In v4.16-RT I noticed a number of warnings from task_fpsimd_load(). The code disables BH and expects that it is not preemptible. On -RT the task remains preemptible but remains the same CPU. This may corrupt the content of the SIMD registers if the task is preempted during saving/restoring those registers. Add a locallock around this process. This avoids that the any function within the locallock block is invoked more than once on the same CPU. The kernel_neon_begin() can't be kept preemptible. If the task-switch notices TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE then it would restore task's SIMD state and we lose the state of registers used for in-kernel-work. We would require additional storage for the in-kernel copy of the registers. But then the NEON-crypto checks for the need-resched flag so it shouldn't that bad. The preempt_disable() avoids the context switch while the kernel uses the SIMD registers. Unfortunately we have to balance out the migrate_disable() counter because local_lock_bh() is invoked in different context compared to its unlock counterpart. __efi_fpsimd_begin() should not use kernel_fpu_begin() due to its preempt_disable() context and instead save the registers always in its extra spot on RT. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This seems to make work (crypto chacha20-neon + cyclictest). I have no EFI so I have no clue if saving SIMD while calling to EFI works. arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/signal.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/sysctl.h> +#include <linux/locallock.h> #include <asm/fpsimd.h> #include <asm/cputype.h> @@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ static void sve_user_enable(void) * whether TIF_SVE is clear or set, since these are not vector length * dependent. */ - +static DEFINE_LOCAL_IRQ_LOCK(fpsimd_lock); /* * Update current's FPSIMD/SVE registers from thread_struct. * @@ -594,7 +595,7 @@ int sve_set_vector_length(struct task_st * non-SVE thread. */ if (task == current) { - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); task_fpsimd_save(); set_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE); @@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ int sve_set_vector_length(struct task_st sve_to_fpsimd(task); if (task == current) - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); /* * Force reallocation of task SVE state to the correct size @@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_sve_acc(unsigned int sve_alloc(current); - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); task_fpsimd_save(); fpsimd_to_sve(current); @@ -849,7 +850,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_sve_acc(unsigned int if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SVE)) WARN_ON(1); /* SVE access shouldn't have trapped */ - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } /* @@ -925,7 +926,7 @@ void fpsimd_flush_thread(void) if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return; - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); memset(¤t->thread.fpsimd_state, 0, sizeof(struct fpsimd_state)); fpsimd_flush_task_state(current); @@ -967,7 +968,7 @@ void fpsimd_flush_thread(void) set_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE); - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } /* @@ -979,9 +980,9 @@ void fpsimd_preserve_current_state(void) if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return; - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); task_fpsimd_save(); - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } /* @@ -1021,14 +1022,14 @@ void fpsimd_restore_current_state(void) if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return; - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE)) { task_fpsimd_load(); fpsimd_bind_to_cpu(); } - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } /* @@ -1041,7 +1042,7 @@ void fpsimd_update_current_state(struct if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return; - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); current->thread.fpsimd_state.user_fpsimd = *state; if (system_supports_sve() && test_thread_flag(TIF_SVE)) @@ -1052,7 +1053,7 @@ void fpsimd_update_current_state(struct if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE)) fpsimd_bind_to_cpu(); - local_bh_enable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } /* @@ -1115,7 +1116,7 @@ void kernel_neon_begin(void) BUG_ON(!may_use_simd()); - local_bh_disable(); + local_lock_bh(fpsimd_lock); __this_cpu_write(kernel_neon_busy, true); @@ -1129,8 +1130,14 @@ void kernel_neon_begin(void) fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(); preempt_disable(); - - local_bh_enable(); + /* + * ballance atomic vs !atomic context of migrate_disable(). + * local_lock_bh = get_local_var() + spin_lock_bh (2x migrate_disable) + */ + migrate_disable(); + migrate_disable(); + migrate_disable(); + local_unlock_bh(fpsimd_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_neon_begin); @@ -1154,6 +1161,10 @@ void kernel_neon_end(void) WARN_ON(!busy); /* No matching kernel_neon_begin()? */ preempt_enable(); + /* balance migrate_disable(). See kernel_neon_begin() */ + migrate_enable(); + migrate_enable(); + migrate_enable(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_neon_end); @@ -1185,9 +1196,7 @@ void __efi_fpsimd_begin(void) if (!system_supports_fpsimd()) return; - WARN_ON(preemptible()); - - if (may_use_simd()) { + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_BASE) && may_use_simd()) { kernel_neon_begin(); } else { /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html