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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:45:55 +0800
From: "Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@...ux.intel.com>
To: "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Update xstate save function to
support dynamic xstate
On 1/15/2021 12:59 PM, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 18:52, Liu, Jing2 <jing2.liu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/8/2021 2:40 AM, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
>>>> On Jan 7, 2021, at 17:41, Liu, Jing2 <jing2.liu@...el.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> static void kvm_save_current_fpu(struct fpu *fpu) {
>>>> + struct fpu *src_fpu = ¤t->thread.fpu;
>>>> +
>>>> /*
>>>> * If the target FPU state is not resident in the CPU registers, just
>>>> * memcpy() from current, else save CPU state directly to the target.
>>>> */
>>>> - if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD))
>>>> - memcpy(&fpu->state, ¤t->thread.fpu.state,
>>>> + if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD)) {
>>>> + memcpy(&fpu->state, &src_fpu->state,
>>>> fpu_kernel_xstate_min_size);
> <snip>
>
>>>> - else
>>>> + } else {
>>>> + if (fpu->state_mask != src_fpu->state_mask)
>>>> + fpu->state_mask = src_fpu->state_mask;
>>>>
>>>> Though dynamic feature is not supported in kvm now, this function still need
>>>> consider more things for fpu->state_mask.
>>> Can you elaborate this? Which path might be affected by fpu->state_mask
>>> without dynamic state supported in KVM?
>>>
>>>> I suggest that we can set it before if...else (for both cases) and not change other.
>>> I tried a minimum change here. The fpu->state_mask value does not impact the
>>> memcpy(). So, why do we need to change it for both?
>> Sure, what I'm considering is that "mask" is the first time introduced into "fpu",
>> representing the usage, so not only set it when needed, but also make it as a
>> representation, in case of anywhere using it (especially between the interval
>> of this series and kvm series in future).
> Thank you for the feedback. Sorry, I don't get any logical reason to set the
> mask always here.
Sure, I'd like to see if fx_init()->memset is the case,
though maybe no hurt so far in test.
Thanks,
Jing
> Perhaps, KVM code can be updated like you mentioned when
> supporting the dynamic states there.
>
> Please let me know if I’m missing any functional issues.
>
> Thanks,
> Chang
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