Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86/fpu: Default eagerfpu=on on all CPUs

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sat Jan 23 2016 - 05:20:06 EST


On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 04:56:06PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> To try to shake out any latent issues on old hardware, this changes
> the default to eager on all CPUs. If no performance or functionality
> problems show up, a subsequent patch could remove lazy mode entirely.

Yes, I think we should do it, or at least try it. Maybe wait longer than
a kernel release - maybe 2 to be absolutely sure and so that we have
enough time to handle possible breakages.

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Boris.

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