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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c31
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 74cc32265918..a407bf5cb92f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -276,29 +276,30 @@ void fpu__activate_curr(struct fpu *fpu)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpu__activate_curr);
/*
- * This function is called before we modify a stopped child's
- * FPU state context.
+ * This function must be called before we modify a stopped child's
+ * fpstate.
*
* If the child has not used the FPU before then initialize its
- * FPU context.
+ * fpstate.
*
* If the child has used the FPU before then unlazy it.
*
- * [ After this function call, after the context is modified and
- * the child task is woken up, the child task will restore
- * the modified FPU state from the modified context. If we
+ * [ After this function call, after registers in the fpstate are
+ * modified and the child task has woken up, the child task will
+ * restore the modified FPU state from the modified context. If we
* didn't clear its lazy status here then the lazy in-registers
- * state pending on its former CPU could be restored, losing
+ * state pending on its former CPU could be restored, corrupting
* the modifications. ]
*
* This function is also called before we read a stopped child's
- * FPU state - to make sure it's modified.
+ * FPU state - to make sure it's initialized if the child has
+ * no active FPU state.
*
* TODO: A future optimization would be to skip the unlazying in
* the read-only case, it's not strictly necessary for
* read-only access to the context.
*/
-static void fpu__unlazy_stopped(struct fpu *child_fpu)
+static void fpu__activate_stopped(struct fpu *child_fpu)
{
WARN_ON_ONCE(child_fpu == &current->thread.fpu);
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ int xfpregs_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
if (!cpu_has_fxsr)
return -ENODEV;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
sanitize_i387_state(target);
return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ int xfpregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
if (!cpu_has_fxsr)
return -ENODEV;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
sanitize_i387_state(target);
ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ int xstateregs_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
if (!cpu_has_xsave)
return -ENODEV;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
xsave = &fpu->state.xsave;
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ int xstateregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
if (!cpu_has_xsave)
return -ENODEV;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
xsave = &fpu->state.xsave;
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ int fpregs_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
struct fpu *fpu = &target->thread.fpu;
struct user_i387_ia32_struct env;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
return fpregs_soft_get(target, regset, pos, count, kbuf, ubuf);
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ int fpregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
struct user_i387_ia32_struct env;
int ret;
- fpu__unlazy_stopped(fpu);
+ fpu__activate_stopped(fpu);
sanitize_i387_state(target);