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XSAVEC is the user space counterpart of XSAVES which cannot save supervisor state. In virtualization scenarios the hypervisor does not expose XSAVES but XSAVEC to the guest, though the kernel does not make use of it. That's unfortunate because XSAVEC uses the compacted format of saving the XSTATE. This is more efficient in terms of storage space vs. XSAVE[OPT] as it does not create holes for XSTATE components which are not supported or enabled by the kernel but are available in hardware. There is room for further optimizations when XSAVEC/S and XGETBV1 are supported. In order to support XSAVEC: - Define the XSAVEC ASM macro as it's not yet supported by the required minimal toolchain. - Create a software defined X86_FEATURE_XCOMPACTED to select the compacted XSTATE buffer format for both XSAVEC and XSAVES. - Make XSAVEC an option in the 'XSAVE' ASM alternatives Requested-by: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220404104820.598704095@linutronix.de |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.