Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Use FPU API

[Avi Kivity]

On 05/14/2010 06:16 AM, Sheng Yang wrote:
> Convert KVM to use generic FPU API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang<sheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |   18 +---------
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              |   73 ++++++++++++---------------------------
>   2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index ed48904..beba6f5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>   		unsigned long mmu_seq;
>   	} update_pte;
>
> -	struct i387_fxsave_struct host_fx_image;
> -	struct i387_fxsave_struct guest_fx_image;
> +	struct fpu host_fpu, guest_fpu;
>
>    

Do we really need host_fpu?  I think we can call unlazy_fpu() instead 
and drop host_fpu completely.  This might reduce the need for changes in 
patch 1 (as well as generally improving the code).

--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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