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Message-ID: <20080305194801.GB4386@ucw.cz>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:48:01 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc: mingo@...e.hu, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
andi@...stfloor.org, hch@...radead.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v3
On Mon 2008-03-03 15:02:46, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> Only allocate the FPU area when the application actually uses FPU, i.e., in the
> first lazy FPU trap. This could save memory for non-fpu using apps.
How many such apps are on your system, and how much does this
'optimalization' cost?
ISTR glibc always using FPU...?
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