linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 03/28] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify state copy helpers to handle both static and dynamic buffers

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Message-ID: <87h7e06he8.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:47:43 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>, bp@...e.de,
        luto@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     len.brown@...el.com, lenb@...nel.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        thiago.macieira@...el.com, jing2.liu@...el.com,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chang.seok.bae@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 03/28] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify state copy helpers to
 handle both static and dynamic buffers

Chang,

On Wed, Aug 25 2021 at 08:53, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> Have all the functions copying XSTATE take a struct fpu * pointer in
> preparation for dynamic state buffer support.

Which is something different than the subject line claims to do and
still does not explain why this code needs access to struct fpu later
on.

Thanks

        tglx