Re: [patch] x86, avx: don't use avx instructions with "noxsave" boot param

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

I'm wondering if we shouldn't just kill the affected CPUID bits if osxsave is off...

NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:46:15 -0700 Suresh Siddha
><suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Check the kernel has indeed enabled xsave before using AVX
>instructions.
>> 
>> Fixes the kernel boot panic with "noxsave" boot parameter.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
>
>Looks consistent with other usage - thanks.
>Applied.
>
>Should it go in '-stable' kernels too?
>
>NeilBrown
>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h |    4 ++--
>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
>b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
>> index 2510d35..77987cd 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xor_avx.h
>> @@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ static struct xor_block_template xor_block_avx
>= {
>>  
>>  #define AVX_XOR_SPEED \
>>  do { \
>> -	if (cpu_has_avx) \
>> +	if (cpu_has_avx && cpu_has_osxsave) \
>>  		xor_speed(&xor_block_avx); \
>>  } while (0)
>>  
>>  #define AVX_SELECT(FASTEST) \
>> -	(cpu_has_avx ? &xor_block_avx : FASTEST)
>> +	((cpu_has_avx && cpu_has_osxsave) ? &xor_block_avx : FASTEST)
>>  
>>  #else
>>  
>> 

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