Re: [PATCH v3 10/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Update xstate save function to support dynamic xstate

[Bae, Chang Seok]

> On Jan 7, 2021, at 17:41, Liu, Jing2 <jing2.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> static void kvm_save_current_fpu(struct fpu *fpu)  {
> +	struct fpu *src_fpu = &current->thread.fpu;
> +
> 	/*
> 	 * If the target FPU state is not resident in the CPU registers, just
> 	 * memcpy() from current, else save CPU state directly to the target.
> 	 */
> -	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD))
> -		memcpy(&fpu->state, &current->thread.fpu.state,
> +	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD)) {
> +		memcpy(&fpu->state, &src_fpu->state,
> 		       fpu_kernel_xstate_min_size);
> For kvm, if we assume that it does not support dynamic features until this series,
> memcpy for only fpu->state is correct. 
> I think this kind of assumption is reasonable and we only make original xstate work.
> 
> -	else
> +	} else {
> +		if (fpu->state_mask != src_fpu->state_mask)
> +			fpu->state_mask = src_fpu->state_mask;
> 
> Though dynamic feature is not supported in kvm now, this function still need
> consider more things for fpu->state_mask.

Can you elaborate this? Which path might be affected by fpu->state_mask
without dynamic state supported in KVM?

> I suggest that we can set it before if...else (for both cases) and not change other. 

I tried a minimum change here.  The fpu->state_mask value does not impact the
memcpy(). So, why do we need to change it for both?

Thanks,
Chang