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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst index 65de3f054ba5..5cec7fb558d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst @@ -63,3 +63,12 @@ kernel sends SIGILL to the application. If the process has permission then the handler allocates a larger xstate buffer for the task so the large state can be context switched. In the unlikely cases that the allocation fails, the kernel sends SIGSEGV. + +Dynamic features in signal frames +--------------------------------- + +Dynamcally enabled features are not written to the signal frame upon signal +entry if the feature is in its initial configuration. This differs from +non-dynamic features which are always written regardless of their +configuration. Signal handlers can examine the XSAVE buffer's XSTATE_BV +field to determine if a features was written. |