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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 04:30:47PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Rik wants to add a different form of FPU laziness, and it would be
> simpler if we could just always copy from a kernel buffer. Does code
> to do that exist in the tree?

If we know fpregs are not active at the time of the copy and compacted format
is the concern, can we use copyout_from_xsaves() in xstate.c?

Yu-cheng

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