Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86/fpu: Change fpu->fpregs_active users to fpu->fpstate_active

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 12:26 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> We want to simplify the FPU state machine by eliminating fpu-
> >fpregs_active,
> and we can do that because the two state flags (::fpregs_active and
> ::fpstate_active) are set essentially together.
> 
> The old lazy FPU switching code used to make a distinction - but
> there's
> no lazy switching code anymore, we always switch in an 'eager'
> fashion.

I've been working for a while now to fix that for
KVM VCPU threads.

Currently when we switch to a VCPU thread, we first
load that thread's userspace FPU context, and then
soon after we save that, and load the guest side FPU
context.

When a VCPU thread goes idle, we also go through
two FPU context transitions.

In order to skip the unnecessary FPU context switches
for VCPU threads, I have been relying on separate
fpstate_active and fpregs_active states.

Do you have any ideas on how I could implement that
kind of change without separate fpstate_active and
fpregs_active states?