linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/xstate: Make AVX512 status tracking more accurate

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Message-ID: <CAFUsyfKVistpw8eL9L6qwypac7JL9ecAL2W4reZtAMOq7xL+2g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:21:43 -0500
From:   Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@...il.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        hpa@...or.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/xstate: Make AVX512 status tracking more accurate

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:45 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:37:16PM -0500, Noah Goldstein wrote:
> > What about just splitting off a field for 'AVX512_ZMM_Hi256'?
>
> Let's please not perpetuate this into what it cannot become anyway. The
> more stuff we add to it, the more people will start using it and we're
> stuck with it forever. And soon that thing will be worthless anyway.
>
> So what's the point...

Got it and done in V5.

>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
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