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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700
commit4ae127d1b6c71f9240dd4245f240e6dd8fc98014 (patch)
treeb7aa27b3e0c655f4613fe2146cb57d7f69e421f6 /arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
parent875ec4333b99144e2589e900a0bcd2c25c757b27 (diff)
parent7775c9753b94fe429dc4323360d6502c95e0dd6e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/smc911x.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index e2319f39988..ac54ff56df8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -658,8 +658,11 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
/* If the task has used fpu the last 5 timeslices, just do a full
* restore of the math state immediately to avoid the trap; the
* chances of needing FPU soon are obviously high now
+ *
+ * tsk_used_math() checks prevent calling math_state_restore(),
+ * which can sleep in the case of !tsk_used_math()
*/
- if (next_p->fpu_counter>5)
+ if (tsk_used_math(next_p) && next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
math_state_restore();
return prev_p;
}