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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>
Cc: "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Cc: H . Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.1906132246310.1791@nanos.tec.linutronix.de
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