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

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 14:50:26 EST


On March 17, 2025 11:48:39 AM PDT, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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.
>

Ok.