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Kernel mode NEON can be used in task or softirq context, but only in a non-nesting manner, i.e., softirq context is only permitted if the interrupt was not taken at a point where the kernel was using the NEON in task context. This means all users of kernel mode NEON have to be aware of this limitation, and either need to provide scalar fallbacks that may be much slower (up to 20x for AES instructions) and potentially less safe, or use an asynchronous interface that defers processing to a later time when the NEON is guaranteed to be available. Given that grabbing and releasing the NEON is cheap, we can relax this restriction, by increasing the granularity of kernel mode NEON code, and always disabling softirq processing while the NEON is being used in task context. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302090118.30666-4-ardb@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.