Re: [PATCH] x86, fpu: correct XSAVE xstate size calculation

[Dave Hansen]

I think we have three options.  Here's some rough pseudo-ish-code to 
sketch them out.

/* Option 1, what we have today */
	/* 
	 * This breaks if offset[i]+size[i] != offset[i+1]
	 * or if alignment is in play.  Silly hardware breaks
	 * this today.
	 */
	for (i = 0; i < nr_xstates; i++) {
		if (!enabled_xstate(i))
			continue;
		total_blob_size += xstate_sizes[i];
	}

/* Option 2: search for the end of the last state, probably works, Ingo likes? */
	for (i = 0; i < nr_xstates; i++) {
		if (cpu_has_xsaves && !enabled_xstate(i))
			continue;
		end_of_state = xstate_offsets[i] + xstate_sizes[i];
		if (xstate_is_aligned[i]) /* currently not implemented */
			end_of_state = ALIGN(end_of_state, 64);
		if (end_of_state > total_blob_size)
			total_blob_size = end_of_state;
	}
	/* align unconditionally, maybe??? */
	total_blob_size = ALIGN(total_blob_size, 64);

	/* Double check our obviously bug-free math with what the CPU says */
	if (!cpu_has_xsaves)
		cpuid(0xD0, 0, &check_total_blob_size, ...);
	else
		cpuid(0xD0, 1, &check_total_blob_size, ...);

	WARN_ON(check_total_blob_size != total_blob_size);


/* Option 3, trust the CPU (what Dave's patch does) */
	if (!cpu_has_xsaves)
		cpuid(0xD0, 0, &total_blob_size, ...);
	else
		cpuid(0xD0, 1, &total_blob_size, ...);
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