linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 10/26] x86/fpu/xstate: Update the XSTATE buffer address finder to support dynamic states

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Message-ID: <YS0TA5FlI9nDfV8+@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:18:59 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Cc:     "Lutomirski, Andy" <luto@...nel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Macieira, Thiago" <thiago.macieira@...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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/26] x86/fpu/xstate: Update the XSTATE buffer
 address finder to support dynamic states

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 07:47:04PM +0000, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
> It was refactored to use in the new helper to find feature_nr’s start point.

Which new helper?

> If the size is added up here, it is not ‘i’'s start point anymore.

Yeah, sorry, I have only a very slight idea what you mean here - you'll
have to try again.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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