From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com>
Cc: <hpa@zytor.com>, <tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@elte.hu>,
<suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>, <eranian@google.com>,
<brgerst@gmail.com>, <robert.richter@amd.com>,
<Andreas.Herrmann3@amd.com>, <x86@kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:31:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ipm2lioy.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322570488-21798-1-git-send-email-hans.rosenfeld@amd.com> (Hans Rosenfeld's message of "Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:41:19 +0100")
Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com> writes:
>
> The lazy allocation of the xstate area has been removed. The support for
> extended states that cannot be saved/restored lazily, like AMD's LWP,
> need this. Since optimized library functions using SSE etc. are widely
> used today, most processes would have an xstate area anyway, making the
> memory overhead negligible.
Do you have any data on that? It sounds dubious for specialized
workloads.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-29 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-29 12:41 [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 1/9] x86, xsave: warn on #NM exceptions caused by the kernel Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 2/9] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86, xsave: cleanup fpu/xsave signal frame setup Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86, xsave: rework fpu/xsave support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86, xsave: remove unused code Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86, xsave: more cleanups Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86, xsave: remove lazy allocation of xstate area Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 12:41 ` [PATCH 9/9] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-29 21:31 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-11-30 17:37 ` [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support Hans Rosenfeld
2011-11-30 21:52 ` Andi Kleen
2011-12-01 20:36 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-02 2:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-12-02 11:20 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-07 19:57 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-07 20:00 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86, xsave: add support for non-lazy xstates Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-07 20:00 ` [PATCH 8/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-05 10:22 ` [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support Ingo Molnar
2011-12-16 16:07 ` Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-16 16:12 ` [RFC 1/5] x86, perf: Implement software-activation of lwp Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-16 16:12 ` [RFC 2/5] perf: adds prototype for a new perf-context-type Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-16 16:12 ` [RFC 3/5] perf: adds a new pmu-initialization-call Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-16 16:12 ` [RFC 4/5] x86, perf: implements lwp-perf-integration (rc1) Hans Rosenfeld
2011-12-18 8:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-18 15:22 ` Benjamin Block
2011-12-18 23:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-19 9:09 ` Robert Richter
2011-12-19 10:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-19 11:12 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-19 11:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-19 11:58 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-19 18:13 ` Benjamin
2011-12-20 8:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-20 9:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-20 9:47 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-20 10:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-20 15:27 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-12-20 18:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-21 0:07 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-12-21 12:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-21 12:44 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 13:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-21 22:49 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-12-23 10:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-21 11:46 ` Gleb Natapov
2011-12-23 10:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-20 15:48 ` Vince Weaver
2011-12-20 18:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-20 22:47 ` Vince Weaver
2011-12-21 12:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-21 13:55 ` Vince Weaver
2011-12-16 16:12 ` [RFC 5/5] x86, perf: adds support for the LWP threshold-int Hans Rosenfeld
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