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Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:42:53 +0000
From:   Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] arm64/fpsimd: Don't disable softirq when touching
 FPSIMD/SVE state
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 04:40:00PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 16:36, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 03:30:29PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > > On 2019-02-08 16:55:13 [+0000], Julien Grall wrote:
> > > > When the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON, some part of
> > > > the kernel may be able to use FPSIMD/SVE. This is for instance the case
> > > > for crypto code.
> > > >
> > > > Any use of FPSIMD/SVE in the kernel are clearly marked by using the
> > > > function kernel_neon_{begin, end}. Furthermore, this can only be used
> > > > when may_use_simd() returns true.
> > >
> > > This is equal what x86 is currently doing. The naming is slightly
> > > different, there is irq_fpu_usable().
> >
> > Yes, I think it's basically the same idea.
> >
> > It's been evolving a bit on both sides, but is quite similar now.
> >
> 
> may_use_simd() only exists because we have a generic crypto SIMD
> helper, and so we needed something arch agnostic to wrap around
> irq_fpu_usable()

[...]

Sounds plausible.

Cheers
---Dave