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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	andi@firstfloor.org, hch@infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v3
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:48:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080305194801.GB4386@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080303230336.042604000@linux-os.sc.intel.com>

On Mon 2008-03-03 15:02:46, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> 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.

How many such apps are on your system, and how much does this
'optimalization' cost?

ISTR glibc always using FPU...?
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-03-06 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-03 23:02 [patch 1/2] x86, fpu: split FPU state from task struct " Suresh Siddha
2008-03-03 23:02 ` [patch 2/2] x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area " Suresh Siddha
2008-03-04  1:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-03-04  1:43     ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-04 10:32       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 17:55         ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-05 19:47           ` Pavel Machek
2008-03-06 15:51             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-06 19:10               ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-06 20:24               ` Pavel Machek
2008-03-06 20:52                 ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-07 12:29                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-07 13:06                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-03-07 13:18                     ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-07 13:20                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-03-07 13:27                         ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-05 19:48   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2008-03-06 19:26     ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-06 21:21       ` Pavel Machek
2008-03-04  1:18 ` [patch 1/2] x86, fpu: split FPU state from task struct " Christoph Hellwig
2008-03-04  1:36   ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-04  8:20     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-06 12:39     ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-03-04 10:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 17:59   ` Suresh Siddha
2008-03-04 20:53     ` Ingo Molnar

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