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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com>
To: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] FPU LWP 3/5: define new FPU interface functions: fpu_save, fpu_restore, fpu_reload
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:11:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DA827D9020000780003C9BF@vpn.id2.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DA75B57.404@amd.com>

>>> On 14.04.11 at 22:38, Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com> wrote:
> Current Xen implementation only support lazy FPU reload via CR0.TS. But 
> new FPU state isn't always tracked by CR0.TS bit. One example is AMD's 
> lightweight profiling. With this patch, Xen calls fpu_save() on vcpu 
> which is being scheduled out and fpu_restore() on vcpu which is being 
> scheduled in. The nonlazy FPU state is saved and restored in these two 
> functions.

This doesn't match the actual patch - only fpu_restore() is being
added to the context switch path, fpu_save() was there already,
saving both lazy and non-lazy state.

> This patch also defines fpu_reload() to handle lazy FPU state when #NM 
> is triggered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com>
>...
>+/* Restore VCPU's FPU state when the vcpu is scheduled out */
>+void fpu_restore(struct vcpu *v)

The comment ought so say "in" rather than "out".

Jan

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-15  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-14 20:38 [PATCH][RFC] FPU LWP 3/5: define new FPU interface functions: fpu_save, fpu_restore, fpu_reload Wei Huang
2011-04-15  9:11 ` Jan Beulich [this message]
2011-04-15 15:50   ` Wei Huang

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