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_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index b795e83..891af1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -533,6 +533,10 @@
regs->ss = __USER_DS;
regs->flags = 0x200;
set_fs(USER_DS);
+ /*
+ * Free the old FP and other extended state
+ */
+ free_thread_xstate(current);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);