@@ -81,11 +81,8 @@ ENTRY(vfp_support_entry)
orr r1, r1, #FPEXC_EN @ user FPEXC has the enable bit set
ldr r4, [r3, r11, lsl #2] @ vfp_current_hw_state pointer
bic r5, r1, #FPEXC_EX @ make sure exceptions are disabled
- cmp r4, r10
- beq check_for_exception @ we are returning to the same
- @ process, so the registers are
- @ still there. In this case, we do
- @ not want to drop a pending exception.
+ cmp r4, r10 @ this thread owns the hw context?
+ beq vfp_hw_state_valid
VFPFMXR FPEXC, r5 @ enable VFP, disable any pending
@ exceptions, so we can get at the
@@ -132,7 +129,8 @@ no_old_VFP_process:
#endif
VFPFMXR FPSCR, r5 @ restore status
-check_for_exception:
+@ The context stored in the VFP hardware is up to date with this thread
+vfp_hw_state_valid:
tst r1, #FPEXC_EX
bne process_exception @ might as well handle the pending
@ exception before retrying branch
Rename this branch to more accurately reflect why its taken, rather than what the following code does. It is the only caller of this code. This helps to clarify following changes, yet this change results in no actual code change. Document the VFP hardware state at the target of this branch. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> --- arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S | 10 ++++------ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)