Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/fpu: Add helper function for tracking AVX512 status

From: Noah Goldstein
Date: Tue Oct 26 2021 - 19:16:16 EST


On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 3:57 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This commit adds a new helper function 'fpu_update_avx_timestamp' to
> perform the logic from tracking AVX512 feature use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Since Borislav Petkov is concerned about adding more macro masks and
> inlining the AVX512 status this patch adds a new helper function. This
> patch does not change the behavior of the current AVX512 status.
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c | 6 ++----
> arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
> index 109dfcc75299..fe84ac5fb039 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
> @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ extern u64 xstate_fx_sw_bytes[USER_XSTATE_FX_SW_WORDS];
> extern void __init update_regset_xstate_info(unsigned int size,
> u64 xstate_mask);
>
> +void fpu_update_avx_timestamp(struct fpu *fpu);
> void *get_xsave_addr(struct xregs_state *xsave, int xfeature_nr);
> int xfeature_size(int xfeature_nr);
> int copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate(struct xregs_state *xsave, const void *kbuf);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> index 7ada7bd03a32..6dbf3ee642f9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> @@ -102,11 +102,9 @@ void save_fpregs_to_fpstate(struct fpu *fpu)
> os_xsave(&fpu->state.xsave);
>
> /*
> - * AVX512 state is tracked here because its use is
> - * known to slow the max clock speed of the core.
> + * Track of the state of desired avx related xfeatures.
> */
> - if (fpu->state.xsave.header.xfeatures & XFEATURE_MASK_AVX512)
> - fpu->avx512_timestamp = jiffies;
> + fpu_update_avx_timestamp(fpu);
> return;
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> index c8def1b7f8fb..00b495914be2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> @@ -1245,6 +1245,19 @@ void xrstors(struct xregs_state *xstate, u64 mask)
> WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Track of the state of desired avx architecture features.
> + */
> +void fpu_update_avx_timestamp(struct fpu *fpu)
> +{
> + /*
> + * AVX512 state is tracked here because its use is known to slow
> + * the max clock speed of the core.
> + */
> + if (fpu->state.xsave.header.xfeatures & XFEATURE_MASK_AVX512)
> + fpu->avx512_timestamp = jiffies;
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS
> /*
> * Report the amount of time elapsed in millisecond since last AVX512
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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