RE: [patch 0/6] x86/fpu: Preparatory changes for guest AMX support

Tian, Kevin
2021-12-14T06:54:02Z

> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:50 AM
>
> Folks,
>
> this is a follow up to the initial sketch of patches which got picked up by
> Jing and have been posted in combination with the KVM parts:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211208000359.2853257-1-
> yang.zhong@intel.com
>
> This update is only touching the x86/fpu code and not changing anything on
> the KVM side.
>
> BIG FAT WARNING: This is compile tested only!
>
> In course of the dicsussion of the above patchset it turned out that there
> are a few conceptual issues vs. hardware and software state and also
> vs. guest restore.

Overall this is definitely a good move and also help simplify the
KVM side logic. 😊

Thanks
Kevin