riscv: vector: allow kernel-mode Vector with preemption

Add kernel_vstate to keep track of kernel-mode Vector registers when
trap introduced context switch happens. Also, provide riscv_v_flags to
let context save/restore routine track context status. Context tracking
happens whenever the core starts its in-kernel Vector executions. An
active (dirty) kernel task's V contexts will be saved to memory whenever
a trap-introduced context switch happens. Or, when a softirq, which
happens to nest on top of it, uses Vector. Context retoring happens when
the execution transfer back to the original Kernel context where it
first enable preempt_v.

Also, provide a config CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE to give users an
option to disable preemptible kernel-mode Vector at build time. Users
with constraint memory may want to disable this config as preemptible
kernel-mode Vector needs extra space for tracking of per thread's
kernel-mode V context. Or, users might as well want to disable it if all
kernel-mode Vector code is time sensitive and cannot tolerate context
switch overhead.
Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@sifive.com>
Tested-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
Tested-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240115055929.4736-11-andy.chiu@sifive.comSigned-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>

arch/riscv/Kconfig

@@ -533,6 +533,20 @@ config RISCV_ISA_V_UCOPY_THRESHOLD
 	  Prefer using vectorized copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() when the
 	  workload size exceeds this value.
 
+config RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	bool "Run kernel-mode Vector with kernel preemption"
+	depends on PREEMPTION
+	depends on RISCV_ISA_V
+	default y
+	help
+	  Usually, in-kernel SIMD routines are run with preemption disabled.
+	  Functions which envoke long running SIMD thus must yield core's
+	  vector unit to prevent blocking other tasks for too long.
+
+	  This config allows kernel to run SIMD without explicitly disable
+	  preemption. Enabling this config will result in higher memory
+	  consumption due to the allocation of per-task's kernel Vector context.
+
 config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBB
 	bool
 	default y

arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ void xor_regs_5_(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *__restrict p1,
 		 const unsigned long *__restrict p4,
 		 const unsigned long *__restrict p5);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+asmlinkage void riscv_v_context_nesting_start(struct pt_regs *regs);
+asmlinkage void riscv_v_context_nesting_end(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE */
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V */
 
 #define DECLARE_DO_ERROR_INFO(name)	asmlinkage void name(struct pt_regs *regs)

arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h

@@ -80,8 +80,35 @@ struct pt_regs;
  *  - bit 0: indicates whether the in-kernel Vector context is active. The
  *    activation of this state disables the preemption. On a non-RT kernel, it
  *    also disable bh.
+ *  - bits 8: is used for tracking preemptible kernel-mode Vector, when
+ *    RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE is enabled. Calling kernel_vector_begin() does not
+ *    disable the preemption if the thread's kernel_vstate.datap is allocated.
+ *    Instead, the kernel set this bit field. Then the trap entry/exit code
+ *    knows if we are entering/exiting the context that owns preempt_v.
+ *     - 0: the task is not using preempt_v
+ *     - 1: the task is actively using preempt_v. But whether does the task own
+ *          the preempt_v context is decided by bits in RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK.
+ *  - bit 16-23 are RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK, used by context tracking routine
+ *     when preempt_v starts:
+ *     - 0: the task is actively using, and own preempt_v context.
+ *     - non-zero: the task was using preempt_v, but then took a trap within.
+ *       Thus, the task does not own preempt_v. Any use of Vector will have to
+ *       save preempt_v, if dirty, and fallback to non-preemptible kernel-mode
+ *       Vector.
+ *  - bit 30: The in-kernel preempt_v context is saved, and requries to be
+ *    restored when returning to the context that owns the preempt_v.
+ *  - bit 31: The in-kernel preempt_v context is dirty, as signaled by the
+ *    trap entry code. Any context switches out-of current task need to save
+ *    it to the task's in-kernel V context. Also, any traps nesting on-top-of
+ *    preempt_v requesting to use V needs a save.
  */
-#define RISCV_KERNEL_MODE_V	0x1
+#define RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK		0x00ff0000
+
+#define RISCV_V_CTX_UNIT_DEPTH		0x00010000
+#define RISCV_KERNEL_MODE_V		0x00000001
+#define RISCV_PREEMPT_V			0x00000100
+#define RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY		0x80000000
+#define RISCV_PREEMPT_V_NEED_RESTORE	0x40000000
 
 /* CPU-specific state of a task */
 struct thread_struct {
@@ -95,6 +122,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	u32 vstate_ctrl;
 	struct __riscv_v_ext_state vstate;
 	unsigned long align_ctl;
+	struct __riscv_v_ext_state kernel_vstate;
 };
 
