Re: [Patch v4 03/17] x86/fpu/xstate: Add xsaves_nmi

From: Dave Hansen

Date: Mon Sep 29 2025 - 15:01:49 EST


On 9/27/25 22:31, Mi, Dapeng wrote:
>> Also, what supervisor components are involved here? Aren't we just
>> talking about [XYZ]MM's?
> Besides the SIMD registers [XYZ]MM, the CET_USR (only SSP) and APX eGPRs
> would be supported as well.

We should think long and hard about whether to use XSAVE for the CET
SSP. I'm not convinced it's worth it.