From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>,
Jongman Heo <jongman.heo@samsung.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] i387: support lazy restore of FPU state
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:14:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F42FE08.5020309@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyqz-2ejsRpbRdYx7UHDBg3q=9nvmtrj2nLeuZonrkz1A@mail.gmail.com>
On 02/20/2012 06:10 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't tried really figuring this out yet, but building the Fedora kernel
>> on x86_64 with your latest tree results in:
>>
>> ERROR: "fpu_owner_task" [lib/raid6/raid6_pq.ko] undefined!
>
> Ugh. My dislike of modules on my machines strikes again, and
> apparently nobody else tested the patches I sent out.
>
> The attached trivial patch fixes it, I bet.
>
> Although I do wonder if we should just make kernel_fpu_begin() be a
> real function instead of inlining it. I'm not sure it makes sense to
> inline that thing, and it might be better to export that one instead.
> Comments?
>
I would agree with that.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-21 2:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-19 22:23 [PATCH 0/2] More i387 state save/restore work Linus Torvalds
2012-02-19 22:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] i387: use 'restore_fpu_checking()' directly in task switching code Linus Torvalds
2012-02-19 22:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] i387: support lazy restore of FPU state Linus Torvalds
2012-02-19 22:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-19 23:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-19 23:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 7:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-02-20 0:53 ` [PATCH 0/2] More i387 state save/restore work Michael Neuling
2012-02-20 1:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 1:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 1:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-03-01 11:30 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-02-20 2:09 ` Indan Zupancic
2012-02-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 19:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] i387: fix up some fpu_counter confusion Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 19:48 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] i387: use 'restore_fpu_checking()' directly in task switching code Linus Torvalds
2012-02-20 19:48 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] i387: support lazy restore of FPU state Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 1:50 ` Josh Boyer
2012-02-21 2:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 2:14 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-02-21 5:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 5:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-21 14:19 ` Josh Boyer
2012-02-21 17:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-21 18:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-02-21 18:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 21:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-21 21:39 ` [PATCH 0/2] i387: FP state interface cleanups Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 21:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] i387: uninline the generic FP helpers that we expose to kernel modules Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 21:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] i387: split up <asm/i387.h> into exported and internal interfaces Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 23:50 ` [tip:x86/fpu] i387: Split " tip-bot for Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 11:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] i387: split " Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 11:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 16:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 17:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 17:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 17:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 18:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 18:29 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 18:29 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 18:09 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 18:09 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 19:06 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 19:06 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 19:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-28 19:45 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-28 19:45 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-21 23:49 ` [tip:x86/fpu] i387: Uninline the generic FP helpers that we expose to kernel modules tip-bot for Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 2:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] i387: support lazy restore of FPU state Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 2:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-21 2:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-21 21:54 ` Suresh Siddha
2012-02-21 21:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-21 22:19 ` Suresh Siddha
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