arch/x86/kernel/fpu/bugs.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/bugs.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/bugs.c
Extension
.c
Size
1300 bytes
Lines
63
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/x86
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
 * x86 FPU bug checks:
 */
#include <linux/printk.h>

#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/fpu/api.h>

/*
 * Boot time CPU/FPU FDIV bug detection code:
 */

static double __initdata x = 4195835.0;
static double __initdata y = 3145727.0;

/*
 * This used to check for exceptions..
 * However, it turns out that to support that,
 * the XMM trap handlers basically had to
 * be buggy. So let's have a correct XMM trap
 * handler, and forget about printing out
 * some status at boot.
 *
 * We should really only care about bugs here
 * anyway. Not features.
 */
void __init fpu__init_check_bugs(void)
{
	s32 fdiv_bug;

	/* kernel_fpu_begin/end() relies on patched alternative instructions. */
	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))
		return;

	kernel_fpu_begin();

	/*
	 * trap_init() enabled FXSR and company _before_ testing for FP
	 * problems here.
	 *
	 * Test for the divl bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdiv_bug
	 */
	__asm__("fninit\n\t"
		"fldl %1\n\t"
		"fdivl %2\n\t"
		"fmull %2\n\t"
		"fldl %1\n\t"
		"fsubp %%st,%%st(1)\n\t"
		"fistpl %0\n\t"
		"fwait\n\t"
		"fninit"
		: "=m" (*&fdiv_bug)
		: "m" (*&x), "m" (*&y));

	kernel_fpu_end();

	if (fdiv_bug) {
		set_cpu_bug(&boot_cpu_data, X86_BUG_FDIV);
		pr_warn("Hmm, FPU with FDIV bug\n");
	}
}

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