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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-06-02 08:05:42 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-06-02 08:05:42 +0200
commitf407a8258610169cd8e975dba7f0b2824562014c (patch)
tree6c87b2d168a4665411a9e16b9f481599f2db25bc /arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
parent960d447b94b22ceba286917056871d1dac8da697 (diff)
parentc46a024ea5eb0165114dbbc8c82c29b7bcf66e71 (diff)
downloadlinux-f407a8258610169cd8e975dba7f0b2824562014c.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core, to resolve conflict
Conflicts: arch/sparc/include/asm/topology_64.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/i387.c')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
index 009183276bb7..6185d3141219 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c
@@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ static void init_thread_xstate(void)
xstate_size = sizeof(struct i387_fxsave_struct);
else
xstate_size = sizeof(struct i387_fsave_struct);
+
+ /*
+ * Quirk: we don't yet handle the XSAVES* instructions
+ * correctly, as we don't correctly convert between
+ * standard and compacted format when interfacing
+ * with user-space - so disable it for now.
+ *
+ * The difference is small: with recent CPUs the
+ * compacted format is only marginally smaller than
+ * the standard FPU state format.
+ *
+ * ( This is easy to backport while we are fixing
+ * XSAVES* support. )
+ */
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
}
/*