linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify area init helper prototypes to access all the possible areas

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Message-ID: <20201207231049.GE16640@zn.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 8 Dec 2020 00:10:49 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Cc:     "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@...el.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "luto@...nel.org" <luto@...nel.org>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify area init helper
 prototypes to access all the possible areas

On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 11:03:27PM +0000, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
> It was considered to be concise to represent, but it looks to be 
> unreadable.

Not only unreadable but actively confusing - there *is* a "task" pointer
all around the kernel which we use for struct task_struct *.

> (I suspect this point applicable to PATCH2-4 as well.)

Looks like it.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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