x86, xsave: struct _fpstate extensions to include extended state information
Bytes 464..511 in the current 512byte layout of fxsave/fxrstor frame, are reserved for SW usage. On cpu's supporting xsave/xrstor, these bytes are used to extended the fpstate pointer in the sigcontext, which now includes the extended state information along with fpstate information. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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