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Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions

From Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions
Date 2016-10-18 01:50 +0200
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 04:30:47PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Rik wants to add a different form of FPU laziness, and it would be
> simpler if we could just always copy from a kernel buffer.  Does code
> to do that exist in the tree?

If we know fpregs are not active at the time of the copy and compacted format
is the concern, can we use copyout_from_xsaves() in xstate.c?

Yu-cheng

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[PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions riel@redhat.com - 2016-10-17 22:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-10-17 23:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate)  helper functions Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-10-18 01:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-10-18 01:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate)  helper functions Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-10-18 01:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] fpu/x86: add make_fpregs_active(_newstate) helper functions Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-10-18 03:30 +0200

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