Hi, On 4/30/24 11:25 PM, Chang S. Bae wrote: > The scan test does not start when the AMX state remains active and is not > re-initialized. With the extension of kernel_fpu_begin_mask(), the driver > code can now initialize the state properly. > > Introduce custom FPU handling wrappers to ensure compliant with the > established FPU API semantics, as kernel_fpu_begin() exclusively sets > legacy states. This follows the EFI case from commit b0dc553cfc9d > ("x86/fpu: Make the EFI FPU calling convention explicit"). > > Then, use these wrappers to surround the MSR_ACTIVATE_SCAN write to > minimize the critical section. To prevent unnecessary delays, invoke > ifs_fpu_begin() before entering the rendezvous loop. > > Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@xxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks, the patch looks good to me. I believe this is best merged through the tip/x86 tree together with patch 1/2 : Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> I have checked and this should not cause any conflicts with the ifs changes current in platform-drivers-x86/for-next. Regards, Hans > --- > drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ > drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c | 6 ++++++ > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h > index 56b9f3e3cf76..71d8b50854b2 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h > @@ -325,4 +325,18 @@ int do_core_test(int cpu, struct device *dev); > extern struct attribute *plat_ifs_attrs[]; > extern struct attribute *plat_ifs_array_attrs[]; > > +static inline void ifs_fpu_begin(void) > +{ > + /* > + * The AMX state must be initialized prior to executing In-Field > + * Scan tests, according to Intel SDM. > + */ > + kernel_fpu_begin_mask(KFPU_AMX); > +} > + > +static inline void ifs_fpu_end(void) > +{ > + kernel_fpu_end(); > +} > + > #endif > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c > index 95b4b71fab53..a35eac7c0b44 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/runtest.c > @@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ static int doscan(void *data) > /* Only the first logical CPU on a core reports result */ > first = cpumask_first(cpu_smt_mask(cpu)); > > + /* Prepare FPU state before entering the rendezvous loop*/ > + ifs_fpu_begin(); > + > wait_for_sibling_cpu(&scan_cpus_in, NSEC_PER_SEC); > > /* > @@ -199,6 +202,9 @@ static int doscan(void *data) > * are processed in a single pass) before it retires. > */ > wrmsrl(MSR_ACTIVATE_SCAN, params->activate->data); > + > + ifs_fpu_end(); > + > rdmsrl(MSR_SCAN_STATUS, status.data); > > trace_ifs_status(ifsd->cur_batch, start, stop, status.data);