[PATCH] arm64/sve: Delay freeing memory in fpsimd_flush_thread()

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

fpsimd_flush_thread() invokes kfree() via sve_free() within a preempt disabled
section which is not working on -RT.

Delay freeing of memory until preemption is enabled again.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index e57b23f952846..e098f6c67b1de 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ static void sve_free(struct task_struct *task)
 	__sve_free(task);
 }
 
+static void *sve_free_atomic(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	void *sve_state = task->thread.sve_state;
+
+	WARN_ON(test_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SVE));
+
+	task->thread.sve_state = NULL;
+	return sve_state;
+}
+
 /*
  * TIF_SVE controls whether a task can use SVE without trapping while
  * in userspace, and also the way a task's FPSIMD/SVE state is stored
@@ -1033,6 +1043,7 @@ void fpsimd_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 void fpsimd_flush_thread(void)
 {
 	int vl, supported_vl;
+	void *mem = NULL;
 
 	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
 		return;
@@ -1045,7 +1056,7 @@ void fpsimd_flush_thread(void)
 
 	if (system_supports_sve()) {
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SVE);
-		sve_free(current);
+		mem = sve_free_atomic(current);
 
 		/*
 		 * Reset the task vector length as required.
@@ -1079,6 +1090,7 @@ void fpsimd_flush_thread(void)
 	}
 
 	put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
+	kfree(mem);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.32.0


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