[PATCH] riscv: Discard vector state on syscalls
Björn Töpel
bjorn at kernel.org
Mon Jun 26 08:46:57 PDT 2023
Vineet Gupta <vineetg at rivosinc.com> writes:
> On 6/22/23 10:36, Björn Töpel wrote:
>> From: Björn Töpel <bjorn at rivosinc.com>
>>
>> The RISC-V vector specification states:
>> Executing a system call causes all caller-saved vector registers
>> (v0-v31, vl, vtype) and vstart to become unspecified.
>
> So the only use case of saving/restoring V regs in __switch_to is an
> interrupt induced task switch ?
Yes!
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