linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT] crypto: limit more FPU-enabled sections

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:18:26 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT] crypto: limit more FPU-enabled sections

On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:41:08 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de> wrote:

> I would keep it for now until we decide if we keep fixing those things
> are disable for RT because it is not worth it. As I said, this is only
> x86 specific and we have something similar on ARM with NEON.
> But I guess the decision here will be postponed until someone posts
> numbers with SW and with this workaround and cyclictest with a cycle of
> 1 - 10 ms.

Fair enough.

-- Steve