x86, fpu: Unify signal handling code paths for x86 and x86_64 kernels

Currently for x86 and x86_32 binaries, fpstate in the user sigframe is copied
to/from the fpstate in the task struct.

And in the case of signal delivery for x86_64 binaries, if the fpstate is live
in the CPU registers, then the live state is copied directly to the user
sigframe. Otherwise  fpstate in the task struct is copied to the user sigframe.
During restore, fpstate in the user sigframe is restored directly to the live
CPU registers.

Historically, different code paths led to different bugs. For example,
x86_64 code path was not preemption safe till recently. Also there is lot
of code duplication for support of new features like xsave etc.

Unify signal handling code paths for x86 and x86_64 kernels.

New strategy is as follows:

Signal delivery: Both for 32/64-bit frames, align the core math frame area to
64bytes as needed by xsave (this where the main fpu/extended state gets copied
to and excludes the legacy compatibility fsave header for the 32-bit [f]xsave
frames). If the state is live, copy the register state directly to the user
frame. If not live, copy the state in the thread struct to the user frame. And
for 32-bit [f]xsave frames, construct the fsave header separately before
the actual [f]xsave area.

Signal return: As the 32-bit frames with [f]xstate has an additional
'fsave' header, copy everything back from the user sigframe to the
fpstate in the task structure and reconstruct the fxstate from the 'fsave'
header (Also user passed pointers may not be correctly aligned for
any attempt to directly restore any partial state). At the next fpstate usage,
everything will be restored to the live CPU registers.
For all the 64-bit frames and the 32-bit fsave frame, restore the state from
the user sigframe directly to the live CPU registers. 64-bit signals always
restored the math frame directly, so we can expect the math frame pointer
to be correctly aligned. For 32-bit fsave frames, there are no alignment
requirements, so we can restore the state directly.

"lat_sig catch" microbenchmark numbers (for x86, x86_64, x86_32 binaries) are
with in the noise range with this change.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1343171129-2747-4-git-send-email-suresh.b.siddha@intel.com
[ Merged in compilation fix ]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344544736.8326.17.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index ef6a8456f719..30069d1a6a4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -97,16 +97,6 @@ void arch_task_cache_init(void)
                                   SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_NOTRACK, NULL);
 }
 
-static inline void drop_fpu(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-        /*
-         * Forget coprocessor state..
-         */
-        tsk->fpu_counter = 0;
-        clear_fpu(tsk);
-        clear_used_math();
-}
-
 /*
  * Free current thread data structures etc..
  */