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Date:	Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:37:34 +1100
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use correct macros in raid code, not raw asm

On Thursday February 8, hpa@...or.com wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 
> > It should use kernel_fpu_begin() imho. If someone wants to test
> > it in user space again they can add dummy definitions of that
> > to their user space  header.
> 
> I hadn't seen this thread until now, when Neil pointed me to the thread.
> 
> Using kernel_fpu_begin() ... kernel_fpu_end() is probably indeed the 
> best option.
> 

So does this look right (no, I haven't compiled it yet)

NeilBrown


### Diffstat output
 ./drivers/md/raid6x86.h |   56 ++++++++++--------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff .prev/drivers/md/raid6x86.h ./drivers/md/raid6x86.h
--- .prev/drivers/md/raid6x86.h	2007-02-09 12:30:32.000000000 +1100
+++ ./drivers/md/raid6x86.h	2007-02-09 12:36:01.000000000 +1100
@@ -25,20 +25,17 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int fsave[27];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 } raid6_mmx_save_t __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 
 /* N.B.: For SSE we only save %xmm0-%xmm7 even for x86-64, since
    the code doesn't know about the additional x86-64 registers */
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int sarea[8*4+2];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 } raid6_sse_save_t __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 
 /* This is for x86-64-specific code which uses all 16 XMM registers */
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int sarea[16*4+2];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 } raid6_sse16_save_t __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 
 /* On x86-64 the stack *SHOULD* be 16-byte aligned, but currently this
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int fsave[27];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 } raid6_mmx_save_t;
 
 /* On i386, the stack is only 8-byte aligned, but SSE requires 16-byte
@@ -58,7 +54,6 @@ typedef struct {
    a properly-sized area correctly.  */
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int sarea[8*4+3];
-	unsigned long cr0;
 } raid6_sse_save_t;
 
 /* Find the 16-byte aligned save area */
@@ -66,56 +61,29 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* Real code */
-
-/* Note: %cr0 is 32 bits on i386 and 64 bits on x86-64 */
-
-static inline unsigned long raid6_get_fpu(void)
-{
-	unsigned long cr0;
-
-	preempt_disable();
-	asm volatile("mov %%cr0,%0 ; clts" : "=r" (cr0));
-	return cr0;
-}
-
-static inline void raid6_put_fpu(unsigned long cr0)
-{
-	asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr0" : : "r" (cr0));
-	preempt_enable();
-}
-
-#else /* Dummy code for user space testing */
-
-static inline unsigned long raid6_get_fpu(void)
-{
-	return 0xf00ba6;
-}
-
-static inline void raid6_put_fpu(unsigned long cr0)
-{
-	(void)cr0;
-}
-
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+/* for user-space testing */
+#define kernel_fpu_begin()
+#define kernel_fpu_end();
 #endif
 
 static inline void raid6_before_mmx(raid6_mmx_save_t *s)
 {
-	s->cr0 = raid6_get_fpu();
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 	asm volatile("fsave %0 ; fwait" : "=m" (s->fsave[0]));
 }
 
 static inline void raid6_after_mmx(raid6_mmx_save_t *s)
 {
 	asm volatile("frstor %0" : : "m" (s->fsave[0]));
-	raid6_put_fpu(s->cr0);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static inline void raid6_before_sse(raid6_sse_save_t *s)
 {
 	unsigned int *rsa = SAREA(s);
 
-	s->cr0 = raid6_get_fpu();
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile("movaps %%xmm0,%0" : "=m" (rsa[0]));
 	asm volatile("movaps %%xmm1,%0" : "=m" (rsa[4]));
@@ -140,14 +108,14 @@ static inline void raid6_after_sse(raid6
 	asm volatile("movaps %0,%%xmm6" : : "m" (rsa[24]));
 	asm volatile("movaps %0,%%xmm7" : : "m" (rsa[28]));
 
-	raid6_put_fpu(s->cr0);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 static inline void raid6_before_sse2(raid6_sse_save_t *s)
 {
 	unsigned int *rsa = SAREA(s);
 
-	s->cr0 = raid6_get_fpu();
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile("movdqa %%xmm0,%0" : "=m" (rsa[0]));
 	asm volatile("movdqa %%xmm1,%0" : "=m" (rsa[4]));
@@ -172,7 +140,7 @@ static inline void raid6_after_sse2(raid
 	asm volatile("movdqa %0,%%xmm6" : : "m" (rsa[24]));
 	asm volatile("movdqa %0,%%xmm7" : : "m" (rsa[28]));
 
-	raid6_put_fpu(s->cr0);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 #ifdef __x86_64__
@@ -181,7 +149,7 @@ static inline void raid6_before_sse16(ra
 {
 	unsigned int *rsa = SAREA(s);
 
-	s->cr0 = raid6_get_fpu();
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
 
 	asm volatile("movdqa %%xmm0,%0" : "=m" (rsa[0]));
 	asm volatile("movdqa %%xmm1,%0" : "=m" (rsa[4]));
@@ -222,7 +190,7 @@ static inline void raid6_after_sse16(rai
 	asm volatile("movdqa %0,%%xmm14" : : "m" (rsa[56]));
 	asm volatile("movdqa %0,%%xmm15" : : "m" (rsa[60]));
 
-	raid6_put_fpu(s->cr0);
+	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
 #endif /* __x86_64__ */
-
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