linux-kernel - [PATCH 044/208] x86/fpu: Print out whether we are doing lazy/eager FPU context switches

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Date:	Tue,  5 May 2015 18:24:24 +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 044/208] x86/fpu: Print out whether we are doing lazy/eager FPU context switches

Ever since the kernel started defaulting to eager FPU switches on modern Intel
CPUs it's not been obvious whether a given system is using the lazy or the eager
FPU context switching logic.

So generate a boot message about which mode the FPU code is in:

  x86/fpu: Using 'lazy' FPU context switches.

or:

  x86/fpu: Using 'eager' FPU context switches.

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/xsave.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xsave.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xsave.c
index a52205b87acb..61696c5005eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xsave.c
@@ -691,6 +691,8 @@ void __init_refok eager_fpu_init(void)
 	if (eagerfpu == ENABLE)
 		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU);
 
+	printk_once(KERN_INFO "x86/fpu: Using '%s' FPU context switches.\n", eagerfpu == ENABLE ? "eager" : "lazy");
+
 	if (!cpu_has_eager_fpu) {
 		stts();
 		return;
-- 
2.1.0

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