Re: [PATCH v2 15/22] x86/fpu/xstate: Support ptracer-induced xstate area expansion

From: Bae, Chang Seok
Date: Tue Dec 08 2020 - 15:32:36 EST


> On Dec 3, 2020, at 14:00, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Have you confirmed that real ptrace users (gdb? does anything
> actually use this code?) can handle the huge buffers that will be
> needed?

Yes, we thought there is actual usage for this. We (cc'ing Markus) will
support it on GDB.

Thanks,
Chang