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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3]: x86, fpu: unlazy_fpu fixes/cleanups
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On 01/29/2015 06:26 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 01/29/2015 01:56 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>> --- x/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +++ x/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c @@
>> -313,7 +313,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_r * It is
>> not directly accessible, though, so we need to * do an xsave and
>> then pull it out of the xsave buffer. */ -
>> fpu_save_init(&tsk->thread.fpu); + unlazy_fpu(tsk); xsave_buf =
>> &(tsk->thread.fpu.state->xsave);
> ...
>> bndcsr = get_xsave_addr(xsave_buf, XSTATE_BNDCSR);
>
> Hmm, if the the thread was not using the FPU, and this fails to
> save anything in to the xsave_buf, what will bndcsr point to?

If the thread was not using the FPU, can we reach the
bound range exception?

I believe the MPX feature uses information in the xstate.

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