Messages in this thread | | | From | David Matlack <> | Date | Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:11:24 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/1] KVM: x86: using the fpu in interrupt context with a guest's xcr0 |
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote: > > Why is it safe to rely on interrupted_kernel_fpu_idle? That function > is for interrupts, but is there any reason that KVM can't be preempted > (or explicitly schedule) with XCR0 having some funny value?
KVM restores the host's xcr0 in the sched-out preempt notifier and prior to returning to userspace.
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