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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h index 64d6b5d97ce9..28df85561730 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -435,11 +435,11 @@ struct fpu { union thread_xstate *state; /* * This counter contains the number of consecutive context switches - * that the FPU is used. If this is over a threshold, the lazy fpu - * saving becomes unlazy to save the trap. This is an unsigned char - * so that after 256 times the counter wraps and the behavior turns - * lazy again; this to deal with bursty apps that only use FPU for - * a short time + * during which the FPU stays used. If this is over a threshold, the + * lazy fpu saving logic becomes unlazy, to save the trap overhead. + * This is an unsigned char so that after 256 iterations the counter + * wraps and the context switch behavior turns lazy again; this is to + * deal with bursty apps that only use the FPU for a short time: */ unsigned char counter; }; |