 /* Whitelist the fstate from the task_struct for hardened usercopy */

arch/riscv/include/asm/simd.h

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/thread_info.h>
 
 #include <asm/vector.h>
 
@@ -28,12 +29,27 @@ static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
 	/*
 	 * RISCV_KERNEL_MODE_V is only set while preemption is disabled,
 	 * and is clear whenever preemption is enabled.
-	 *
-	 * Kernel-mode Vector temporarily disables bh. So we must not return
-	 * true on irq_disabled(). Otherwise we would fail the lockdep check
-	 * calling local_bh_enable()
 	 */
-	return !in_hardirq() && !in_nmi() && !irqs_disabled() && !(riscv_v_flags() & RISCV_KERNEL_MODE_V);
+	if (in_hardirq() || in_nmi())
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nesting is acheived in preempt_v by spreading the control for
+	 * preemptible and non-preemptible kernel-mode Vector into two fields.
+	 * Always try to match with prempt_v if kernel V-context exists. Then,
+	 * fallback to check non preempt_v if nesting happens, or if the config
+	 * is not set.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE) && current->thread.kernel_vstate.datap) {
+		if (!riscv_preempt_v_started(current))
+			return true;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Non-preemptible kernel-mode Vector temporarily disables bh. So we
+	 * must not return true on irq_disabled(). Otherwise we would fail the
+	 * lockdep check calling local_bh_enable()
+	 */
+	return !irqs_disabled() && !(riscv_v_flags() & RISCV_KERNEL_MODE_V);
 }
 
 #else /* ! CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V */

arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h

@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ void get_cpu_vector_context(void);
 void put_cpu_vector_context(void);
 void riscv_v_thread_free(struct task_struct *tsk);
 void __init riscv_v_setup_ctx_cache(void);
+void riscv_v_thread_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 static inline u32 riscv_v_flags(void)
 {
-	return current->thread.riscv_v_flags;
+	return READ_ONCE(current->thread.riscv_v_flags);
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool has_vector(void)
@@ -200,14 +201,62 @@ static inline void riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(struct task_struct *task,
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_dirty(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return !!(task->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY);
+}
+
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_restore(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return !!(task->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_PREEMPT_V_NEED_RESTORE);
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	barrier();
+	task->thread.riscv_v_flags &= ~RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY;
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_preempt_v_set_restore(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	barrier();
+	task->thread.riscv_v_flags |= RISCV_PREEMPT_V_NEED_RESTORE;
+}
+
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_started(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return !!(task->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_PREEMPT_V);
+}
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE */
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_dirty(struct task_struct *task) { return false; }
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_restore(struct task_struct *task) { return false; }
+static inline bool riscv_preempt_v_started(struct task_struct *task) { return false; }
+#define riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(tsk)	do {} while (0)
+#define riscv_preempt_v_set_restore(tsk)	do {} while (0)
+#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE */
+
 static inline void __switch_to_vector(struct task_struct *prev,
 				      struct task_struct *next)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
 
-	regs = task_pt_regs(prev);
-	riscv_v_vstate_save(&prev->thread.vstate, regs);
-	riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(next, task_pt_regs(next));
+	if (riscv_preempt_v_started(prev)) {
+		if (riscv_preempt_v_dirty(prev)) {
+			__riscv_v_vstate_save(&prev->thread.kernel_vstate,
+					      prev->thread.kernel_vstate.datap);
+			riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(prev);
+		}
+	} else {
+		regs = task_pt_regs(prev);
+		riscv_v_vstate_save(&prev->thread.vstate, regs);
+	}
+
+	if (riscv_preempt_v_started(next))
+		riscv_preempt_v_set_restore(next);
+	else
+		riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(next, task_pt_regs(next));
 }
 
 void riscv_v_vstate_ctrl_init(struct task_struct *tsk);
@@ -231,6 +280,7 @@ static inline bool riscv_v_vstate_ctrl_user_allowed(void) { return false; }
 #define riscv_v_vstate_on(regs)			do {} while (0)
 #define riscv_v_thread_free(tsk)		do {} while (0)
 #define  riscv_v_setup_ctx_cache()		do {} while (0)
+#define riscv_v_thread_alloc(tsk)		do {} while (0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V */
 

arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ SYM_CODE_START(handle_exception)
 	/* Load the kernel shadow call stack pointer if coming from userspace */
 	scs_load_current_if_task_changed s5
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	move a0, sp
+	call riscv_v_context_nesting_start
+#endif
 	move a0, sp /* pt_regs */
 	la ra, ret_from_exception
 
