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x86/fpu: Remove the thread::fpu pointer

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As suggested by Oleg, remove the thread::fpu pointer, as we can
calculate it via x86_task_fpu() at compile-time.

This improves code generation a bit:

   kepler:~/tip> size vmlinux.before vmlinux.after
   text        data        bss        dec         hex        filename
   26475405    10435342    1740804    38651551    24dc69f    vmlinux.before
   26475339    10959630    1216516    38651485    24dc65d    vmlinux.after

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250409211127.3544993-5-mingo@kernel.org
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Ingo Molnar 2025-04-09 23:11:23 +02:00
parent cb7ca40a38
commit 55bc30f2e3
5 changed files with 6 additions and 10 deletions
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arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
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@ -514,12 +514,9 @@ struct thread_struct {
struct thread_shstk shstk;
#endif
/* Floating point and extended processor state */
struct fpu *fpu;
};
#define x86_task_fpu(task) ((task)->thread.fpu)
#define x86_task_fpu(task) ((struct fpu *)((void *)(task) + sizeof(*(task))))
/*
* X86 doesn't need any embedded-FPU-struct quirks:

4
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
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@ -600,13 +600,11 @@ int fpu_clone(struct task_struct *dst, unsigned long clone_flags, bool minimal,
* This is safe because task_struct size is a multiple of cacheline size.
*/
struct fpu *src_fpu = x86_task_fpu(current);
struct fpu *dst_fpu = (void *)dst + sizeof(*dst);
struct fpu *dst_fpu = x86_task_fpu(dst);
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*dst) % SMP_CACHE_BYTES != 0);
BUG_ON(!src_fpu);
dst->thread.fpu = dst_fpu;
/* The new task's FPU state cannot be valid in the hardware. */
dst_fpu->last_cpu = -1;

1
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/init.c
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@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ static struct fpu x86_init_fpu __attribute__ ((aligned (64))) __read_mostly;
static void __init fpu__init_system_early_generic(void)
{
fpstate_reset(&x86_init_fpu);
current->thread.fpu = &x86_init_fpu;
set_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD);
x86_init_fpu.last_cpu = -1;

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arch/x86/kernel/process.c
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@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
#ifdef CONFIG_VM86
dst->thread.vm86 = NULL;
#endif
/* Drop the copied pointer to current's fpstate */
dst->thread.fpu = NULL;
return 0;
}

4
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
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@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ SECTIONS
/* equivalent to task_pt_regs(&init_task) */
__top_init_kernel_stack = __end_init_stack - TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING - PTREGS_SIZE;
__x86_init_fpu_begin = .;
. = __x86_init_fpu_begin + 128*PAGE_SIZE;
__x86_init_fpu_end = .;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/* 32 bit has nosave before _edata */
NOSAVE_DATA