Johannes Berg writes:
+void save_processor_state(void)
+{
+ /* Giveup the lazy FPU & vec so we don't have to back them
+ * up from the low level code
+ */
+ enable_kernel_fp();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+ if (cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features & CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
+ enable_kernel_altivec();
+#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPE
+ enable_kernel_spe();
+#endif
+}
This achieves essentially the same effect as prepare_to_copy() in
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c, except that we don't end up with fp,
altivec and/or spe enabled - but that's OK since the following code
doesn't actually need fp/altivec/spe.
It would be good to avoid this duplication, or at least to use the
flush_* calls instead of the enable_kernel_* calls.
Paul.