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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 1994 Linus Torvalds
+ *
+ * Pentium III FXSR, SSE support
+ * General FPU state handling cleanups
+ * Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>, May 2000
+ * x86-64 work by Andi Kleen 2002
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_FPU_API_H
+#define _ASM_X86_FPU_API_H
+
+/*
+ * Careful: __kernel_fpu_begin/end() must be called with preempt disabled
+ * and they don't touch the preempt state on their own.
+ * If you enable preemption after __kernel_fpu_begin(), preempt notifier
+ * should call the __kernel_fpu_end() to prevent the kernel/user FPU
+ * state from getting corrupted. KVM for example uses this model.
+ *
+ * All other cases use kernel_fpu_begin/end() which disable preemption
+ * during kernel FPU usage.
+ */
+extern void __kernel_fpu_begin(void);
+extern void __kernel_fpu_end(void);
+extern void kernel_fpu_begin(void);
+extern void kernel_fpu_end(void);
+extern bool irq_fpu_usable(void);
+
+/*
+ * Some instructions like VIA's padlock instructions generate a spurious
+ * DNA fault but don't modify SSE registers. And these instructions
+ * get used from interrupt context as well. To prevent these kernel instructions
+ * in interrupt context interacting wrongly with other user/kernel fpu usage, we
+ * should use them only in the context of irq_ts_save/restore()
+ */
+extern int irq_ts_save(void);
+extern void irq_ts_restore(int TS_state);
+
+/*
+ * Query the presence of one or more xfeatures. Works on any legacy CPU as well.
+ *
+ * If 'feature_name' is set then put a human-readable description of
+ * the feature there as well - this can be used to print error (or success)
+ * messages.
+ */
+extern int cpu_has_xfeatures(u64 xfeatures_mask, const char **feature_name);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_FPU_API_H */