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Re: cpu_switchto



On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 03:08:36PM +0200, deco33000%yandex.com@localhost wrote:
> If we know we didn't use the fpu, why save the state ?

As I said, supporting lazy FPU context switches itself comes with a
price. That has to be weighted with the probability if actual lazy
switching and compared against the potential time saving. For x86_64, it
is just not worth the hassle.

Joerg


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