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arm64/simd: Add scoped guard API for kernel mode SIMD
authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Wed, 1 Oct 2025 10:16:44 +0000 (12:16 +0200)
committerArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:22:39 +0000 (09:22 +0100)
commitc5b91a17cc72e37fd830bca008369db12e7b9d2d
treef920f492e4372d400b118ad98fa3049eadae645d
parent3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
arm64/simd: Add scoped guard API for kernel mode SIMD

Encapsulate kernel_neon_begin() and kernel_neon_end() using a 'ksimd'
cleanup guard. This hides the prototype of those functions, allowing
them to be changed for arm64 but not ARM, without breaking code that is
shared between those architectures (RAID6, AEGIS-128)

It probably makes sense to expose this API more widely across
architectures, as it affords more flexibility to the arch code to
plumb it in, while imposing more rigid rules regarding the start/end
bookends appearing in matched pairs.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h