Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce XFEATURE_MASK_KERNEL_DYNAMIC xfeature set

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On 3/11/2025 5:27 AM, Chao Gao wrote:

I dug through the history and found a discussion about the naming at:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/893ac578-baaf-4f4f-96ee-e012dfc073a8@xxxxxxxxx/#t

Okay, it looks like you've finally captured the full context!

I think I should revise the changelog to call out why 'DYNAMIC' is preferred
over 'GUEST' and reference that discussion.

You might want to take some time to think about some code comments when defining the feature. I think 'independent feature' is a good example to look at:

https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h#n53

Thanks,
Chang




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