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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-11-14 09:29:03 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-11-14 09:29:03 -0800 |
commit | 1654e95ee30a82bec843e73a591f9ea3db8da8db (patch) | |
tree | 7bd8d2c6d1d0f0dc176abcf02fccdfbb0c8e4fc8 /Documentation | |
parent | 35c8fad4a703fdfa009ed274f80bb64b49314cde (diff) | |
parent | fbdb5e8f2926ae9636c9fa6f42c7426132ddeeb2 (diff) | |
download | linux-1654e95ee30a82bec843e73a591f9ea3db8da8db.tar.bz2 |
Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v5.16_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Borislav Petkov:
- Add the model number of a new, Raptor Lake CPU, to intel-family.h
- Do not log spurious corrected MCEs on SKL too, due to an erratum
- Clarify the path of paravirt ops patches upstream
- Add an optimization to avoid writing out AMX components to sigframes
when former are in init state
* tag 'x86_urgent_for_v5.16_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/cpu: Add Raptor Lake to Intel family
x86/mce: Add errata workaround for Skylake SKX37
MAINTAINERS: Add some information to PARAVIRT_OPS entry
x86/fpu: Optimize out sigframe xfeatures when in init state
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/xstate.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst index 65de3f054ba5..5cec7fb558d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst @@ -63,3 +63,12 @@ kernel sends SIGILL to the application. If the process has permission then the handler allocates a larger xstate buffer for the task so the large state can be context switched. In the unlikely cases that the allocation fails, the kernel sends SIGSEGV. + +Dynamic features in signal frames +--------------------------------- + +Dynamcally enabled features are not written to the signal frame upon signal +entry if the feature is in its initial configuration. This differs from +non-dynamic features which are always written regardless of their +configuration. Signal handlers can examine the XSAVE buffer's XSTATE_BV +field to determine if a features was written. |