* Yu, Fenghua <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ingo
> > Molnar
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:58 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski; Borislav Petkov; Dave Hansen; Yu, Fenghua; H. Peter
> > Anvin; Linus Torvalds; Oleg Nesterov; Thomas Gleixner
> > Subject: [PATCH 200/208] x86/fpu/xstate: Don't assume the first zero
> > xfeatures zero bit means the end
> >
> > The current xstate code in setup_xstate_features() assumes that the first
> > zero bit means the end of xfeatures - but that is not so, the SDM clearly
> > states that an arbitrary set of xfeatures might be enabled - and it is also
> > clear
> > from the description of the compaction feature that holes are possible:
>
> A previous patch in lkml has (exactly) the same fix:
> http://lists-archives.com/linux-kernel/28292115-x86-xsave-c-fix-xstate-offsets-and-sizes-enumeration.html
Ok, and that series has some more bits as well - will merge.
Thanks,
Ingo
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