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    arm64: Avoid cpus_have_const_cap() for ARM64_{SVE,SME,SME2,FA64} · a76521d1
    Mark Rutland authored
    In system_supports_{sve,sme,sme2,fa64}() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to
    check for the relevant cpucaps, but this is only necessary so that
    sve_setup() and sme_setup() can run prior to alternatives being patched,
    and otherwise alternative_has_cap_*() would be preferable.
    
    For historical reasons, cpus_have_const_cap() is more complicated than
    it needs to be. Before cpucaps are finalized, it will perform a bitmap
    test of the system_cpucaps bitmap, and once cpucaps are finalized it
    will use an alternative branch. This used to be necessary to handle some
    race conditions in the window between cpucap detection and the
    subsequent patching of alternatives and static branches, where different
    branches could be out-of-sync with one another (or w.r.t. alternative
    sequences). Now that we use alternative branches instead of static
    branches, these are all patched atomically w.r.t. one another, and there
    are only a handful of cases that need special care in the window between
    cpucap detection and alternative patching.
    
    Due to the above, it would be nice to remove cpus_have_const_cap(), and
    migrate callers over to alternative_has_cap_*(), cpus_have_final_cap(),
    or cpus_have_cap() depending on when their requirements. This will
    remove redundant instructions and improve code generation, and will make
    it easier to determine how each callsite will behave before, during, and
    after alternative patching.
    
    All of system_supports_{sve,sme,sme2,fa64}() will return false prior to
    system cpucaps being detected. In the window between system cpucaps being
    detected and patching alternatives, we need system_supports_sve() and
    system_supports_sme() to run to initialize SVE and SME properties, but
    all other users of system_supports_{sve,sme,sme2,fa64}() don't depend on
    the relevant cpucap becoming true until alternatives are patched:
    
    * No KVM code runs until after alternatives are patched, and so this can
      safely use cpus_have_final_cap() or alternative_has_cap_*().
    
    * The cpuid_cpu_online() callback in arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c is
      registered later from cpuinfo_regs_init() as a device_initcall, and so
      this can safely use cpus_have_final_cap() or alternative_has_cap_*().
    
    * The entry, signal, and ptrace code isn't reachable until userspace has
      run, and so this can safely use cpus_have_final_cap() or
      alternative_has_cap_*().
    
    * Currently perf_reg_validate() will un-reserve the PERF_REG_ARM64_VG
      pseudo-register before alternatives are patched, and before
      sve_setup() has run. If a sampling event is created early enough, this
      would allow perf_ext_reg_value() to sample (the as-yet uninitialized)
      thread_struct::vl[] prior to alternatives being patched.
    
      It would be preferable to defer this until alternatives are patched,
      and this can safely use alternative_has_cap_*().
    
    * The context-switch code will run during this window as part of
      stop_machine() used during alternatives_patch_all(), and potentially
      for other work if other kernel threads are created early. No threads
      require the use of SVE/SME/SME2/FA64 prior to alternatives being
      patched, and it would be preferable for the related context-switch
      logic to take effect after alternatives are patched so that ths is
      guaranteed to see a consistent system-wide state (e.g. anything
      initialized by sve_setup() and sme_setup().
    
      This can safely ues alternative_has_cap_*().
    
    This patch replaces the use of cpus_have_const_cap() with
    alternative_has_cap_unlikely(), which will avoid generating code to test
    the system_cpucaps bitmap and should be better for all subsequent calls
    at runtime. The sve_setup() and sme_setup() functions are modified to
    use cpus_have_cap() directly so that they can observe the cpucaps being
    set prior to alternatives being patched.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
    Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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