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From: tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com, bp@suse.de
Subject: [tip:x86/fpu] x86, cpu: Add a synthetic, always true, cpu feature
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:51:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-c3b83598c1eeb1507603b461f5843ec2a49e3033@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1370772454-6106-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>

Commit-ID:  c3b83598c1eeb1507603b461f5843ec2a49e3033
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c3b83598c1eeb1507603b461f5843ec2a49e3033
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 12:07:30 +0200
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:06:07 -0700

x86, cpu: Add a synthetic, always true, cpu feature

This will be used in alternatives later as an always-replace flag.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370772454-6106-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c      | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index e99ac27..043d61e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC (3*32+18) /* "" Lfence synchronizes RDTSC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_11AP	(3*32+19) /* "" Bad local APIC aka 11AP */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NOPL	(3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
-					  /* 21 available, was AMD_C1E */
+#define X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS	(3*32+21) /* "" Always-present feature */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY	(3*32+22) /* cpu topology enum extensions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE (3*32+23) /* TSC is known to be reliable */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC	(3*32+24) /* TSC does not stop in C states */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d4dd993..d388ce1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 	if (this_cpu->c_bsp_init)
 		this_cpu->c_bsp_init(c);
+
+	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
 }
 
 void __init early_cpu_init(void)

  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-21  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-09 10:07 [PATCH 0/5] Add a safe static_cpu_has variant Borislav Petkov
2013-06-09 10:07 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86, cpu: Add a synthetic cpu feature Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21  0:51   ` tip-bot for Borislav Petkov [this message]
2013-06-09 10:07 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86, debug: Add a collect-all misc debug checks option Borislav Petkov
2013-06-09 10:07 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86: Sanity-check static_cpu_has usage Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21  0:51   ` [tip:x86/fpu] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2013-06-09 10:07 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86: Add a static_cpu_has_safe variant Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21  0:51   ` [tip:x86/fpu] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2013-06-09 10:07 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86, FPU: Use static_cpu_has_safe before alternatives Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21  0:52   ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86, fpu: " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov

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