linux-kernel - [PATCH 053/208] x86/fpu: Document fpu__unlazy

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Date:	Tue,  5 May 2015 18:24:33 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 053/208] x86/fpu: Document fpu__unlazy_stopped()

Explain its usage and also document a TODO item.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index b8e3dbbcdc16..0235df54cd48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -284,10 +284,27 @@ int fpstate_alloc_init(struct task_struct *curr)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpstate_alloc_init);
 
 /*
- * The _current_ task is using the FPU for the first time
- * so initialize it and set the mxcsr to its default
- * value at reset if we support XMM instructions and then
- * remember the current task has used the FPU.
+ * This function is called before we modify a stopped child's
+ * FPU state context.
+ *
+ * If the child has not used the FPU before then initialize its
+ * FPU context.
+ *
+ * If the child has used the FPU before then unlazy it.
+ *
+ * [ After this function call, after the context is modified and
+ *   the child task is woken up, the child task will restore
+ *   the modified FPU state from the modified context. If we
+ *   didn't clear its lazy status here then the lazy in-registers
+ *   state pending on its former CPU could be restored, losing
+ *   the modifications. ]
+ *
+ * This function is also called before we read a stopped child's
+ * FPU state - to make sure it's modified.
+ *
+ * TODO: A future optimization would be to skip the unlazying in
+ *       the read-only case, it's not strictly necessary for
+ *       read-only access to the context.
  */
 static int fpu__unlazy_stopped(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-- 
2.1.0

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