linux-kernel - [PATCH 146/208] x86/fpu: Optimize fpu_

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Date:	Tue,  5 May 2015 19:50:38 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 146/208] x86/fpu: Optimize fpu__save()

So fpu__save() does this currently:

		copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu);
		if (!use_eager_fpu())
			fpregs_deactivate(fpu);

... which deactivates the FPU on lazy switching systems unconditionally.

Both usecases of fpu__save() use this function to save the
FPU state into a fpstate: fork()/clone() and math error signal handling.

The unconditional disabling of FPU registers in the lazy switching
case is probably a mistaken conversion of old FNSAVE code (that had
to disable FPU registers).

So speed up this code by only disabling FPU registers when absolutely
necessary: when indicated by the copy_fpregs_to_fpstate() return
code:

		if (!copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu))
			fpregs_deactivate(fpu);

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 1e79a6b3fc27..8835b802aa16 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void irq_ts_restore(int TS_state)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_ts_restore);
 
 /*
- * Save the FPU state (initialize it if necessary):
+ * Save the FPU state (mark it for reload if necessary):
  *
  * This only ever gets called for the current task.
  */
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ void fpu__save(struct fpu *fpu)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	if (fpu->fpregs_active) {
-		copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu);
-		if (!use_eager_fpu())
+		if (!copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu))
 			fpregs_deactivate(fpu);
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
-- 
2.1.0

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