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 <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 3890a5d..7adad08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@
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);