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New xfeatures will not longer be automatically stored in the regular XSAVE buffer in thread_struct::fpu. The kernel will provide the default sized buffer for storing the regular features up to AVX512 in thread_struct::fpu and if a task requests to use one of the new features then the register storage has to be extended. The state will be accessed via a pointer in thread_struct::fpu which defaults to the builtin storage and can be switched when extended storage is required. To avoid conditionals all over the code, create a new container for the register storage which will gain other information, e.g. size, feature masks etc., later. For now it just contains the register storage, which gives it exactly the same layout as the exiting fpu::state. Stick fpu::state and the new fpu::__fpstate into an anonymous union and initialize the pointer. Add build time checks to validate that both are at the same place and have the same size. This allows step by step conversion of all users. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211013145322.234458659@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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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.