x86, xsave: context switch support using xsave/xrstor
Uses xsave/xrstor (instead of traditional fxsave/fxrstor) in context switch
when available.
Introduces TS_XSAVE flag, which determine the need to use xsave/xrstor
instructions during context switch instead of the legacy fxsave/fxrstor
instructions. Thread-synchronous status word is already in L1 cache during
this code patch and thus minimizes the performance penality compared to
(cpu_has_xsave) checks.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
index e22a9a9..b778e17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@
mxcsr_feature_mask_init();
/* clean state in init */
- current_thread_info()->status = 0;
+ if (cpu_has_xsave)
+ current_thread_info()->status = TS_XSAVE;
+ else
+ current_thread_info()->status = 0;
clear_used_math();
}
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */