Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] x86/fpu/xstate: Define new functions for clearing fpregs and xstates

[Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:18:39PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> @@ -318,9 +313,29 @@ static inline void copy_init_fpstate_to_fpregs(void)
>   * Called by sys_execve(), by the signal handler code and by various
>   * error paths.
>   */
> -void fpu__clear(struct fpu *fpu)
> +void fpu__clear_user_states(struct fpu *fpu)
> +{
> +	WARN_ON_FPU(fpu != &current->thread.fpu);
> +
> +	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)) {
> +		fpregs_lock();
> +		if (!fpregs_state_valid(fpu, smp_processor_id()) &&
> +		    xfeatures_mask_supervisor())
> +			copy_kernel_to_xregs(&fpu->state.xsave,
> +					     xfeatures_mask_supervisor());
> +		copy_init_fpstate_to_fpregs(xfeatures_mask_user());
> +		fpregs_mark_activate();
> +		fpregs_unlock();
> +		return;
> +	} else {
> +		fpu__drop(fpu);
> +		fpu__initialize(fpu);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +void fpu__clear_all(struct fpu *fpu)
>  {
> -	WARN_ON_FPU(fpu != &current->thread.fpu); /* Almost certainly an anomaly */
> +	WARN_ON_FPU(fpu != &current->thread.fpu);
>  
>  	fpu__drop(fpu);
>  
> @@ -328,8 +343,12 @@ void fpu__clear(struct fpu *fpu)
>  	 * Make sure fpstate is cleared and initialized.
>  	 */
>  	fpu__initialize(fpu);
> -	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
> -		copy_init_fpstate_to_fpregs();
> +	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)) {
> +		fpregs_lock();
> +		copy_init_fpstate_to_fpregs(xfeatures_mask_all);
> +		fpregs_mark_activate();
> +		fpregs_unlock();
> +	}
>  }

Why do you need two different functions which are pretty similar if you
can do

fpu__clear(struct fpu *fpu, bool user_only)
{
	...

and query that user_only variable in the fpu__clear() body to do the
respective work dependent on the its setting?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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