Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Feb 2003 17:13:16 -0800 | From | Jun Sun <> | Subject | [2.5 Question] Is TIF_USEDFPU cleared for a new process? |
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In 2.4, this flag is cleared in the common code, copy_flags(), when a new process is created. Not so anymore in 2.5. I wonder if it ever cleared.
I looked at the code (2.5.59) a couple of times and can't seem to find any place it is cleared for a new process.
Assuming it is not cleared, I am interested in knowing what would happen, especially in the following scenario:
1) the new process is switched on, runs without using any FPU
2) the new process is switched off. Because the TIF_USEDFPU is set, it will execute 'fnsave' or 'fxsave'.
a) if FPU is enabled at this moment, we will save bogus FPU contents back into new process's thread structure. b) if FPU is not enabled, we will go through the trap, restore FPU registers from the thread structure, and then save the same value back into the thread structure again.
Either a) or b) is bad. Is this scenario real or just fictitious?
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