Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:10:17 GMT From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/98460 : [kernel] [patch] fpu_clean_state() cannot be disabled for not AMD processors, those are not vulnerable to FreeBSD-SA-06:14.fpu Message-ID: <200606092110.k59LAHqJ068183@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/98460; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/98460 : [kernel] [patch] fpu_clean_state() cannot be disabled for not AMD processors, those are not vulnerable to FreeBSD-SA-06:14.fpu Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 23:05:06 +0300 On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:09:10 +1000 (EST) Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > > And then you want to call the fpu_clean_state() function conditionally, > > like in following example? > > > > if (cpu_fxsr & CPU_FXSR_NEEDCLEAN) > > fpu_clean_state(); > > Not quite like that. In my version there is no function call -- the code > is excecuted in the one place where it is needed, so there is no function > call overhead or possible branch prediction oferhead for the function call. Could you please explain in more detail how that can be done?home | help
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