Re: [patch] x64, fpu: fix possible FPU leakage in error conditions

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Suresh Siddha wrote:
>
> Only the first init_fpu() can fail (memory allocation failure). But here,
> it is def not the first time.

Ahh. Agreed. I missed that. But yes, clear_fpu() is still preferable, I 
think.

		Linus
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