From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>,
Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@intel.com>,
Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>,
Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] x86 FPU API
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 08:24:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BE8252B.8020208@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BE7C857.1000600@redhat.com>
On 05/10/2010 01:48 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 05/06/2010 11:45 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Currently all fpu accessors are wedded to task_struct. However kvm
>> also uses
>> the fpu in a different context. Introduce an FPU API, and replace the
>> current uses with the new API.
>>
>> While this patchset is oriented towards deeper changes, as a first
>> step it
>> simlifies xsave for kvm.
>>
>
> Peter/Ingo, what are the plans for merging it? The kvm xsave work
> depends on this.
>
Going to look at it today. Looks good, but I want to go over it in
detail to catch any gotchas.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-10 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-06 8:45 [PATCH v3 0/2] x86 FPU API Avi Kivity
2010-05-06 8:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: eliminate TS_XSAVE Avi Kivity
2010-05-06 8:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] x86: Introduce 'struct fpu' and related API Avi Kivity
2010-05-10 8:48 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] x86 FPU API Avi Kivity
2010-05-10 15:24 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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