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x86: Eliminate TS_XSAVE

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The fpu code currently uses current->thread_info->status & TS_XSAVE as
a way to distinguish between XSAVE capable processors and older processors.
The decision is not really task specific; instead we use the task status to
avoid a global memory reference - the value should be the same across all
threads.

Eliminate this tie-in into the task structure by using an alternative
instruction keyed off the XSAVE cpu feature; this results in shorter and
faster code, without introducing a global memory reference.

[ hpa: in the future, this probably should use an asm jmp ]

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1273135546-29690-2-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Avi Kivity
2010-05-06 11:45:45 +03:00
committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent 250825008f
commit c9ad488289
5 changed files with 21 additions and 16 deletions
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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@@ -1243,10 +1243,7 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
/*
* Force FPU initialization:
*/
if (cpu_has_xsave)
current_thread_info()->status = TS_XSAVE;
else
current_thread_info()->status = 0;
current_thread_info()->status = 0;
clear_used_math();
mxcsr_feature_mask_init();