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Commit 82c0c7d2 authored by Thomas Gleixner's avatar Thomas Gleixner
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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: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528201402.1708239-15-sashal@kernel.org
parent 742c45c3
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