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Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 28 May 2020 20:14:00 +0000 (16:14 -0400)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:47:06 +0000 (15:47 +0200)
commit82c0c7d24c1a034d94af4595dbd3910d7336a6dc
tree5c2271db56bae7f1e22adbb6d7cb27148958a6ca
parent742c45c3ecc9255e15eddbbcee44fd8de401cf1c
Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode

Explain how the GS/FS based addressing can be utilized in user space
applications along with the differences between the generic prctl() based
GS/FS base control and the FSGSBASE version available on newer CPUs.

Originally-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528201402.1708239-15-sashal@kernel.org
Documentation/x86/x86_64/fsgs.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst