nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
in some Intel CPUs.
- eagerfpu= [X86]
- on enable eager fpu restore
- off disable eager fpu restore
- auto selects the default scheme, which automatically
- enables eagerfpu restore for xsaveopt.
-
module.async_probe [KNL]
Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
#define X86_FEATURE_EXTD_APICID ( 3*32+26) /* has extended APICID (8 bits) */
#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_DCM ( 3*32+27) /* multi-node processor */
#define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF ( 3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */
-/* free, was #define X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU ( 3*32+29) * "eagerfpu" Non lazy FPU restore */
#define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 ( 3*32+30) /* TSC doesn't stop in S3 state */
/* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */
* the registers in the FPU are more recent than this state
* copy. If the task context-switches away then they get
* saved here and represent the FPU state.
- *
- * After context switches there may be a (short) time period
- * during which the in-FPU hardware registers are unchanged
- * and still perfectly match this state, if the tasks
- * scheduled afterwards are not using the FPU.
- *
- * This is the 'lazy restore' window of optimization, which
- * we track though 'fpu_fpregs_owner_ctx' and 'fpu->last_cpu'.
- *
- * We detect whether a subsequent task uses the FPU via setting
- * CR0::TS to 1, which causes any FPU use to raise a #NM fault.
- *
- * During this window, if the task gets scheduled again, we
- * might be able to skip having to do a restore from this
- * memory buffer to the hardware registers - at the cost of
- * incurring the overhead of #NM fault traps.
- *
- * Note that on modern CPUs that support the XSAVEOPT (or other
- * optimized XSAVE instructions), we don't use #NM traps anymore,
- * as the hardware can track whether FPU registers need saving
- * or not. On such CPUs we activate the non-lazy ('eagerfpu')
- * logic, which unconditionally saves/restores all FPU state
- * across context switches. (if FPU state exists.)
*/
union fpregs_state state;
/*
* Called from the FPU code when creating a fresh set of FPU
* registers. This is called from a very specific context where
* we know the FPU regstiers are safe for use and we can use PKRU
- * directly. The fact that PKRU is only available when we are
- * using eagerfpu mode makes this possible.
+ * directly.
*/
void copy_init_pkru_to_fpregs(void)
{
#define X86_FEATURE_EXTD_APICID ( 3*32+26) /* has extended APICID (8 bits) */
#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_DCM ( 3*32+27) /* multi-node processor */
#define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF ( 3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */
-#define X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU ( 3*32+29) /* "eagerfpu" Non lazy FPU restore */
#define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 ( 3*32+30) /* TSC doesn't stop in S3 state */
/* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */