Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: vfp: Always save VFP state in vfp_pm_suspend

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 22:55 +0000, Colin Cross wrote:
> vfp_pm_suspend should save the VFP state any time there is
> a last_VFP_context.  If it only saves when the VFP is enabled,
> the state can get lost when, on a UP system:
>    Thread 1 uses the VFP
>    Context switch occurs to thread 2, VFP is disabled but the
>       VFP context is not saved to allow lazy save and restore
>    Thread 2 initiates suspend
>    vfp_pm_suspend is called with the VFP disabled, but the
>       context has not been saved.
> 
> Modify vfp_pm_suspend to save the VFP context whenever
> last_VFP_context is set.
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>


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