Re: About task->used_math and TIF

To:	zhan rongkai <zhanrk@gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: About task->used_math and TIF_USEDFPU
From:	Jun Sun <jsun@junsun.net>
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:33:06 -0800
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 04:06:12PM +0800, zhan rongkai wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I am a little confused about the task_struct member 'used_math', and
> thread_info flag TIF_USEDFPU.
> 
> What are their meaning, and what is the difference between them?
> 

used_math is used to indicate whether a process has ever used FPU since
it is created (which typically is true due to the glibc using FPU at the
beginning of each program).

TIF_USEDFPU indicates whether a _running_ process has used FPU since
it is context-switched on.

Jun

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