Patch "x86/cpu: Merge bugs.c and bugs_64.c" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/cpu: Merge bugs.c and bugs_64.c
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-cpu-merge-bugs.c-and-bugs_64.c.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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62a67e123e058a67db58bc6a14354dd037bafd0aMon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:38:43 +0200
Subject: x86/cpu: Merge bugs.c and bugs_64.c
From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
commit 62a67e123e058a67db58bc6a14354dd037bafd0a upstream.
Should be easier when following boot paths. It probably is a left over from the x86 unification eons ago.
No functionality change.
--- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +--- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++---- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs_64.c | 33 --------------------------------- 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs_64.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile +1 -3
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ obj-y := intel_cacheinfo.o scattered.o obj-y += common.o obj-y += rdrand.o obj-y += match.o +obj-y += bugs.o obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc.o obj-$(CONFIG_X86_FEATURE_NAMES) += capflags.o powerflags.o -obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += bugs.o -obj-$(CONFIG_X86_64) += bugs_64.o - obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL) += intel.o obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD) += amd.o obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CYRIX_32) += cyrix.o
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +22 -4
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@#include <asm/msr.h> #include <asm/paravirt.h> #include <asm/alternative.h> +#include <asm/pgtable.h> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h> void __init check_bugs (void ) {
@@ -29,11 +31,13 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)#endif identify_boot_cpu (); -#ifndef CONFIG_SMP -pr_info ("CPU: " ); -print_cpu_info (&boot_cpu_data); -#endif +if (!IS_ENABLED (CONFIG_SMP )) { +pr_info ("CPU: " ); +print_cpu_info (&boot_cpu_data); + } + +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 /* * Check whether we are able to run this kernel safely on SMP. *
@@ -49,6 +53,20 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)alternative_instructions ();fpu__init_check_bugs (); +#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ +alternative_instructions (); + +/* +* Make sure the first 2MB area is not mapped by huge pages +* There are typically fixed size MTRRs in there and overlapping +* MTRRs into large pages causes slow downs. +* +* Right now we don't do that with gbpages because there seems +* very little benefit for that case. +*/ +if (!direct_gbpages) +set_memory_4k ((unsigned long )__va (0 ),1 ); +#endif }#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs_64.c deleted +0 -33
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -/* -* Copyright (C) 1994 Linus Torvalds -* Copyright (C) 2000 SuSE -*/ - -#include <linux/kernel.h> -#include <linux/init.h> -#include <asm/alternative.h> -#include <asm/bugs.h> -#include <asm/processor.h> -#include <asm/mtrr.h> -#include <asm/cacheflush.h> - -void __init check_bugs (void ) -{ -identify_boot_cpu (); -#if !defined(CONFIG_SMP ) -pr_info ("CPU: " ); -print_cpu_info (&boot_cpu_data); -#endif -alternative_instructions (); - -/* -* Make sure the first 2MB area is not mapped by huge pages -* There are typically fixed size MTRRs in there and overlapping -* MTRRs into large pages causes slow downs. -* -* Right now we don't do that with gbpages because there seems -* very little benefit for that case. -*/ -if (!direct_gbpages) -set_memory_4k ((unsigned long )__va (0 ),1 ); -}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.9/x86-microcode-intel-extend-bdw-late-loading-with-a-revision-check.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-make-cpu-bugs-sticky.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-amd-make-lfence-a-serializing-instruction.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-factor-out-application-of-forced-cpu-caps.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-merge-bugs.c-and-bugs_64.c.patch queue-4.9/x86-alternatives-fix-optimize_nops-checking.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-amd-use-lfence_rdtsc-in-preference-to-mfence_rdtsc.patch