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    x86/fpu: Rename and sanitize fpu__save/copy() · b2681e79
    Thomas Gleixner authored
    Both function names are a misnomer.
    
    fpu__save() is actually about synchronizing the hardware register state
    into the task's memory state so that either coredump or a math exception
    handler can inspect the state at the time where the problem happens.
    
    The function guarantees to preserve the register state, while "save" is a
    common terminology for saving the current state so it can be modified and
    restored later. This is clearly not the case here.
    
    Rename it to fpu_sync_fpstate().
    
    fpu__copy() is used to clone the current task's FPU state when duplicating
    task_struct. While the register state is a copy the rest of the FPU state
    is not.
    
    Name it accordingly and remove the really pointless @src argument along
    with the warning which comes along with it.
    
    Nothing can ever copy the FPU state of a non-current task. It's clearly
    just a consequence of arch_dup_task_struct(), but it makes no sense to
    proliferate that further.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210623121455.196727450@linutronix.de
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