linux.git/arch/s390/kernel/process.c, branch v4.4.12

s390: avoid cache aliasing under z/VM and KVM

2015-11-16T11:04:18+00:00

commit 1f6b83e5e4d3 ("s390: avoid z13 cache aliasing") checks for the
machine type to optimize address space randomization and zero page
allocation to avoid cache aliases.

This check might fail under a hypervisor with migration support.
z/VMs "Single System Image and Live Guest Relocation" facility will
"fake" the machine type of the oldest system in the group. For example
in a group of zEC12 and Z13 the guest appears to run on a zEC12
(architecture fencing within the relocation domain)

Remove the machine type detection and always use cache aliasing
rules that are known to work for all machines. These are the z13
aliasing rules.

Suggested-by: Christian Borntraeger 
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390: remove runtime instrumentation interrupts

2015-11-03T13:40:51+00:00

The external interrupts for runtime instrumentation buffer-full
and runtime instrumentation halted are unused and have no current
user. Remove the support and ignore the second parameter of the
s390_runtime_instr system call from now on.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/fpu: add static FPU save area for init_task

2015-10-14T12:32:08+00:00

Previously, the init task did not have an allocated FPU save area and
saving an FPU state was not possible.  Now if the vector extension is
always enabled, provide a static FPU save area to save FPU states of
vector instructions that can be executed quite early.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/fpu: always enable the vector facility if it is available

2015-10-14T12:32:08+00:00

If the kernel detects that the s390 hardware supports the vector
facility, it is enabled by default at an early stage.  To force
it off, use the novx kernel parameter.  Note that there is a small
time window, where the vector facility is enabled before it is
forced to be off.

With enabling the vector facility by default, the FPU save and
restore functions can be improved.  They do not longer require
to manage expensive control register updates to enable or disable
the vector enablement control for particular processes.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/kernel: remove save_fpu_regs() parameter and use __LC_CURRENT instead

2015-08-03T08:04:37+00:00

All calls to save_fpu_regs() specify the fpu structure of the current task
pointer as parameter.  The task pointer of the current task can also be
retrieved from the CPU lowcore directly.  Remove the parameter definition,
load the __LC_CURRENT task pointer from the CPU lowcore, and rebase the FPU
structure onto the task structure.  Apply the same approach for the
load_fpu_regs() function.

Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/kernel: lazy restore fpu registers

2015-07-22T07:58:01+00:00

Improve the save and restore behavior of FPU register contents to use the
vector extension within the kernel.

The kernel does not use floating-point or vector registers and, therefore,
saving and restoring the FPU register contents are performed for handling
signals or switching processes only.  To prepare for using vector
instructions and vector registers within the kernel, enhance the save
behavior and implement a lazy restore at return to user space from a
system call or interrupt.

To implement the lazy restore, the save_fpu_regs() sets a CPU information
flag, CIF_FPU, to indicate that the FPU registers must be restored.
Saving and setting CIF_FPU is performed in an atomic fashion to be
interrupt-safe.  When the kernel wants to use the vector extension or
wants to change the FPU register state for a task during signal handling,
the save_fpu_regs() must be called first.  The CIF_FPU flag is also set at
process switch.  At return to user space, the FPU state is restored.  In
particular, the FPU state includes the floating-point or vector register
contents, as well as, vector-enablement and floating-point control.  The
FPU state restore and clearing CIF_FPU is also performed in an atomic
fashion.

For KVM, the restore of the FPU register state is performed when restoring
the general-purpose guest registers before the SIE instructions is started.
Because the path towards the SIE instruction is interruptible, the CIF_FPU
flag must be checked again right before going into SIE.  If set, the guest
registers must be reloaded again by re-entering the outer SIE loop.  This
is the same behavior as if the SIE critical section is interrupted.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/kernel: dynamically allocate FP register save area

2015-07-22T07:58:00+00:00

Make the floating-point save area dynamically allocated and uses a flag
to distinguish whether a task uses floating-point or vector registers.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/kernel: introduce fpu-internal.h with fpu helper functions

2015-07-22T07:58:00+00:00

Introduce a new structure to manage FP and VX registers. Refactor the
save and restore of floating point and vector registers with a set
of helper functions in fpu-internal.h.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390/process: fix sfpc inline assembly

2015-07-13T09:02:18+00:00

The sfpc inline assembly within execve_tail() may incorrectly set bits
28-31 of the sfpc instruction to a value which is not zero.
These bits however are currently unused and therefore should be zero
so we won't get surprised if these bits will be used in the future.

Therefore remove the second operand from the inline assembly.

Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390: remove 31 bit support

2015-03-25T10:49:33+00:00

Remove the 31 bit support in order to reduce maintenance cost and
effectively remove dead code. Since a couple of years there is no
distribution left that comes with a 31 bit kernel.

The 31 bit kernel also has been broken since more than a year before
anybody noticed. In addition I added a removal warning to the kernel
shown at ipl for 5 minutes: a960062e5826 ("s390: add 31 bit warning
message") which let everybody know about the plan to remove 31 bit
code. We didn't get any response.

Given that the last 31 bit only machine was introduced in 1999 let's
remove the code.
Anybody with 31 bit user space code can still use the compat mode.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky