linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] MIPS: tidy up FPU context switching

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Message-ID: <20150803160548.GF2843@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 18:05:49 +0200
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@...tec.com>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>,
	Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] MIPS: tidy up FPU context switching

On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 08:49:30AM -0700, Paul Burton wrote:

> Rather than saving the scalar FP or vector context in the assembly
> resume function, reuse the existing C code we have in fpu.h to do
> exactly that. This reduces duplication, results in a much easier to read
> resume function & should allow the compiler to optimise out more MSA
> code due to is_msa_enabled()/cpu_has_msa being known-zero at compile
> time for kernels without MSA support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>

Thanks, applied.

  Ralf
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