@@ -138,6 +142,10 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(ret_from_exception)
 	 */
 	csrw CSR_SCRATCH, tp
 1:
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	move a0, sp
+	call riscv_v_context_nesting_end
+#endif
 	REG_L a0, PT_STATUS(sp)
 	/*
 	 * The current load reservation is effectively part of the processor's

arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c

@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 #include <asm/vector.h>
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include <asm/simd.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+#include <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
+#endif
 
 static inline void riscv_v_flags_set(u32 flags)
 {
-	current->thread.riscv_v_flags = flags;
+	WRITE_ONCE(current->thread.riscv_v_flags, flags);
 }
 
 static inline void riscv_v_start(u32 flags)
@@ -27,12 +30,14 @@ static inline void riscv_v_start(u32 flags)
 	orig = riscv_v_flags();
 	BUG_ON((orig & flags) != 0);
 	riscv_v_flags_set(orig | flags);
+	barrier();
 }
 
 static inline void riscv_v_stop(u32 flags)
 {
 	int orig;
 
+	barrier();
 	orig = riscv_v_flags();
 	BUG_ON((orig & flags) == 0);
 	riscv_v_flags_set(orig & ~flags);
@@ -75,6 +80,117 @@ void put_cpu_vector_context(void)
 		preempt_enable();
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+static __always_inline u32 *riscv_v_flags_ptr(void)
+{
+	return &current->thread.riscv_v_flags;
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_preempt_v_set_dirty(void)
+{
+	*riscv_v_flags_ptr() |= RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY;
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_preempt_v_reset_flags(void)
+{
+	*riscv_v_flags_ptr() &= ~(RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY | RISCV_PREEMPT_V_NEED_RESTORE);
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_v_ctx_depth_inc(void)
+{
+	*riscv_v_flags_ptr() += RISCV_V_CTX_UNIT_DEPTH;
+}
+
+static inline void riscv_v_ctx_depth_dec(void)
+{
+	*riscv_v_flags_ptr() -= RISCV_V_CTX_UNIT_DEPTH;
+}
+
+static inline u32 riscv_v_ctx_get_depth(void)
+{
+	return *riscv_v_flags_ptr() & RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK;
+}
+
+static int riscv_v_stop_kernel_context(void)
+{
+	if (riscv_v_ctx_get_depth() != 0 || !riscv_preempt_v_started(current))
+		return 1;
+
+	riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(current);
+	riscv_v_stop(RISCV_PREEMPT_V);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int riscv_v_start_kernel_context(bool *is_nested)
+{
+	struct __riscv_v_ext_state *kvstate, *uvstate;
+
+	kvstate = &current->thread.kernel_vstate;
+	if (!kvstate->datap)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (riscv_preempt_v_started(current)) {
+		WARN_ON(riscv_v_ctx_get_depth() == 0);
+		*is_nested = true;
+		get_cpu_vector_context();
+		if (riscv_preempt_v_dirty(current)) {
+			__riscv_v_vstate_save(kvstate, kvstate->datap);
+			riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(current);
+		}
+		riscv_preempt_v_set_restore(current);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Transfer the ownership of V from user to kernel, then save */
+	riscv_v_start(RISCV_PREEMPT_V | RISCV_PREEMPT_V_DIRTY);
+	if ((task_pt_regs(current)->status & SR_VS) == SR_VS_DIRTY) {
+		uvstate = &current->thread.vstate;
+		__riscv_v_vstate_save(uvstate, uvstate->datap);
+	}
+	riscv_preempt_v_clear_dirty(current);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* low-level V context handling code, called with irq disabled */
+asmlinkage void riscv_v_context_nesting_start(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int depth;
+
+	if (!riscv_preempt_v_started(current))
+		return;
+
+	depth = riscv_v_ctx_get_depth();
+	if (depth == 0 && (regs->status & SR_VS) == SR_VS_DIRTY)
+		riscv_preempt_v_set_dirty();
+
+	riscv_v_ctx_depth_inc();
+}
+
+asmlinkage void riscv_v_context_nesting_end(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct __riscv_v_ext_state *vstate = &current->thread.kernel_vstate;
+	u32 depth;
+
+	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+
+	if (!riscv_preempt_v_started(current))
+		return;
+
+	riscv_v_ctx_depth_dec();
+	depth = riscv_v_ctx_get_depth();
+	if (depth == 0) {
+		if (riscv_preempt_v_restore(current)) {
+			__riscv_v_vstate_restore(vstate, vstate->datap);
+			__riscv_v_vstate_clean(regs);
+			riscv_preempt_v_reset_flags();
+		}
+	}
+}
+#else
+#define riscv_v_start_kernel_context(nested)	(-ENOENT)
+#define riscv_v_stop_kernel_context()		(-ENOENT)
+#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE */
+
 /*
  * kernel_vector_begin(): obtain the CPU vector registers for use by the calling
  * context
@@ -90,14 +206,20 @@ void put_cpu_vector_context(void)
  */
 void kernel_vector_begin(void)
 {
+	bool nested = false;
+
 	if (WARN_ON(!has_vector()))
 		return;
 
