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SubjectRe: Candidate Linux ABI for Intel AMX and hypothetical new related features
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:39:18PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> Say a mainline links with a math library that uses AMX without the
> knowledge of the mainline.

What does this mean? What happened to the context here?

> Say the mainline is also linked with a userspace threading library
> that thinks it has a concept of XSAVE area size.

How can the kernel (what I think you mean by "mainline" here) be linked
with a userspace library at all?

> Wouldn't the change in XCR0, resulting in XSAVE size change, risk
> confusing the threading library?

Shouldn't that be the job of the kernel and not userspace?

totally confused,

greg k-h

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