On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:49:34PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c > index 4aef42a04bdc..86ac6a9bc86a 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c > @@ -87,6 +87,39 @@ void fpsimd_flush_thread(void) > preempt_enable(); > } > > +/* > + * Save the userland FPSIMD state of 'current' to memory > + */ > +void fpsimd_preserve_current_state(void) > +{ > + fpsimd_save_state(¤t->thread.fpsimd_state); > +} > + > +/* > + * Load the userland FPSIMD state of 'current' from memory > + */ > +void fpsimd_restore_current_state(void) > +{ > + fpsimd_load_state(¤t->thread.fpsimd_state); > +} > + > +/* > + * Load an updated userland FPSIMD state for 'current' from memory > + */ > +void fpsimd_update_current_state(struct fpsimd_state *state) > +{ > + preempt_disable(); > + fpsimd_load_state(state); > + preempt_enable(); > +} Minor - please update the comment above the functions to state that preemption needs to be disabled by the caller. > +/* > + * Invalidate live CPU copies of task t's FPSIMD state > + */ > +void fpsimd_flush_task_state(struct task_struct *t) > +{ > +} I guess this will be added in a subsequent patch. You could either move it there or add a comment in the commit log that it is a dummy function for now (I prefer the former). -- Catalin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html