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x86/fpu/64: Don't FNINIT in kernel_fpu_begin()

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The remaining callers of kernel_fpu_begin() in 64-bit kernels don't use 387
instructions, so there's no need to sanitize the FPU state.  Skip it to get
most of the performance we lost back.

Reported-by: Krzysztof Olędzki <ole@ans.pl>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/57f8841ccbf9f3c25a23196c888f5f6ec5887577.1611205691.git.luto@kernel.org
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Andy Lutomirski 2021-01-20 21:09:51 -08:00 committed by Borislav Petkov
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arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
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@ -32,7 +32,19 @@ extern void fpregs_mark_activate(void);
/* Code that is unaware of kernel_fpu_begin_mask() can use this */
static inline void kernel_fpu_begin(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/*
* Any 64-bit code that uses 387 instructions must explicitly request
* KFPU_387.
*/
kernel_fpu_begin_mask(KFPU_MXCSR);
#else
/*
* 32-bit kernel code may use 387 operations as well as SSE2, etc,
* as long as it checks that the CPU has the required capability.
*/
kernel_fpu_begin_mask(KFPU_387 | KFPU_MXCSR);
#endif
}
/*