On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 02:17:16PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> We definitely need to sanitize MXCSR for kernel fpu if kernel fpu
> means SSE2. If kernel fpu means x87, we need to fix the fpu control
> word.
Bah, there's no need to beat around the bush - let's just do:
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM))
ldmxcsr(MXCSR_DEFAULT);
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
asm volatile ("fninit");
and be sure that kernel users get a squeaky-clean FPU.
> On x86_64, I suspect the UEFI ABI technically requires a clean x87
> control word too. If we’re willing to declare that the kernel proper
> won’t use x87, then we could shove that into the UEFI code.
Nah, we don't trust the firmware.
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