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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h index 6eb4a0b1ad0e..da75d7b3e37d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h @@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ static inline void __fpregs_load_activate(struct fpu *fpu, int cpu) * - switch_fpu_finish() restores the new state as * necessary. * + * If TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD is cleared then the CPU's FPU registers + * are saved in the current thread's FPU register state. + * + * If TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD is set then CPU's FPU registers may not + * hold current()'s FPU registers. It is required to load the + * registers before returning to userland or using the content + * otherwise. + * * The FPU context is only stored/restored for a user task and * ->mm is used to distinguish between kernel and user threads. */ diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h index e0eccbcb8447..f9453536f9bb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct thread_info { #define TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY 11 /* notify kernel of userspace return */ #define TIF_UPROBE 12 /* breakpointed or singlestepping */ #define TIF_PATCH_PENDING 13 /* pending live patching update */ +#define TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD 14 /* load FPU on return to userspace */ #define TIF_NOCPUID 15 /* CPUID is not accessible in userland */ #define TIF_NOTSC 16 /* TSC is not accessible in userland */ #define TIF_IA32 17 /* IA32 compatibility process */ @@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ struct thread_info { #define _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY (1 << TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY) #define _TIF_UPROBE (1 << TIF_UPROBE) #define _TIF_PATCH_PENDING (1 << TIF_PATCH_PENDING) +#define _TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD (1 << TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD) #define _TIF_NOCPUID (1 << TIF_NOCPUID) #define _TIF_NOTSC (1 << TIF_NOTSC) #define _TIF_IA32 (1 << TIF_IA32) |