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We currently only permit kernel mode NEON in process context, to avoid the need to preserve/restore the NEON register file when taking an exception while running in the kernel. Like we did on arm64, we can relax this restriction substantially, by permitting kernel mode NEON from softirq context, while ensuring that softirq processing is disabled when the NEON is being used in task context. This guarantees that only NEON context belonging to user space needs to be preserved and restored, which is already taken care of. This is especially relevant for network encryption, where incoming frames are typically handled in softirq context, and deferring software decryption to a kernel thread or falling back to C code are both undesirable from a performance PoV. Tested-by: Martin Willi <martin@strongswan.org> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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.