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authorDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>2014-10-28 20:57:53 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2014-10-29 10:52:09 +0300
commitd4e1a0af1d3a88cdfc8c954d3005eb8745ec518d (patch)
treeb072d761a8c42263d87862fd95eef4895944f298 /arch
parent60e684f0d66369add7aa49fc39785d2f26fe9169 (diff)
downloadlinux-d4e1a0af1d3a88cdfc8c954d3005eb8745ec518d.tar.xz
x86: Don't enable F00F workaround on Intel Quark processors
The Intel Quark processor is a part of family 5, but does not have the F00F bug present in Pentiums of the same family. Pentiums were models 0 through 8, Quark is model 9. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141028175753.GA12743@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 1ef456273172..9cc6b6f25f42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -213,12 +213,13 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG
/*
- * All current models of Pentium and Pentium with MMX technology CPUs
+ * All models of Pentium and Pentium with MMX technology CPUs
* have the F0 0F bug, which lets nonprivileged users lock up the
* system. Announce that the fault handler will be checking for it.
+ * The Quark is also family 5, but does not have the same bug.
*/
clear_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);
- if (!paravirt_enabled() && c->x86 == 5) {
+ if (!paravirt_enabled() && c->x86 == 5 && c->x86_model < 9) {
static int f00f_workaround_enabled;
set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);