Re: [RFC PATCH v4 02/27] x86/fpu/xstate: Change some names to separate XSAVES system and user states
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2018-10-02 15:29:04
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:03:26AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
To support XSAVES system states, change some names to distinguish user and system states.
I don't understand what the logic here is. SDM says:
XSAVES—Save Processor Extended States Supervisor
the stress being on "Supervisor" - why does it need to be renamed to
"system" now?
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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