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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h index 987c75ecc334..7b034a4057f9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -488,6 +488,15 @@ struct thread_struct { unsigned long iopl; /* Max allowed port in the bitmap, in bytes: */ unsigned io_bitmap_max; + /* + * fpu_counter contains the number of consecutive context switches + * that the FPU is used. If this is over a threshold, the lazy fpu + * saving becomes unlazy to save the trap. This is an unsigned char + * so that after 256 times the counter wraps and the behavior turns + * lazy again; this to deal with bursty apps that only use FPU for + * a short time + */ + unsigned char fpu_counter; }; /* |