Re: [PATCH v4 06/39] x86/fpu: Add helper for modifying xstate

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:03:39AM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> Sorry about this and the others. I get spelling errors in checkpatch,
> so I must have dictionary issues or something.

No worries, happens to everyone.

> Yes, the KVM series needed it. Part of the reasoning here was to
> provide some helpers to avoid mistakes in modifying xstate, so the
> general idea was that it should be available. I suppose that series
> could add the export though?

Yeah, you do have a point. Preemptive exposure of functionality is not
really needed, so yeah, let's add it when actually really needed.

Thx.

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