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Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing

From Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing
Date 2016-01-15 22:00 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 09:28:58PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > +static void __init fpu__init_parse_early_param(void)
> > +{
> > +	/*
> > +	 * No need to check "eagerfpu=auto" again, since it is the
> > +	 * initial default.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "eagerfpu=off"))
> > +		eagerfpu = DISABLE;
> > +	else if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "eagerfpu=on"))
> > +		eagerfpu = ENABLE;
> > +
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no387"))
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FPU);
> > +
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nofxsr")) {
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FXSR);
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT);
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XMM);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "noxsave"))
> > +		fpu__xstate_clear_all_cpu_caps();
> > +
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "noxsaveopt"))
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT);
> > +
> > +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "noxsaves"))
> > +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
> 
> This could certainly be improved: we're iterating over the *whole*
> command line each time for each option unconditionally instead of
> iterating word by word and comparing it with all strings.
> 
> We'd need something like cmdline_for_each_word() or so, though...
> 

That is a good point. I will work on it.

Thanks,
Yu-cheng

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[PATCH 0/4] x86/fpu: FPU init code bugfixes yu-cheng yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-06 23:40 +0100
  [PATCH 2/4] x86/fpu: Disable XGETBV1 when no XSAVE yu-cheng yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-06 23:40 +0100
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Disable XGETBV1 when no XSAVE tip-bot for yu-cheng yu <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-12 13:10 +0100
  [PATCH 3/4] x86/fpu: Disable MPX when eagerfpu is off yu-cheng yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-06 23:40 +0100
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Disable MPX when eagerfpu is off tip-bot for yu-cheng yu <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-12 13:10 +0100
  [PATCH 4/4] x86/fpu: Disable AVX when eagerfpu is off yu-cheng yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-06 23:40 +0100
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Disable AVX when eagerfpu is off tip-bot for yu-cheng yu <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-12 13:10 +0100
  [PATCH 1/4] x86/fpu: Fix early fpu command-line parsing yu-cheng yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-06 23:40 +0100
    [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing tip-bot for yu-cheng yu <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-12 13:10 +0100
      Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-01-15 21:30 +0100
        Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-01-15 22:00 +0100
          Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-01-15 22:10 +0100
          Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-15 22:10 +0100

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