| Date | Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:44:45 -0000 | From | "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <> | Subject | [tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Update stale comments |
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The following commit has been merged into the x86/fpu branch of tip:
Commit-ID: d2d926482cdfbd5517826eca4e39dcd8757f04d3 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d2d926482cdfbd5517826eca4e39dcd8757f04d3 Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> AuthorDate: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 03:15:56 +02:00 Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> CommitterDate: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:27:25 +02:00
x86/fpu: Update stale comments
copy_fpstate_to_sigframe() does not have a slow path anymore. Neither does the !ia32 restore in __fpu_restore_sig().
Update the comments accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211015011538.493570236@linutronix.de --- arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c | 13 +++---------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c index 51c4915..e257805 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c @@ -155,10 +155,8 @@ static inline int copy_fpregs_to_sigframe(struct xregs_state __user *buf) * buf == buf_fx for 64-bit frames and 32-bit fsave frame. * buf != buf_fx for 32-bit frames with fxstate. * - * Try to save it directly to the user frame with disabled page fault handler. - * If this fails then do the slow path where the FPU state is first saved to - * task's fpu->state and then copy it to the user frame pointed to by the - * aligned pointer 'buf_fx'. + * Save it directly to the user frame with disabled page fault handler. If + * that faults, try to clear the frame which handles the page fault. * * If this is a 32-bit frame with fxstate, put a fsave header before * the aligned state at 'buf_fx'. @@ -334,12 +332,7 @@ static bool __fpu_restore_sig(void __user *buf, void __user *buf_fx, } if (likely(!ia32_fxstate)) { - /* - * Attempt to restore the FPU registers directly from user - * memory. For that to succeed, the user access cannot cause page - * faults. If it does, fall back to the slow path below, going - * through the kernel buffer with the enabled pagefault handler. - */ + /* Restore the FPU registers directly from user memory. */ return restore_fpregs_from_user(buf_fx, user_xfeatures, fx_only, state_size); }
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