On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 07:53 -0700, Avi Kivity wrote: > The fpu code currently uses current->thread_info->status & TS_XSAVE as > a way to distinguish between XSAVE capable processors and older processors. > The decision is not really task specific; instead we use the task status to > avoid a global memory reference - the value should be the same across all > threads. > > Eliminate this tie-in into the task structure by using an alternative > instruction keyed off the XSAVE cpu feature; this results in shorter and > faster code, without introducing a global memory reference. > > Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <a...@redhat.com>
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