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    x86/fpu: Change fpu->fpregs_active from 'int' to 'char', add lazy switching comments · aeb997b9
    Ingo Molnar authored
    Improve the memory layout of 'struct fpu':
    
     - change ->fpregs_active from 'int' to 'char' - it's just a single flag
       and modern x86 CPUs can do efficient byte accesses.
    
     - pack related fields closer to each other: often 'fpu->state' will not be
       touched, while the other fields will - so pack them into a group.
    
    Also add comments to each field, describing their purpose, and add
    some background information about lazy restores.
    
    Also fix an obsolete, lazy switching related comment in fpu_copy()'s description.
    
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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