On 04/12/2014 17:34, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 04:57:06PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> > get_xsave_addr is the API to access XSAVE states, and KVM would >> > like to use it. Export it. > Use it in what way? As in patch 2/9, to avoid that upgrading to a newer processor breaks userspace ABI. >> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Why is this a stable patch? Because as of now, Skylake processors have a different userspace ABI than previous generations. Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html