linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify context switch helpers to handle both static and dynamic buffers

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Message-ID: <A1A818AB-4F53-4462-8E7C-8D9ABEA18880@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:49:47 +0000
From:   "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CC:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@...el.com>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify context switch helpers to
 handle both static and dynamic buffers

On Jan 15, 2021, at 05:18, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> What I would've written is:
> 
> "Have all functions handling FPU state take a struct fpu * pointer in
> preparation for dynamic state buffer support."
> 
> Plain and simple.

Thank you. I will apply this on my next revision.

Chang