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On 01/12/2015 04:18 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 04:46:23PM -0500, r...@redhat.com wrote:
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -400,6 +400,11 @@
>> struct xsave_struct { /* new processor state extensions will go
>> here */ } __attribute__ ((packed, aligned (64)));
>>
>> +/* + * The FPU state used depends on the capabilities of the
>> hardware; the + * registers used for vector instructions on newer
>> hardware are included + * in the FPU state. + */ union
>> thread_xstate { struct i387_fsave_struct fsave; struct
>> i387_fxsave_struct fxsave; @@ -408,8 +413,8 @@ union
>> thread_xstate { };
>>
>> struct fpu { - unsigned int last_cpu; - unsigned int has_fpu; +
>> unsigned int last_cpu; /* FPU state last loaded on this CPU */
>
> Isn't that the last CPU which had the FPU?
Indeed it is. Good catch. I will fix it.
>> + unsigned int has_fpu; /* FPU state in current use on CPU */
>
> I understand ->has_fpu as this thread has the FPU. See comment
> over user_has_fpu().
It does that currently, but the patch to __kernel_fpu_start() changes it
so it can point to a kernel FPU state as well.
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