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Add the xstate regset support which helps extend the kernel ptrace and the core-dump interfaces to support AVX state etc. This regset interface is designed to support all the future state that gets supported using xsave/xrstor infrastructure. Looking at the memory layout saved by "xsave", one can't say which state is represented in the memory layout. This is because if a particular state is in init state, in the xsave hdr it can be represented by bit '0'. And hence we can't really say by the xsave header wether a state is in init state or the state is not saved in the memory layout. And hence the xsave memory layout available through this regset interface uses SW usable bytes [464..511] to convey what state is represented in the memory layout. First 8 bytes of the sw_usable_bytes[464..467] will be set to OS enabled xstate mask(which is same as the 64bit mask returned by the xgetbv's xCR0). The note NT_X86_XSTATE represents the extended state information in the core file, using the above mentioned memory layout. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <20100211195614.802495327@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Hongjiu Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> |
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