Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Suresh Siddha <> | Subject | [PATCH 3/3] x86, fpu: clear the fpu state during thread exit | Date | Tue, 8 May 2012 16:18:05 -0700 |
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There is no need to save any active fpu state to the task structure memory if the task is dead. Just clear the state instead.
For example, this saved some 1770 xsave's during the system boot of a two socket Xeon system.
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c index 1d92a5a..1c7566e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c @@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ void arch_task_cache_init(void) SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_NOTRACK, NULL); } +static inline void flush_fpu(struct task_struct *tsk) +{ + /* + * Forget coprocessor state.. + */ + tsk->fpu_counter = 0; + clear_fpu(tsk); + clear_used_math(); +} + /* * Free current thread data structures etc.. */ @@ -103,6 +113,8 @@ void exit_thread(void) put_cpu(); kfree(bp); } + + flush_fpu(me); } void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs) @@ -143,12 +155,7 @@ void flush_thread(void) flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(tsk); memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array)); - /* - * Forget coprocessor state.. - */ - tsk->fpu_counter = 0; - clear_fpu(tsk); - clear_used_math(); + flush_fpu(tsk); } static void hard_disable_TSC(void) -- 1.7.6.5
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