linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] x86/fpu: Make FPU protection more robust

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Date:   Tue, 3 May 2022 11:03:05 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] x86/fpu: Make FPU protection more robust

On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 09:31:47PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> +void fpregs_lock(void)
> +{
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
> +		local_bh_disable();
> +	else
> +		preempt_disable();
> +
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(this_cpu_read(fpu_in_use));
> +	this_cpu_write(fpu_in_use, true);

	barrier();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpregs_lock);

> +void fpregs_unlock(void)
> +{
	barrier();

> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!this_cpu_read(fpu_in_use));
> +	this_cpu_write(fpu_in_use, false);
> +
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
> +		local_bh_enable();
> +	else
> +		preempt_enable();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpregs_unlock);

I think this isn't currently a problem because a function call is a C
sequence point, but 'funnily' C doesn't preserve sequence points when
inlining so LTO can actually break this without barrier() on.