[PATCH v2 20/20] arm64/fpsimd: Allocate kernel mode FP/SIMD buffers on the stack
From: Ard Biesheuvel <hidden>
Date: 2025-10-01 21:04:15
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linux-crypto, lkml
Subsystem:
arm64 port (aarch64 architecture), the rest · Maintainers:
Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Linus Torvalds
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Commit aefbab8e77eb16b5
("arm64: fpsimd: Preserve/restore kernel mode NEON at context switch")
added a 'kernel_fpsimd_state' field to struct thread_struct, which is
the arch-specific portion of struct task_struct, and is allocated for
each task in the system. The size of this field is 528 bytes, resulting
in non-trivial bloat of task_struct, and the resulting memory overhead
may impact performance on systems with many processes.
This allocation is only used if the task is scheduled out or interrupted
by a softirq while using the FP/SIMD unit in kernel mode, and so it is
possible to transparently allocate this buffer on the caller's stack
instead.
So tweak the 'ksimd' scoped guard implementation so that a stack buffer
is allocated and passed to both kernel_neon_begin() and
kernel_neon_end(), and record it in the task struct. Passing the address
to both functions, and checking the addresses for consistency ensures
that callers of the updated bare begin/end API use it in a manner that
is consistent with the new context switch semantics.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h | 4 +--
arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h | 7 ++--
arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 34 +++++++++++++-------
4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h
index d4b1d172a79b..acebee4605b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/neon.h@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ #define cpu_has_neon() system_supports_fpsimd() -void kernel_neon_begin(void); -void kernel_neon_end(void); +void kernel_neon_begin(struct user_fpsimd_state *); +void kernel_neon_end(struct user_fpsimd_state *); #endif /* ! __ASM_NEON_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 4f8d677b73ee..93bca4d454d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ struct thread_struct { unsigned long fault_code; /* ESR_EL1 value */ struct debug_info debug; /* debugging */ - struct user_fpsimd_state kernel_fpsimd_state; + struct user_fpsimd_state *kernel_fpsimd_state; unsigned int kernel_fpsimd_cpu; #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH struct ptrauth_keys_user keys_user;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
index d9f83c478736..7ddb25df5c98 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void) { #endif /* ! CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON */ -DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(ksimd, kernel_neon_begin(), kernel_neon_end()) +DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(ksimd, + struct user_fpsimd_state, + kernel_neon_begin(_T->lock), + kernel_neon_end(_T->lock)) -#define scoped_ksimd() scoped_guard(ksimd) +#define scoped_ksimd() scoped_guard(ksimd, &(struct user_fpsimd_state){}) #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index c37f02d7194e..ea9192a180aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c@@ -1488,21 +1488,23 @@ static void fpsimd_load_kernel_state(struct task_struct *task) * Elide the load if this CPU holds the most recent kernel mode * FPSIMD context of the current task. */ - if (last->st == &task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state && + if (last->st == task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state && task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_cpu == smp_processor_id()) return; - fpsimd_load_state(&task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state); + fpsimd_load_state(task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state); } static void fpsimd_save_kernel_state(struct task_struct *task) { struct cpu_fp_state cpu_fp_state = { - .st = &task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state, + .st = task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state, .to_save = FP_STATE_FPSIMD, }; - fpsimd_save_state(&task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state); + BUG_ON(!cpu_fp_state.st); + + fpsimd_save_state(task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state); fpsimd_bind_state_to_cpu(&cpu_fp_state); task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -1773,6 +1775,7 @@ void fpsimd_update_current_state(struct user_fpsimd_state const *state) void fpsimd_flush_task_state(struct task_struct *t) { t->thread.fpsimd_cpu = NR_CPUS; + t->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state = NULL; /* * If we don't support fpsimd, bail out after we have * reset the fpsimd_cpu for this task and clear the
@@ -1833,7 +1836,7 @@ void fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state(void) * The caller may freely use the FPSIMD registers until kernel_neon_end() is * called. */ -void kernel_neon_begin(void) +void kernel_neon_begin(struct user_fpsimd_state *s) { if (WARN_ON(!system_supports_fpsimd())) return;
@@ -1866,8 +1869,16 @@ void kernel_neon_begin(void) * mode in task context. So in this case, setting the flag here * is always appropriate. */ - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || !in_serving_softirq()) + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || !in_serving_softirq()) { + /* + * Record the caller provided buffer as the kernel mode + * FP/SIMD buffer for this task, so that the state can + * be preserved and restored on a context switch. + */ + if (cmpxchg(¤t->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state, NULL, s)) + BUG(); set_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE); + } } /* Invalidate any task state remaining in the fpsimd regs: */
@@ -1886,7 +1897,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_neon_begin); * The caller must not use the FPSIMD registers after this function is called, * unless kernel_neon_begin() is called again in the meantime. */ -void kernel_neon_end(void) +void kernel_neon_end(struct user_fpsimd_state *s) { if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return;
@@ -1899,8 +1910,9 @@ void kernel_neon_end(void) if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && in_serving_softirq() && test_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE)) fpsimd_load_kernel_state(current); - else - clear_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE); + else if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE)) + if (cmpxchg(¤t->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state, s, NULL) != s) + BUG(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_neon_end);
@@ -1936,7 +1948,7 @@ void __efi_fpsimd_begin(void) WARN_ON(preemptible()); if (may_use_simd()) { - kernel_neon_begin(); + kernel_neon_begin(&efi_fpsimd_state); } else { /* * If !efi_sve_state, SVE can't be in use yet and doesn't need
@@ -1985,7 +1997,7 @@ void __efi_fpsimd_end(void) return; if (!efi_fpsimd_state_used) { - kernel_neon_end(); + kernel_neon_end(&efi_fpsimd_state); } else { if (system_supports_sve() && efi_sve_state_used) { bool ffr = true;
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2.51.0.618.g983fd99d29-goog