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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] x86/paravirt: clean up paravirt.h and optimise FPU context switch

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>
> This series:
> - splits asm/paravirt.h into paravirt.h and paravirt_types.h
> - splits out the context switch core of math_state_restore into __math_state_restore
> - rearranges 32 and 64 bit context switch to be the same and to properly
> batch FPU context switches when running paravirtualized
>
> There should be no performance side-effects of these changes. They amount
> to a small rearrangement of the existing code (and bringing the 64-bit
> code a bit closer to 32-bit, countering some genetic drift).
>
> I think these are probably safe to go into this merge window, but I
> don't think I've posted these before, so I understand if you're hesitant
> (I've had them applied locally for some time with no ill-effects).
> The paravirt cleanup is pure movement between headers, so I don't think
> there's much risk there at all.
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 711 +--------------------------------
> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 720 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 27 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 33 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 33 +-
> 6 files changed, 782 insertions(+), 743 deletions(-)

hm, no Git pull coordinates - but you have this in a Git tree,
right?

Ingo


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