x86, xsave: context switch support using xsave/xrstor
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:29:20 +0000 (10:29 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:49:24 +0000 (19:49 +0200)
commitb359e8a434cc3d09847010fc4aeccf48d69740e4
tree8911c299dc1768c78d5452a1e7e0efd2fc8d5abb
parentdc1e35c6e95e8923cf1d3510438b63c600fee1e2
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>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c
include/asm-x86/i387.h
include/asm-x86/processor.h
include/asm-x86/thread_info.h
include/asm-x86/xsave.h