Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v4 02/27] x86/fpu/xstate: Change some names to separate XSAVES system and user states | From | Yu-cheng Yu <> | Date | Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:21:18 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 17:29 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:03:26AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > > To support XSAVES system states, change some names to distinguish > > user and system states. > > I don't understand what the logic here is. SDM says: > > XSAVES—Save Processor Extended States Supervisor > > the stress being on "Supervisor" - why does it need to be renamed to > "system" now? >
Good point. However, "system" is more indicative; CET states are per-task and not "Supervisor". Do we want to go back to "Supervisor" or add comments?
Yu-cheng
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