Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/fpu: don't abuse drop_init_fpu() in flush_thread()

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Mar 16, 2015 2:37 AM, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 09:38:16PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > How about we call this function fpu_reset_state() instead?
>
> IOW, something like this. Reading the usage sites actually make much
> more sense to me now. It could be just me though...
>
> :-)
>
> ---
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:21:55 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Rename drop_init_fpu() to fpu_reset_state()
>
> Call it what it does and in accordance with the context where it is
> used: we reset the FPU state either because we were unable to restore it
> from the one saved in the task or because we simply want to reset it.

Nice!  This is the first time I've actually understood that :). I
still have no idea what "init" referred to...

--Andy
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