linux-kernel - [patch 39/41] x86/fpu: Remove PKRU handling from switch_fpu

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Message-Id: <20210611163115.253399006@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:16:02 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [patch 39/41] x86/fpu: Remove PKRU handling from switch_fpu_finish()

PKRU is already updated and the xstate is not longer the proper source of
information.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
V4: New patch.
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h |   34 ++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -539,39 +539,13 @@ static inline void switch_fpu_prepare(st
  */
 
 /*
- * Load PKRU from the FPU context if available. Delay loading of the
- * complete FPU state until the return to userland.
+ * Delay loading of the complete FPU state until the return to userland.
+ * PKRU is handled seperately.
  */
 static inline void switch_fpu_finish(struct fpu *new_fpu)
 {
-	u32 pkru_val = init_pkru_value;
-	struct pkru_state *pk;
-
-	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
-		return;
-
-	set_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD);
-
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_OSPKE))
-		return;
-
-	/*
-	 * PKRU state is switched eagerly because it needs to be valid before we
-	 * return to userland e.g. for a copy_to_user() operation.
-	 */
-	if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
-		/*
-		 * If the PKRU bit in xsave.header.xfeatures is not set,
-		 * then the PKRU component was in init state, which means
-		 * XRSTOR will set PKRU to 0. If the bit is not set then
-		 * get_xsave_addr() will return NULL because the PKRU value
-		 * in memory is not valid. This means pkru_val has to be
-		 * set to 0 and not to init_pkru_value.
-		 */
-		pk = get_xsave_addr(&new_fpu->state.xsave, XFEATURE_PKRU);
-		pkru_val = pk ? pk->pkru : 0;
-	}
-	__write_pkru(pkru_val);
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
+		set_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD);
 }
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_FPU_INTERNAL_H */