1. 10 May, 2010 2 commits
    • Avi Kivity's avatar
      x86: Introduce 'struct fpu' and related API · 86603283
      Avi Kivity authored
      Currently all fpu state access is through tsk->thread.xstate.  Since we wish
      to generalize fpu access to non-task contexts, wrap the state in a new
      'struct fpu' and convert existing access to use an fpu API.
      
      Signal frame handlers are not converted to the API since they will remain
      task context only things.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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      Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
      86603283
    • Avi Kivity's avatar
      x86: Eliminate TS_XSAVE · c9ad4882
      Avi Kivity authored
      The fpu code currently uses current->thread_info->status & TS_XSAVE as
      a way to distinguish between XSAVE capable processors and older processors.
      The decision is not really task specific; instead we use the task status to
      avoid a global memory reference - the value should be the same across all
      threads.
      
      Eliminate this tie-in into the task structure by using an alternative
      instruction keyed off the XSAVE cpu feature; this results in shorter and
      faster code, without introducing a global memory reference.
      
      [ hpa: in the future, this probably should use an asm jmp ]
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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      Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
      c9ad4882
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