From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763214AbYCDK2f (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:28:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755639AbYCDK21 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:28:27 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59395 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755228AbYCDK21 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:28:27 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:28:04 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Suresh Siddha Cc: hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, andi@firstfloor.org, hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] x86, fpu: split FPU state from task struct - v3 Message-ID: <20080304102804.GA17681@elte.hu> References: <20080303230335.892214000@linux-os.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080303230335.892214000@linux-os.sc.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Suresh Siddha wrote: > Split the FPU save area from the task struct. This allows easy > migration of FPU context, and it's generally cleaner. It also allows > the following two optimizations: hm, i didnt get a reply from you to: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/3/3/47 I'm uneasy to apply patches without knowing whether previous problems are fixed. In the changelog there's a mention of: v3: Fixed the non-atomic calling sequence in atomic context. is that the same bug? Ingo