_svc_compat:
> /*
> * AArch32 syscall handling
> */
> + ldr x16, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS] // load thread flags
> adrp stbl, compat_sys_call_table // load compat syscall table pointer
> mov wscno, w7 // syscall number in w7 (r7)
> mov wsc_nr, #__NR_compat_syscalls
> @@ -847,16 +848,35 @@ ENDPROC(ret_to_user)
> */
> .align 6
> el0_svc:
> + ldr x16, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS] // load thread flags
> adrp stbl, sys_call_table // load syscall table pointer
> mov wscno, w8 // syscall number in w8
> mov wsc_nr, #__NR_syscalls
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_SVE
> +alternative_if_not ARM64_SVE
> + b el0_svc_naked
> +alternative_else
> + tbz x16, #_TIF_SVE, el0_svc_naked // Skip unless TIF_SVE set:
> +alternative_endif
> + bic x16, x16, #_TIF_SVE // discard SVE state
> + str x16, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]
> +
> + // task_fpsimd_load() won't be called to update CPACR
> + // unless TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is set, which only happens if a
> + // context switch of kernel_neon_begin() gets in the way.
s/of/or/
> + // So, ensure that CPACR is correct for the fast-path case:
> + mrs x9, cpacr_el1
> + bic x9, x9, #CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN // disable SVE for el0
> + msr cpacr_el1, x9 // synchronised by eret to el0
> +#endif
Just a nitpick, I'd like multi-line asm comments to still follow the C
style:
/*
* ...
*/
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
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