On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 02:32:56PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> > index f92a6593de1e..05321b98a55a 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
> > @@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ void kernel_fpu_begin(void)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_fpu_begin);
> >
> > +void kernel_fpu_resched(void)
> > +{
> > + WARN_ON_FPU(!this_cpu_read(in_kernel_fpu));
> > +
> > + if (should_resched(PREEMPT_OFFSET)) {
> > + kernel_fpu_end();
> > + cond_resched();
> > + kernel_fpu_begin();
>
> I can do that but I would still keep it RT only to avoid the
> kernel_fpu_begin/end to be invoked more often on !RT.
> But why that cond_resched()? kernel_fpu_end() ends with preempt_enable()
> and this one should do the trick.
!PREEMPT kernels. The above should work for everyone and would allow
using 'long' kernel_fpu loops:
kernel_fpu_begin();
while (work) {
do_work();
kernel_fpu_resched();
}
kernel_fpu_end();
regardless of preempt setting.
