Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86/fpu/state: Fix XSAVES issues - Part 1

[Yu-cheng Yu]

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 09:12:00AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>  patching file arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h
>  patching file arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
>  patching file arch/x86/kernel/fpu/init.c
>  patching file arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c
>  patching file arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
>  Hunk #4 FAILED at 552.
>  1 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> 
> which suggests that this series isn't against a recent x86 tree, right?

There are differences in tip/master and tip/x86/core.  The main thing is
using boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES) or cpu_has_xsaves.  My understanding
is boot_cpu_has() is where we are going and basing on tip/master is easier for
merging?

Thanks,
Yu-cheng