Previously, the guest_fpu field was embedded in the kvm_vcpu_arch struct. Unfortunately, the field is quite large, (e.g., 4352 bytes on my current setup). This bloats the kvm_vcpu_arch struct for x86 into an order 3 memory allocation, which can become a problem on overcommitted machines. Thus, this patch moves the fpu state outside of the kvm_vcpu_arch struct. With this patch applied, the kvm_vcpu_arch struct is reduced to 15168 bytes for vmx on my setup when building the kernel with kvmconfig. Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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