Re: [patch 2.6.13-rc3a] i386: inline restore_fpu

[Kenneth Parrish <Kenneth.Parrish@family-bbs.org>]

-=> Linus Torvalds wrote to All and Chuck Ebbert <=-

[..]

 Chuck>
      >                         "m" ((tsk)->thread.i387.fxsave))
      >
      > because that's the largest possible operand that could end up
      > being read?

 LT> Yes, I ended up fixing that already (along with handling the fxsave
 LT> case too).
[..]

 2.6.13-rc3-git5 lags -git4 on nbench's bitfield test, a part of its
memory index, eg typical runs
-git5
BITFIELD            :      1.1589e+07  :       1.99  :       0.42
-git4
BITFIELD            :      2.1892e+07  :       3.76  :       0.78

lmbench has slower context switch numbers for -git5.

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