From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> The FPU registers need only to be saved if TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD is not set. Otherwise this has been already done and can be skipped. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c index d8c2242877040..6e516eeaea328 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c @@ -156,7 +156,16 @@ int copy_fpstate_to_sigframe(void __user *buf, void __user *buf_fx, int size) sizeof(struct user_i387_ia32_struct), NULL, (struct _fpstate_32 __user *) buf) ? -1 : 1; - copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu); + __fpregs_changes_begin(); + /* + * If we do not need to load the FPU registers at return to userspace + * then the CPU has the current state and we need to save it. Otherwise + * it is already done and we can skip it. + */ + if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD)) + copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(fpu); + + __fpregs_changes_end(); if (using_compacted_format()) { copy_xstate_to_user(buf_fx, xsave, 0, size); -- 2.20.0.rc1