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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hwcap2.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h index e7f155c3045e..9d49c18b5ea9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h @@ -258,6 +258,15 @@ extern int force_personality32; #define ELF_HWCAP (boot_cpu_data.x86_capability[CPUID_1_EDX]) +extern u32 elf_hwcap2; + +/* + * HWCAP2 supplies mask with kernel enabled CPU features, so that + * the application can discover that it can safely use them. + * The bits are defined in uapi/asm/hwcap2.h. + */ +#define ELF_HWCAP2 (elf_hwcap2) + /* This yields a string that ld.so will use to load implementation specific libraries for optimization. This is more specific in intent than poking at uname or /proc/cpuinfo. diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hwcap2.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hwcap2.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0bd2be5c7617 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hwcap2.h @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +#ifndef _ASM_X86_HWCAP2_H +#define _ASM_X86_HWCAP2_H + +/* MONITOR/MWAIT enabled in Ring 3 */ +#define HWCAP2_RING3MWAIT (1 << 0) + +#endif diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 9bab7a8a4293..f879429cfcaa 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include <asm/desc.h> #include <asm/fpu/internal.h> #include <asm/mtrr.h> +#include <asm/hwcap2.h> #include <linux/numa.h> #include <asm/asm.h> #include <asm/bugs.h> @@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ #include "cpu.h" +u32 elf_hwcap2 __read_mostly; + /* all of these masks are initialized in setup_cpu_local_masks() */ cpumask_var_t cpu_initialized_mask; cpumask_var_t cpu_callout_mask; |