Re: [PATCH 11/27] arm64/sve: Core task context handling

[Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:31:05PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On 9 August 2017 at 13:05, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This patch adds the core support for switching and managing the SVE
> > architectural state of user tasks.

[...]

> > +static u64 sve_cpacr_trap_on(u64 cpacr)
> > +{
> > +       return cpacr & ~(u64)CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static u64 sve_cpacr_trap_off(u64 cpacr)
> > +{
> > +       return cpacr | CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void change_cpacr(u64 old, u64 new)
> > +{
> > +       if (old != new)
> > +               write_sysreg(new, CPACR_EL1);
> > +}

[...]

> > +static void task_fpsimd_load(void)
> > +{
> > +       if (system_supports_sve() && test_thread_flag(TIF_SVE)) {
> > +               unsigned int vl = current->thread.sve_vl;
> > +
> > +               BUG_ON(!sve_vl_valid(vl));
> > +               sve_load_state(sve_pffr(current),
> > +                              &current->thread.fpsimd_state.fpsr,
> > +                              sve_vq_from_vl(vl) - 1);
> > +       } else
> > +               fpsimd_load_state(&current->thread.fpsimd_state);
> > +
> 
> Please use braces consistently on all branches of an if ()
> 
> > +       if (system_supports_sve()) {
> > +               u64 cpacr = read_sysreg(CPACR_EL1);
> > +               u64 new_cpacr;
> > +
> > +               /* Toggle SVE trapping for userspace if needed */
> > +               if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SVE))
> > +                       new_cpacr = sve_cpacr_trap_off(cpacr);
> > +               else
> > +                       new_cpacr = sve_cpacr_trap_on(cpacr);
> > +
> > +               change_cpacr(cpacr, new_cpacr);
> 
> I understand you want to avoid setting CPACR to the same value, but
> this does look a bit clunky IMO. Wouldn't it be much better to have a
> generic accessor with a mask and a value that encapsulates this?

For this I now have:

static void change_cpacr(u64 val, u64 mask)
{
	u64 cpacr = read_sysreg(CPACR_EL1);
	u64 new = (cpacr & ~mask) | val;

	if (new != cpacr)
		write_sysreg(new, CPACR_EL1);
}

static void sve_cpacr_trap_on(void)
{
	change_cpacr(0, CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN);
}

static void sve_cpacr_trap_off(void)
{
	change_cpacr(CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN, CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL0EN);
}


This is stilla little verbose, but fairly clean.  Possibly this was the
sort of thing you meant by a generic accessor.

What do you think?

[...]

Cheers
---Dave