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Marc Orr 240c35a378 kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user
Previously, x86's instantiation of 'struct kvm_vcpu_arch' added an fpu
field to save/restore fpu-related architectural state, which will differ
from kvm's fpu state. However, this is redundant to the 'struct fpu'
field, called fpu, embedded in the task struct, via the thread field.
Thus, this patch removes the user_fpu field from the kvm_vcpu_arch
struct and replaces it with the task struct's fpu field.

This change is significant because the fpu struct is actually quite
large. For example, on the system used to develop this patch, this
change reduces the size of the vcpu_vmx struct from 23680 bytes down to
19520 bytes, when building the kernel with kvmconfig. This reduction in
the size of the vcpu_vmx struct moves us closer to being able to
allocate the struct at order 2, rather than order 3.

Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2018-12-14 18:00:07 +01:00
Documentation x86/kvm/hyper-v: Introduce KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID 2018-12-14 17:59:54 +01:00
LICENSES This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
arch kvm: x86: Use task structs fpu field for user 2018-12-14 18:00:07 +01:00
block blk-mq: punt failed direct issue to dispatch list 2018-12-07 08:16:11 -07:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto crypto: user - Disable statistics interface 2018-12-07 13:56:08 +08:00
drivers x86/hyper-v: move synic/stimer control structures definitions to hyperv-tlfs.h 2018-12-14 17:59:56 +01:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs a fix for smb3 direct i/o, a fix for CIFS DFS for stable and a minor cifs Kconfig fix 2018-12-09 10:15:13 -08:00
include x86/kvm/hyper-v: Introduce KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID 2018-12-14 17:59:54 +01:00
init initramfs: clean old path before creating a hardlink 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
ipc ipc: IPCMNI limit check for semmni 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-12-09 15:12:33 -08:00
lib debugobjects: avoid recursive calls with kmemleak 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
mm dax fixes 4.20-rc6 2018-12-09 09:54:04 -08:00
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security selinux/stable-4.20 PR 20181129 2018-11-29 10:15:06 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix mic issue on Acer AIO Veriton Z4860G/Z6860G 2018-12-05 16:39:59 +01:00
tools KVM: selftests: Add hyperv_cpuid test 2018-12-14 17:59:56 +01:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt kvm: introduce manual dirty log reprotect 2018-12-14 12:34:19 +01:00
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Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-12-09 15:12:33 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.20-rc6 2018-12-09 15:31:00 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.