From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] x86, xsave: check cpuid level for XSTATE_CPUID (0x0d)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:51:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C46285B.2060605@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1279664764.2899.54.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com>
On 07/20/2010 03:26 PM, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 11:50 -0700, Robert Richter wrote:
>> The patch adds a check that tests if XSTATE_CPUID exists.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
>
> While we are at this, can you please rename the other hardcoded 0xd's
> with XSTATE_CPUID in xsave.c?
>
>> + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(0);
>
> Can we use boot_cpu_data instead of cpu_data(0).
>
I think boot_cpu_data is the right thing for the early stuff like this
(early_cpu_init() initializes boot_cpu_data, not cpu_data(0)) so just
use boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level instead of forming a pointer.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-20 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-20 18:50 [PATCH 00/10] x86, xsave: some code cleanups and reworks Robert Richter
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86, xsave: do not include asm/i387.h in asm/xsave.h Robert Richter
2010-07-20 21:46 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86, xsave: 32/64 bit boot cpu check unification in initialization Robert Richter
2010-07-20 21:47 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-21 0:40 ` [tip:x86/xsave] " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86: removing boot_cpu_id variable Robert Richter
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86, xsave: moving boot cpu initialization to xsave_init() Robert Richter
2010-07-20 21:48 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-21 0:40 ` [tip:x86/xsave] x86, xsave: Move " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86, xsave: make xsave_cntxt_init() static Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:20 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-21 13:48 ` Robert Richter
2010-07-21 16:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86, xsave: do not initialize xsave in fpu_init() Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:21 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86, xsave: reduce cpu_has_xsave checks Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:22 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 08/10] x86, xsave: introduce xstate enable functions Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:23 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86, xsave: check cpuid level for XSTATE_CPUID (0x0d) Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:26 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 22:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-20 22:51 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-07-20 18:50 ` [PATCH 10/10] x86, xsave: make init_xstate_buf static Robert Richter
2010-07-20 22:26 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 19:27 ` [PATCH 00/10] x86, xsave: some code cleanups and reworks Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-20 19:46 ` Robert Richter
2010-07-20 20:05 ` Suresh Siddha
2010-07-20 20:07 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-20 20:17 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 16:16 ` Robert Richter
2010-07-21 16:29 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 16:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-21 16:52 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 17:01 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 17:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-21 17:17 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 17:24 ` Robert Richter
2010-07-21 17:37 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-21 19:14 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2010-07-20 20:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
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