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SMCCCv1.3 added a hint bit which callers can set in an SMCCC function ID
(AKA "FID") to indicate that it is acceptable for the SMCCC
implementation to discard SVE and/or SME state over a specific SMCCC
call. The kernel support for using this hint is broken and SMCCC calls
may clobber the SVE and/or SME state of arbitrary tasks, though FPSIMD
state is unaffected.
The kernel support is intended to use the hint when there is no SVE or
SME state to save, and to do this it checks whether TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE
is set or TIF_SVE is clear in assembly code:
| ldr <flags>, [<current_task>, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]
| tbnz <flags>, #TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE, 1f // Any live FP state?
| tbnz <flags>, #TIF_SVE, 2f // Does that state include SVE?
|
| 1: orr <fid>, <fid>, ARM_SMCCC_1_3_SVE_HINT
| 2:
| << SMCCC call using FID >>
This is not safe as-is:
(1) SMCCC calls can be made in a preemptible context and preemption can
result in TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE being set or cleared at arbitrary
points in time. Thus checking for TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE provides no
guarantee.
(2) TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE only indicates that the live FP/SVE/SME state in
the CPU does not belong to the current task, and does not indicate
that clobbering this state is acceptable.
When the live CPU state is clobbered it is necessary to update
fpsimd_last_state.st to ensure that a subsequent context switch will
reload FP/SVE/SME state from memory rather than consuming the
clobbered state. This and the SMCCC call itself must happen in a
critical section with preemption disabled to avoid races.
(3) Live SVE/SME state can exist with TIF_SVE clear (e.g. with only
TIF_SME set), and checking TIF_SVE alone is insufficient.
Remove the broken support for the SMCCCv1.3 SVE saving hint. This is
effectively a revert of commits:
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