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authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>2012-09-06 15:05:18 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-09-18 15:52:23 -0700
commit212b02125f3725127148475059a70031bd031bdb (patch)
tree9505ae1f2d35ee9c803c0d3e64451b41db9ccb8b
parent5d2bd7009f306c82afddd1ca4d9763ad8473c216 (diff)
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x86, fpu: enable eagerfpu by default for xsaveopt
xsaveopt/xrstor support optimized state save/restore by tracking the INIT state and MODIFIED state during context-switch. Enable eagerfpu by default for processors supporting xsaveopt. Can be disabled by passing "eagerfpu=off" boot parameter. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347300665-6209-3-git-send-email-suresh.b.siddha@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c3
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 741d064fdc6a..e8f7faaa4571 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
eagerfpu= [X86]
- on enable eager fpu restore
+ on enable eager fpu restore (default for xsaveopt)
off disable eager fpu restore
nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 5dd2b473ccff..0debdb518440 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_power_flags[32];
#define cpu_has_xmm4_2 boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM4_2)
#define cpu_has_x2apic boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_X2APIC)
#define cpu_has_xsave boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE)
+#define cpu_has_xsaveopt boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT)
#define cpu_has_osxsave boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE)
#define cpu_has_hypervisor boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)
#define cpu_has_pclmulqdq boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCLMULQDQ)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
index c0afd2c43761..e99f75439f6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ static void __init xstate_enable_boot_cpu(void)
prepare_fx_sw_frame();
setup_init_fpu_buf();
+ if (cpu_has_xsaveopt && !disable_eagerfpu)
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU);
+
pr_info("enabled xstate_bv 0x%llx, cntxt size 0x%x\n",
pcntxt_mask, xstate_size);
}
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