Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/fpu: Speed up lazy FPU restores slightly

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sat Jan 23 2016 - 05:15:48 EST


On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 04:56:05PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> If we have an FPU, there's no need to check CR0 for FPU emulation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> index 87f80febf477..183b300f6a8b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ do_device_not_available(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "entry code didn't wake RCU");
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
> - if (read_cr0() & X86_CR0_EM) {
> + if (!cpu_has_fpu && (read_cr0() & X86_CR0_EM)) {

Please use

boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)

We want to kill those cpu_has_xxx things.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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