On 2019-07-03 00:17:17 [+0200], Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2019, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > - if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nofxsr")) {
> > + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) &&
> > + cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nofxsr")) {
> > + fpu__xstate_clear_all_cpu_caps();
> > setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FXSR);
> > setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT);
> > setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XMM);
>
> This is a mixture of disabling features explicitely and having the
> dependencies in cpuid-deps. Even 2 of the existing ones are pointless
> because clear(FXSR) already clears the other two.
>
> Why not make XSAVE depend on XMM or whatever is the right dependency?
I have something half way done.
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
Sebastian
