linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86/fpu: introduce restore_init

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:20:46 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Riikonen <priikone@....fi>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86/fpu: introduce restore_init_xstate()

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 03:39:28PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> This too needs cleanups. But later ;)
> 
> Note that xstate_enable_boot_cpu is not called if !cpu_has_xsave, see the
> check in xsave_init(). Howver, eagerfpu=on will force eager_fpu_init() which
> calls eager_fpu_init_bp().

Yahaa.

This FPU cleanup fun will keep us busy until Christmas.

> Btw, I was also going to kill eager_fpu_init_bp(). Probably I will
> send the patch today.

Yap, and I'm wondering if we should kill those func ptrs games there. We
have BSP and AP CPU init paths so we can be much cleaner there.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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