x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v5
Only allocate the FPU area when the application actually uses FPU, i.e., in the first lazy FPU trap. This could save memory for non-fpu using apps. for example: on my system after boot, there are around 300 processes, with only 17 using FPU. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
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regs->cs = __USER_CS;
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regs->ip = new_ip;
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regs->sp = new_sp;
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/*
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* Free the old FP and other extended state
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*/
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free_thread_xstate(current);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
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