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Intel's eXtended Feature Disable (XFD) feature is an extension of the XSAVE architecture. XFD allows the kernel to enable a feature state in XCR0 and to receive a #NM trap when a task uses instructions accessing that state. This is going to be used to postpone the allocation of a larger XSTATE buffer for a task to the point where it is actually using a related instruction after the permission to use that facility has been granted. XFD is not used by the kernel, but only applied to userspace. This is a matter of policy as the kernel knows how a fpstate is reallocated and the XFD state. The compacted XSAVE format is adjustable for dynamic features. Make XFD depend on XSAVES. Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211021225527.10184-13-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
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.