[PATCH 3/3] x86, fpu: Do not update fpu_counter in the eagerfpu case

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Wed Aug 06 2014 - 08:56:00 EST


In the non-lazy FPU restore case there is no need for fpu_counter. This
patch avoids updating the counter unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h
index 8d92807..85fdd6b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h
@@ -427,12 +427,10 @@ static inline void switch_eagerfpu_prepare(struct task_struct *old, struct task_
old->thread.fpu.last_cpu = cpu;
old->thread.fpu.has_fpu = 0; /* But leave fpu_owner_task! */
} else {
- old->thread.fpu_counter = 0;
old->thread.fpu.last_cpu = ~0;
}

if (fpu->preload) {
- new->thread.fpu_counter++;
__thread_set_has_fpu(new);
prefetch(new->thread.fpu.state);
}
--
1.8.4.5

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