Re: [PATCH x86/mm] x86: i387 fpregs_set convert_to_fxsr

[Siddha, Suresh B]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 05:59:33PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> +	if (pos > 0 || count < sizeof(env))
> +		convert_from_fxsr(&env, target);

Well, is the generic regset code enforce the need for this now? Can we
disallow the usage cases where the user passes smaller target buffer
size or requests data from in between. We were disallowing such usage
scenarios before, isn't it?

thanks,
suresh
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