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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h index b475d9a582b8..31089b851c4f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h @@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ static inline void fpregs_unlock(void) preempt_enable(); } +/* + * FPU state gets lazily restored before returning to userspace. So when in the + * kernel, the valid FPU state may be kept in the buffer. This function will force + * restore all the fpu state to the registers early if needed, and lock them from + * being automatically saved/restored. Then FPU state can be modified safely in the + * registers, before unlocking with fpregs_unlock(). + */ +void fpregs_lock_and_load(void); + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_DEBUG_FPU extern void fpregs_assert_state_consistent(void); #else |