Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 2/5] x86,fpu: delay FPU register loading until switch to userspace | From | Rik van Riel <> | Date | Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:48:19 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 08:35 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote: > > > > We can get rid of fpu.counter, since nobody uses it > > > any more. > > > > We should definitely do this. > > > > Maybe getting in some cleanups first (my lazy fpu deletion, > > fpu.counter removal, etc) first is the way to go. > > Could you guys please submit all pending FPU bits that aren't new > functionality to -tip? I'll remove lazy FPU handling if you don't > beat me to it. > > Plus after lazy FPU removal we should take another good look and > make the FPU state machine even more obvious and self-documenting. > > Upstream merge commit 597f03f9d133 would be a good base.
I am flying out to Europe tomorrow, but will try to get you the cleanups some time this week. Besides the first four patcehs from Andy, there is a shortlist of a few more small changes.
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