Linux kernel
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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.
Thomas Gleixner
authored
For the upcoming AMX support it's necessary to do a proper integration with KVM. Currently KVM allocates two FPU structs which are used for saving the user state of the vCPU thread and restoring the guest state when entering vcpu_run() and doing the reverse operation before leaving vcpu_run(). With the new fpstate mechanism this can be reduced to one extra buffer by swapping the fpstate pointer in current::thread::fpu. This makes the upcoming support for AMX and XFD simpler because then fpstate information (features, sizes, xfd) are always consistent and it does not require any nasty workarounds. Provide: - An allocator which initializes the state properly - A replacement for the existing FPU swap mechanim Aside of the reduced memory footprint, this also makes state switching more efficient when TIF_FPU_NEED_LOAD is set. It does not require a memcpy as the state is already correct in the to be swapped out fpstate. The existing interfaces will be removed once KVM is converted over. Signed-off-by:Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211022185312.954684740@linutronix.de
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