linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 5/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Remove kernel dynamic xfeatures from kernel default

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:23:31 -0400
From:   Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dave.hansen@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, yang.zhong@...el.com, jing2.liu@...el.com,
        chao.gao@...el.com, Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 5/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Remove kernel dynamic xfeatures from kernel default_features

The kernel dynamic xfeatures are supported by host, i.e., they're enabled
in xsaves/xrstors operating xfeature set (XCR0 | XSS), but the corresponding
CPU features are disabled for the time-being in host kernel so the bits are
not necessarily set by default.

Remove the bits from fpu_kernel_cfg.default_features so that the bits in
xstate_bv and xcomp_bv are cleared and xsaves/xrstors can be optimized by HW
for normal fpstate.

Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index eaec05bc1b3c..4753c677e2e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ void __init fpu__init_system_xstate(unsigned int legacy_size)
 	/* Clean out dynamic features from default */
 	fpu_kernel_cfg.default_features = fpu_kernel_cfg.max_features;
 	fpu_kernel_cfg.default_features &= ~XFEATURE_MASK_USER_DYNAMIC;
+	fpu_kernel_cfg.default_features &= ~fpu_kernel_dynamic_xfeatures;
 
 	fpu_user_cfg.default_features = fpu_user_cfg.max_features;
 	fpu_user_cfg.default_features &= ~XFEATURE_MASK_USER_DYNAMIC;
-- 
2.27.0