linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing

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Message-ID: <20160115210905.GL25104@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:09:05 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, oleg@...hat.com, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com, bp@...e.de, hpa@...or.com,
	luto@...capital.net, sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 01:01:37PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I really don't think we need to do this. It's code that runs *ONCE* at
> boot time. Let's not work on optimizing it unless we have some acute
> need.

It was just a "it would be better if" suggestion, no one said anyone
should work on it. And sorry but if we can elegantly optimize something,
I think we should always do it.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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