 	BUG_ON(!may_use_simd());
 
-	get_cpu_vector_context();
+	if (riscv_v_start_kernel_context(&nested)) {
+		get_cpu_vector_context();
+		riscv_v_vstate_save(&current->thread.vstate, task_pt_regs(current));
+	}
 
-	riscv_v_vstate_save(&current->thread.vstate, task_pt_regs(current));
+	if (!nested)
+		riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(current, task_pt_regs(current));
 
 	riscv_v_enable();
 }
@@ -117,10 +239,9 @@ void kernel_vector_end(void)
 	if (WARN_ON(!has_vector()))
 		return;
 
-	riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(current, task_pt_regs(current));
-
 	riscv_v_disable();
 
-	put_cpu_vector_context();
+	if (riscv_v_stop_kernel_context())
+		put_cpu_vector_context();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_vector_end);

arch/riscv/kernel/process.c

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
 	*dst = *src;
 	/* clear entire V context, including datap for a new task */
 	memset(&dst->thread.vstate, 0, sizeof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state));
+	memset(&dst->thread.kernel_vstate, 0, sizeof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state));
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(dst, TIF_RISCV_V_DEFER_RESTORE);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 		p->thread.s[0] = 0;
 	}
 	p->thread.riscv_v_flags = 0;
+	if (has_vector())
+		riscv_v_thread_alloc(p);
 	p->thread.ra = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long)childregs; /* kernel sp */
 	return 0;

arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 static bool riscv_v_implicit_uacc = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_DEFAULT_ENABLE);
 static struct kmem_cache *riscv_v_user_cachep;
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+static struct kmem_cache *riscv_v_kernel_cachep;
+#endif
 
 unsigned long riscv_v_vsize __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(riscv_v_vsize);
@@ -56,6 +59,11 @@ void __init riscv_v_setup_ctx_cache(void)
 	riscv_v_user_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("riscv_vector_ctx",
 							 riscv_v_vsize, 16, SLAB_PANIC,
 							 0, riscv_v_vsize, NULL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	riscv_v_kernel_cachep = kmem_cache_create("riscv_vector_kctx",
+						  riscv_v_vsize, 16,
+						  SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 static bool insn_is_vector(u32 insn_buf)
@@ -91,24 +99,35 @@ static bool insn_is_vector(u32 insn_buf)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int riscv_v_thread_zalloc(void)
+static int riscv_v_thread_zalloc(struct kmem_cache *cache,
+				 struct __riscv_v_ext_state *ctx)
 {
 	void *datap;
 
-	datap = kmem_cache_zalloc(riscv_v_user_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	datap = kmem_cache_zalloc(cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!datap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	current->thread.vstate.datap = datap;
-	memset(&current->thread.vstate, 0, offsetof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state,
-						    datap));
+	ctx->datap = datap;
+	memset(ctx, 0, offsetof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state, datap));
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void riscv_v_thread_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	riscv_v_thread_zalloc(riscv_v_kernel_cachep, &tsk->thread.kernel_vstate);
+#endif
+}
+
 void riscv_v_thread_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	if (tsk->thread.vstate.datap)
 		kmem_cache_free(riscv_v_user_cachep, tsk->thread.vstate.datap);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
+	if (tsk->thread.kernel_vstate.datap)
+		kmem_cache_free(riscv_v_kernel_cachep, tsk->thread.kernel_vstate.datap);
+#endif
 }
 
 #define VSTATE_CTRL_GET_CUR(x) ((x) & PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_CUR_MASK)
@@ -180,7 +199,7 @@ bool riscv_v_first_use_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * context where VS has been off. So, try to allocate the user's V
 	 * context and resume execution.
 	 */
-	if (riscv_v_thread_zalloc()) {
+	if (riscv_v_thread_zalloc(riscv_v_user_cachep, &current->thread.vstate)) {
 		force_sig(SIGBUS);
 		return true;
 	}