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Date:   Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:55:44 +0000
From:   "Jiaxun Yang" <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
To:     "Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>
Cc:     "Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@intel.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
        hpa@zytor.com, chang.seok.bae@intel.com,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] x86: Allocate AVX512 xstate ondemand
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=B8=8A=E5=8D=8811:51=EF=BC=8CBorislav Petkov=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 11:42:10AM +0000, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>> If it's improper I'll drop the statement in commit message :-)
>
> Actually you should answer his question about what happens if you clear
> those two bits in that MSR.

It made AVX512 states available in XCR0. I'm still doing some experiments
to see if AVX512 is actually enabled by this.

Thanks.

>
> --=20
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

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- Jiaxun