linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/19] x86, fpu: Wrap get_xsave

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Message-ID: <55673C1E.5090402@sr71.net>
Date:	Thu, 28 May 2015 09:02:38 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, oleg@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
	riel@...hat.com, sbsiddha@...il.com, luto@...capital.net,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/19] x86, fpu: Wrap get_xsave_addr() to make it safer

On 05/28/2015 08:01 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> fpu__activate_fpstate_read() will only activate the fpstate for reads (as the name 
> suggests it).

I've got no problem doing it this way.  But are you planning to push
this function in to 4.2?  Is there a tree you want me to merge this on
top of?
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