1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 1d92a5ab6e8b..b7e1e0e53987 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(idle_notifier_unregister);
 struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_xstate_cachep);
 
+/*
+ * this gets called so that we can store lazy state into memory and copy the
+ * current task into the new thread.
+ */
 int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
 {
         int ret;
 
+        unlazy_fpu(src);
+
         *dst = *src;
         if (fpu_allocated(&src->thread.fpu)) {
                 memset(&dst->thread.fpu, 0, sizeof(dst->thread.fpu));