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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/i387.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/i387.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c index 009183276bb7..6185d3141219 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c @@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ static void init_thread_xstate(void) xstate_size = sizeof(struct i387_fxsave_struct); else xstate_size = sizeof(struct i387_fsave_struct); + + /* + * Quirk: we don't yet handle the XSAVES* instructions + * correctly, as we don't correctly convert between + * standard and compacted format when interfacing + * with user-space - so disable it for now. + * + * The difference is small: with recent CPUs the + * compacted format is only marginally smaller than + * the standard FPU state format. + * + * ( This is easy to backport while we are fixing + * XSAVES* support. ) + */ + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES); } /* |