From aa283f49276e7d840a40fb01eee6de97eaa7e012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suresh Siddha Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:28:05 -0700 Subject: x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v5 Only allocate the FPU area when the application actually uses FPU, i.e., in the first lazy FPU trap. This could save memory for non-fpu using apps. for example: on my system after boot, there are around 300 processes, with only 17 using FPU. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Cc: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c index 3890a5dd25f..7adad088e37 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c @@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp) regs->cs = __USER_CS; regs->ip = new_ip; regs->sp = new_sp; + /* + * Free the old FP and other extended state + */ + free_thread_xstate(current); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread); -- cgit v1.2.3