linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] x86/xsave: Move xsave initialization to after parsing early parameters

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1710051504400.2083@nanos>
Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:04:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] x86/xsave: Move xsave initialization to after
 parsing early parameters

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Andi Kleen wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Move the XSAVE initialization code to be after parsing early parameters.
> I don't see any reason why the FPU code needs to be initialized that
> early, nothing else in the initialization phase uses XSAVE.
> This is useful to be able to handle command line parameters in the
> XSAVE initialization code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>