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Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format

From Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format
Date 2016-05-10 01:40 +0200
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On 05/09/2016 01:46 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> Add a warning in case a disabled (not existing) xstate component offset
> is requested.
...
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> index 350814c..2e6dbfe 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> @@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ void *__raw_xsave_addr(struct xregs_state *xsave, int xstate_feature_mask)
>  {
>  	int feature_nr = fls64(xstate_feature_mask) - 1;
>  
> +	WARN_ON_FPU(using_compacted_format() && !xfeature_enabled(feature_nr));
>  	return (void *)xsave + xstate_comp_offsets[feature_nr];
>  }

Why the using_compacted_format()?  Shouldn't this be an error, regardless.

Also, what is xstate_comp_offsets[feature_nr] in this case?  Isn't it
-1?  Should we be returning NULL along with WARN()ing?

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[PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-05-09 23:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled  xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-05-10 01:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled  xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> - 2016-05-10 01:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] x86/xsaves: Add WARN_ON_FPU() when a disabled  xstate component offset is requested for a compacted format Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-05-10 02:00 +0200

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