From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
To: "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>,
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>,
"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
"Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@intel.com>,
"Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Add a new variable to indicate dynamic user states
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:56:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210122105632.GA5123@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EF7FB3DA-868D-4597-B841-F786E094BFCF@intel.com>
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 06:57:26PM +0000, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
> This series attempts to save the AMX state in the context switch buffer only
What is the context switch buffer?
I think you mean simply the xstate per-task buffer which is switched on
context switches...
> when needed -- so it is called out ‘dynamic’ user states.
>
> The LBR state is saved in the perf buffer [1], and this state is named
> 'dynamic' supervisor states [2]. But some naming in the change has ‘dynamic’
> state only.
>
> So, these two kinds of dynamic states are different and need to be named
> clearly.
Oh well, this is going to be a mess, there's also CET coming but at
least stuff is properly documented with comments - I guess thanks
dhansen :) - so we can fix it up later if something's still amiss.
> How about the changelog message like this:
>
> "
> The context switch buffer is in preparation to be dynamic for user states.
> Introduce a new mask variable to indicate the 'dynamic' user states. The value
> is determined at boot time.
>
> The perf subsystem has a separate buffer to save some states only when needed,
> not in every context switch. The states are named as 'dynamic' supervisor
> states. Some define and helper are not named with dynamic supervisor states,
> so rename them.
>
> No functional change.
> “
Yah, better.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-22 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-23 15:56 [PATCH v3 00/21] x86: Support Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:56 ` [PATCH v3 01/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify initialization helper to handle both static and dynamic buffers Chang S. Bae
2021-01-15 12:40 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-23 15:56 ` [PATCH v3 02/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify state copy helpers " Chang S. Bae
2021-01-15 12:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-19 18:50 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-20 20:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-20 21:12 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:56 ` [PATCH v3 03/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify address finders " Chang S. Bae
2021-01-15 13:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 04/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify context switch helpers " Chang S. Bae
2021-01-15 13:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-19 18:49 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 05/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Add a new variable to indicate dynamic user states Chang S. Bae
2021-01-15 13:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-15 19:47 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-19 15:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-19 18:57 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-22 10:56 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2021-01-27 1:23 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 06/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Calculate and remember dynamic xstate buffer sizes Chang S. Bae
2021-01-22 11:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-27 1:23 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-27 9:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-03 2:54 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 07/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce helpers to manage dynamic xstate buffers Chang S. Bae
2021-01-26 20:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-27 1:23 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-27 10:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-03 4:10 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-02-04 13:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-03 4:10 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 08/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Define the scope of the initial xstate data Chang S. Bae
2021-02-08 12:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-08 18:53 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-02-09 12:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-09 15:38 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 09/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce wrapper functions to organize xstate buffer access Chang S. Bae
2021-02-08 12:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-09 15:50 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 10/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Update xstate save function to support dynamic xstate Chang S. Bae
2021-01-07 8:41 ` Liu, Jing2
2021-01-07 18:40 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-12 2:52 ` Liu, Jing2
2021-01-15 4:59 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-15 5:45 ` Liu, Jing2
2021-02-08 12:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-09 15:48 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 11/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Update xstate buffer address finder " Chang S. Bae
2021-02-19 15:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-19 19:19 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 12/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Update xstate context copy function to support dynamic buffer Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 13/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Expand dynamic context switch buffer on first use Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 14/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Support ptracer-induced xstate buffer expansion Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 15/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Extend the table to map xstate components with features Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 16/21] x86/cpufeatures/amx: Enumerate Advanced Matrix Extension (AMX) feature bits Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 17/21] x86/fpu/amx: Define AMX state components and have it used for boot-time checks Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 18/21] x86/fpu/amx: Enable the AMX feature in 64-bit mode Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 19/21] selftest/x86/amx: Include test cases for the AMX state management Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 20/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Support dynamic user state in the signal handling path Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 15:57 ` [PATCH v3 21/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce boot-parameters to control some state component support Chang S. Bae
2020-12-23 18:37 ` Randy Dunlap
2021-01-14 21:31 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2021-01-14 21:31 ` [PATCH v3 00/21] x86: Support Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions Bae, Chang Seok
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