linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] x86/fpu: Decouple fpregs_activate()/fpregs_deactivate() from fpu->fpregs

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:26:28 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        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>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] x86/fpu: Decouple fpregs_activate()/fpregs_deactivate() from fpu->fpregs_active

The fpregs_activate()/fpregs_deactivate() are currently called in such a pattern:

	if (!fpu->fpregs_active)
		fpregs_activate(fpu);

	...

	if (fpu->fpregs_active)
		fpregs_deactivate(fpu);

But note that it's actually safe to call them without checking the flag first.

This further decouples the fpu->fpregs_active flag from actual FPU logic.

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h | 7 +------
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c          | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index 3a1cd8344a6b..0f4590fbc471 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -526,8 +526,6 @@ static inline int fpregs_state_valid(struct fpu *fpu, unsigned int cpu)
  */
 static inline void fpregs_deactivate(struct fpu *fpu)
 {
-	WARN_ON_FPU(!fpu->fpregs_active);
-
 	fpu->fpregs_active = 0;
 	this_cpu_write(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, NULL);
 	trace_x86_fpu_regs_deactivated(fpu);
@@ -535,8 +533,6 @@ static inline void fpregs_deactivate(struct fpu *fpu)
 
 static inline void fpregs_activate(struct fpu *fpu)
 {
-	WARN_ON_FPU(fpu->fpregs_active);
-
 	fpu->fpregs_active = 1;
 	this_cpu_write(fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx, fpu);
 	trace_x86_fpu_regs_activated(fpu);
@@ -605,8 +601,7 @@ static inline void user_fpu_begin(void)
 	struct fpu *fpu = &current->thread.fpu;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	if (!fpu->fpregs_active)
-		fpregs_activate(fpu);
+	fpregs_activate(fpu);
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 4fed80d08bd7..a025be6637cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -426,8 +426,7 @@ void fpu__drop(struct fpu *fpu)
 			asm volatile("1: fwait\n"
 				     "2:\n"
 				     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b));
-			if (fpu->fpregs_active)
-				fpregs_deactivate(fpu);
+			fpregs_deactivate(fpu);
 		}
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON_FPU(fpu->fpregs_active);
-- 
2.7.4