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From:   Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 May 2021 13:37:08 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 21/28] x86/fpu/amx: Initialize child's AMX state
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On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 11:09 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:

> If we're going to start having different states with different
> behaviors, let's make them real defines.
>
> #define XFEATURE_MASK_CLEARED_ON_CLONE ...

Probably a good idea.

However, "cleared on clone" isn't the property.
The property is that the state is treated as VOLATILE.

Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center