Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] arm64: fpsimd: Make sure SVE setup is complete before SIMD is used

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Jan 14 2020 - 06:56:23 EST


On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:30:18PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> In-kernel users of NEON rely on may_use_simd() to check if the SIMD
> can be used. However, we must initialize the SVE before SIMD can
> be used. Add a sanity check to make sure that we have completed the
> SVE setup before anyone uses the SIMD.
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>