arm64: fpsimd: Preserve/restore kernel mode NEON at context switch

Currently, the FPSIMD register file is not preserved and restored along
with the general registers on exception entry/exit or context switch.
For this reason, we disable preemption when enabling FPSIMD for kernel
mode use in task context, and suspend the processing of softirqs so that
there are no concurrent uses in the kernel. (Kernel mode FPSIMD may not
be used at all in other contexts).

Disabling preemption while doing CPU intensive work on inputs of
potentially unbounded size is bad for real-time performance, which is
why we try and ensure that SIMD crypto code does not operate on more
than ~4k at a time, which is an arbitrary limit and requires assembler
code to implement efficiently.

We can avoid the need for disabling preemption if we can ensure that any
in-kernel users of the NEON will not lose the FPSIMD register state
across a context switch. And given that disabling softirqs implicitly
disables preemption as well, we will also have to ensure that a softirq
that runs code using FPSIMD can safely interrupt an in-kernel user.

So introduce a thread_info flag TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE, and modify the
context switch hook for FPSIMD to preserve and restore the kernel mode
FPSIMD to/from struct thread_struct when it is set. This avoids any
scheduling blackouts due to prolonged use of FPSIMD in kernel mode,
without the need for manual yielding.

In order to support softirq processing while FPSIMD is being used in
kernel task context, use the same flag to decide whether the kernel mode
FPSIMD state needs to be preserved and restored before allowing FPSIMD
to be used in softirq context.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208113218.3001940-8-ardb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h

@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long		fault_address;	/* fault info */
 	unsigned long		fault_code;	/* ESR_EL1 value */
 	struct debug_info	debug;		/* debugging */
+
+	struct user_fpsimd_state	kernel_fpsimd_state;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH
 	struct ptrauth_keys_user	keys_user;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL

arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void);
 #define TIF_TAGGED_ADDR		26	/* Allow tagged user addresses */
 #define TIF_SME			27	/* SME in use */
 #define TIF_SME_VL_INHERIT	28	/* Inherit SME vl_onexec across exec */
+#define TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE	29	/* Task is in a kernel mode FPSIMD section */
 
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)

arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ static void task_fpsimd_load(void)
 
 	WARN_ON(!system_supports_fpsimd());
 	WARN_ON(preemptible());
+	WARN_ON(test_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE));
 
 	if (system_supports_sve() || system_supports_sme()) {
 		switch (current->thread.fp_type) {
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ static void task_fpsimd_load(void)
 		default:
 			/*
 			 * This indicates either a bug in
-			 * fpsimd_save() or memory corruption, we
+			 * fpsimd_save_user_state() or memory corruption, we
 			 * should always record an explicit format
 			 * when we save. We always at least have the
 			 * memory allocated for FPSMID registers so
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ static void task_fpsimd_load(void)
  * than via current, if we are saving KVM state then it will have
  * ensured that the type of registers to save is set in last->to_save.
  */
-static void fpsimd_save(void)
+static void fpsimd_save_user_state(void)
 {
 	struct cpu_fp_state const *last =
 		this_cpu_ptr(&fpsimd_last_state);
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ int vec_set_vector_length(struct task_struct *task, enum vec_type type,
 	if (task == current) {
 		get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 
-		fpsimd_save();
+		fpsimd_save_user_state();
 	}
 
 	fpsimd_flush_task_state(task);
@@ -1473,6 +1474,16 @@ void do_fpsimd_exc(unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		       current);
 }
 
+static void fpsimd_load_kernel_state(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	fpsimd_load_state(&task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state);
+}
+
+static void fpsimd_save_kernel_state(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	fpsimd_save_state(&task->thread.kernel_fpsimd_state);
+}
+
 void fpsimd_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 {
 	bool wrong_task, wrong_cpu;
@@ -1483,19 +1494,28 @@ void fpsimd_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	/* Save unsaved fpsimd state, if any: */
-	fpsimd_save();
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE))
+		fpsimd_save_kernel_state(current);
+	else
+		fpsimd_save_user_state();
 
-	/*
-	 * Fix up TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE to correctly describe next's
-	 * state.  For kernel threads, FPSIMD registers are never loaded
-	 * and wrong_task and wrong_cpu will always be true.
-	 */
-	wrong_task = __this_cpu_read(fpsimd_last_state.st) !=
-					&next->thread.uw.fpsimd_state;
-	wrong_cpu = next->thread.fpsimd_cpu != smp_processor_id();
+	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE)) {
+		fpsimd_load_kernel_state(next);
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Fix up TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE to correctly describe next's
+		 * state.  For kernel threads, FPSIMD registers are never
+		 * loaded with user mode FPSIMD state and so wrong_task and
+		 * wrong_cpu will always be true.
+		 */
+		wrong_task = __this_cpu_read(fpsimd_last_state.st) !=
+			&next->thread.uw.fpsimd_state;
+		wrong_cpu = next->thread.fpsimd_cpu != smp_processor_id();
 
-	update_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE,
-			       wrong_task || wrong_cpu);
+		update_tsk_thread_flag(next, TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE,
+				       wrong_task || wrong_cpu);
+	}
 }
 
 static void fpsimd_flush_thread_vl(enum vec_type type)
@@ -1585,7 +1605,7 @@ void fpsimd_preserve_current_state(void)
 		return;
 
 	get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
-	fpsimd_save();
+	fpsimd_save_user_state();
 	put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 }
 
@@ -1803,7 +1823,7 @@ void fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state(void)
 		return;
 	WARN_ON(preemptible());
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	fpsimd_save();
+	fpsimd_save_user_state();
 	fpsimd_flush_cpu_state();
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
@@ -1837,10 +1857,37 @@ void kernel_neon_begin(void)
 	get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 
 	/* Save unsaved fpsimd state, if any: */
-	fpsimd_save();
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE)) {
+		BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || !in_serving_softirq());
+		fpsimd_save_kernel_state(current);
+	} else {
+		fpsimd_save_user_state();
+
+		/*
+		 * Set the thread flag so that the kernel mode FPSIMD state
+		 * will be context switched along with the rest of the task
+		 * state.
+		 *
+		 * On non-PREEMPT_RT, softirqs may interrupt task level kernel
+		 * mode FPSIMD, but the task will not be preemptible so setting
+		 * TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE for those would be both wrong (as it
+		 * would mark the task context FPSIMD state as requiring a
+		 * context switch) and unnecessary.
+		 *
+		 * On PREEMPT_RT, softirqs are serviced from a separate thread,
+		 * which is scheduled as usual, and this guarantees that these
+		 * softirqs are not interrupting use of the FPSIMD in kernel
+		 * mode in task context. So in this case, setting the flag here
+		 * is always appropriate.
+		 */
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || !in_serving_softirq())
+			set_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE);
+	}
 
 	/* Invalidate any task state remaining in the fpsimd regs: */
 	fpsimd_flush_cpu_state();
+
+	put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_neon_begin);
 
@@ -1858,7 +1905,16 @@ void kernel_neon_end(void)
 	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
 		return;
 
-	put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
+	/*
+	 * If we are returning from a nested use of kernel mode FPSIMD, restore
+	 * the task context kernel mode FPSIMD state. This can only happen when
+	 * running in softirq context on non-PREEMPT_RT.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && in_serving_softirq() &&
+	    test_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE))
+		fpsimd_load_kernel_state(current);
+	else
+		clear_thread_flag(TIF_KERNEL_FPSTATE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_neon_end);