Re: [PATCH 04/10] x86/fpu: Document reasoning of FX-only fallback
"Chang S. Bae" <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:23:46 -0700
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On 6/15/2026 12:37 PM, Andrei Vagin wrote: > > This fallback is dangerous as it can trigger silent corruptions of > user-space state by resetting extended registers if the process was > using them but the frame metadata was malformed. > > XSAVE was introduced 15 years ago, we may need to consider removing this > fallback entirely or introducing a sysctl to enable/disable it. This reads more like a separate problem statement. I don't see any follow-up implementing either option here. Without additional context, it isn't entirely clear to me why this should be in this changelog at least. Thanks, Chang