> In some cases even the fast-paths carry FP/MMX code,
> but those are cases where the save/restore overhead
> becomes negligible for all of the other processing
> that is going on.
even in that case you must make sure you dont raise any FP exceptions,
which could change the non-CPU based FPU context of the process.
Ingo
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/