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Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Implement PT_GETXSTATE and PT_SETXSTATE



On Sat, 2019-06-22 at 08:26 +0200, Maxime Villard wrote:
> Le 22/06/2019 à 07:42, Michał Górny a écrit :
> > On Sat, 2019-06-22 at 07:35 +0200, Maxime Villard wrote:
> > > Le 19/06/2019 à 14:20, Michał Górny a écrit :> On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 06:32 +0200, Maxime Villard wrote:
> > > > > Can you provide a unified patch so I can review quickly? Sorry for the delay
> > > > 
> > > > Here you are.  Note that the manpage is not updated yet, as I'm waiting
> > > > for your comments on the xs_rfbm approach.
> > > > +		memcpy(&(xstate -> field),					\
> > > > +				(char*)fpu_save + x86_xsave_offsets[xsave_val],	\
> > > > +				sizeof(xstate -> field));			\
> > > 
> > > Please use proper KNF here and in other places
> > 
> > Are you talking of indentation?  It would be really helpful to be more
> > specific here.
> 
> Yes
> 
> 		memcpy(&xstate->field,					\
> 		    (char*)fpu_save + x86_xsave_offsets[xsave_val],	\
> 		    sizeof(xstate->field));				\
> 
> But that's just cosmetic
> 
> > > > +		fpu_save->sv_xsave_hdr.xsh_xstate_bv =
> > > > +			(~xstate->xs_rfbm | xstate->xs_xstate_bv) &
> > > > +			(xstate->xs_rfbm | fpu_save->sv_xsave_hdr.xsh_xstate_bv);
> > > 
> > > Can't we just do this? Seems simpler
> > > 
> > > 	fpu_save->sv_xsave_hdr.xsh_xstate_bv =
> > > 	    (fpu_save->sv_xsave_hdr.xsh_xstate_bv & ~xstate->xs_rfbm) |
> > > 	    xstate->xs_xstate_bv;
> > 
> > Unless I'm mistaken, this would prevent the user from being able to
> > force xs_xstate_bv to 0 if it was set previously, and therefore clear
> > registers to 'unmodified' state.
> 
> If the user gives RFBM=all and XSTATE_BV=0, it does force the result to zero

I'm sorry, I read it the other way around.  Yes, given that we force
xs_xstate_bv to be a subset of xs_rfbm, this is going to work correctly.

I'm going to update the patch, the manpage and send you a new version.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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