Patch "x86/cpu: Factor out application of forced CPU caps" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/cpu: Factor out application of forced CPU caps

to the 4.4-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-factor-out-application-of-forced-cpu-caps.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:15:38 -0800
Subject: x86/cpu: Factor out application of forced CPU caps

From: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>

commit 8bf1ebca215c262e48c15a4a15f175991776f57f upstream.

There are multiple call sites that apply forced CPU caps. Factor them into a helper.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c |   22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

@@ -664,6 +664,16 @@ void cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 }
 
+static void apply_forced_caps(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
+		c->x86_capability[i] &= ~cpu_caps_cleared[i];
+		c->x86_capability[i] |= cpu_caps_set[i];
+	}
+}
+
 void get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 tfms, xlvl;

@@ -955,11 +965,8 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_
 	if (this_cpu->c_identify)
 		this_cpu->c_identify(c);
 
-	/* Clear/Set all flags overriden by options, after probe */
-	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
-		c->x86_capability[i] &= ~cpu_caps_cleared[i];
-		c->x86_capability[i] |= cpu_caps_set[i];
-	}
+ 	/* Clear/Set all flags overridden by options, after probe */
+	apply_forced_caps(c);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	c->apicid = apic->phys_pkg_id(c->initial_apicid, 0);

@@ -1020,10 +1027,7 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_
 	 * Clear/Set all flags overriden by options, need do it
 	 * before following smp all cpus cap AND.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
-		c->x86_capability[i] &= ~cpu_caps_cleared[i];
-		c->x86_capability[i] |= cpu_caps_set[i];
-	}
+	apply_forced_caps(c);
 
 	/*
 	 * On SMP, boot_cpu_data holds the common feature set between

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/x86-mm-pat-dev-mem-remove-superfluous-error-message.patch queue-4.4/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_cpu_insecure.patch queue-4.4/x86-cpufeatures-make-cpu-bugs-sticky.patch queue-4.4/x86-vsdo-fix-build-on-paravirt_clock-y-kvm_guest-n.patch queue-4.4/x86-pti-efi-broken-conversion-from-efi-to-kernel-page-table.patch queue-4.4/x86-documentation-add-pti-description.patch queue-4.4/x86-cpu-factor-out-application-of-forced-cpu-caps.patch queue-4.4/selftests-x86-add-test_vsyscall.patch queue-4.4/x86-cpu-merge-bugs.c-and-bugs_64.c.patch queue-4.4/x86-alternatives-fix-optimize_nops-checking.patch