Re: [tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Use XSAVE{,OPT,C,S} and XRSTOR{,S} mnemonics in xstate.h

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 14:49:07 EST


On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 11:38:12AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ok, I'm going to argue, but only because the argument is called "st" and the
> assembly parameter "xa". That's needlessly different and means having to
> look extra hard
>
> We can obviously not use the same token, but IMO it would make a lot more
> sense to call one of them _st or perhaps st_p (being a pointer).

Already documented:

https://git.kernel.org/tip/4348e9177813656d5d8bd18f34b3e611df004032

Got tired of discussing the obvious.

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