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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-atomic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: Add support for cmpxchg_double
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This save a few bytes on x86-64 and means that future patches can
apply alternatives to unrelocated code.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ff64a6b9a1a3860ca4a7b8b6dc7b4754f9491cd7.1310563276.git.luto@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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A simple implementation that only supports the word size and does not
have a fallback mode (would require a spinlock).
Add 32 and 64 bit support for cmpxchg_double. cmpxchg double uses
the cmpxchg8b or cmpxchg16b instruction on x86 processors to compare
and swap 2 machine words. This allows lockless algorithms to move more
context information through critical sections.
Set a flag CONFIG_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE to signal that support for double word
cmpxchg detection has been build into the kernel. Note that each subsystem
using cmpxchg_double has to implement a fall back mechanism as long as
we offer support for processors that do not implement cmpxchg_double.
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110601172614.173427964@linux.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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The Intel manual changed the name of the CPUID bit to match the
instruction name. We should follow suit for sanity's sake. (See Intel SDM
Volume 2, Table 3-20 "Feature Information Returned in the ECX Register".)
[ hpa: we can only do this at this time because there are currently no CPUs
with this feature on the market, hence this is pre-hardware enabling.
However, Cc:'ing stable so that stable can present a consistent ABI. ]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110524232926.GA27728@outflux.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> v2.6.36-39
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-smep-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution Protection
x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4
x86, cpufeature: Add cpufeature flag for SMEP
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (50 commits)
x86, mm: Allow ZONE_DMA to be configurable
x86, NUMA: Trim numa meminfo with max_pfn in a separate loop
x86, NUMA: Rename setup_node_bootmem() to setup_node_data()
x86, NUMA: Enable emulation on 32bit too
x86, NUMA: Enable CONFIG_AMD_NUMA on 32bit too
x86, NUMA: Rename amdtopology_64.c to amdtopology.c
x86, NUMA: Make numa_init_array() static
x86, NUMA: Make 32bit use common NUMA init path
x86, NUMA: Initialize and use remap allocator from setup_node_bootmem()
x86-32, NUMA: Add @start and @end to init_alloc_remap()
x86, NUMA: Remove long 64bit assumption from numa.c
x86, NUMA: Enable build of generic NUMA init code on 32bit
x86, NUMA: Move NUMA init logic from numa_64.c to numa.c
x86-32, NUMA: Update numaq to use new NUMA init protocol
x86-32, NUMA: Replace srat_32.c with srat.c
x86-32, NUMA: implement temporary NUMA init shims
x86, NUMA: Move numa_nodes_parsed to numa.[hc]
x86-32, NUMA: Move get_memcfg_numa() into numa_32.c
x86, NUMA: make srat.c 32bit safe
x86, NUMA: rename srat_64.c to srat.c
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Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU
feature flag.
SMEP prevents the CPU in kernel-mode to jump to an executable page
that has the user flag set in the PTE. This prevents the kernel from
executing user-space code accidentally or maliciously, so it for
example prevents kernel exploits from jumping to specially prepared
user-mode shell code.
[ hpa: added better description by Ingo Molnar ]
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1305683069-25394-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Intel processors are adding enhancements to REP MOVSB/STOSB and the use of
REP MOVSB/STOSB for optimal memcpy/memset or similar functions is recommended.
Enhancement availability is indicated by CPUID.7.0.EBX[9] (Enhanced REP MOVSB/
STOSB).
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1305671358-14478-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Add this_cpu_has() which determines if the current cpu has a certain
ability using a segment prefix and a bit test operation.
For that we need to add bit operations to x86s percpu.h.
Many uses of cpu_has use a pointer passed to a function to determine
the current flags. That is no longer necessary after this patch.
However, this patch only converts the straightforward cases where
cpu_has is used with this_cpu_ptr. The rest is work for later.
-tj: Rolled up patch to add x86_ prefix and use percpu_read() instead
of percpu_read_stable().
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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This patch adds support for AMD family 15h core counters. There are
major changes compared to family 10h. First, there is a new perfctr
msr range for up to 6 counters. Northbridge counters are separate
now. This patch only adds support for core counters. Second, certain
events may only be scheduled on certain counters. For this we need to
extend the event scheduling and constraints.
We use cpu feature flags to calculate family 15h msr address offsets.
This way we later can implement a faster ALTERNATIVE() version for
this.
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20110215135210.GB5874@erda.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-amd-nb-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, amd_nb: Enable GART support for AMD family 0x15 CPUs
x86, amd: Use compute unit information to determine thread siblings
x86, amd: Extract compute unit information for AMD CPUs
x86, amd: Add support for CPUID topology extension of AMD CPUs
x86, nmi: Support NMI watchdog on newer AMD CPU families
x86, mtrr: Assume SYS_CFG[Tom2ForceMemTypeWB] exists on all future AMD CPUs
x86, k8: Rename k8.[ch] to amd_nb.[ch] and CONFIG_K8_NB to CONFIG_AMD_NB
x86, k8-gart: Decouple handling of garts and northbridges
x86, cacheinfo: Fix dependency of AMD L3 CID
x86, kvm: add new AMD SVM feature bits
x86, cpu: Fix allowed CPUID bits for KVM guests
x86, cpu: Update AMD CPUID feature bits
x86, cpu: Fix renamed, not-yet-shipping AMD CPUID feature bit
x86, AMD: Remove needless CPU family check (for L3 cache info)
x86, tsc: Remove CPU frequency calibration on AMD
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Using cpuid_eax() to determine feature availability on other than
the current CPU is invalid. And feature availability should also be
checked in the hotplug code path.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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Gcc 3.x generates a warning
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h: In function `__static_cpu_has':
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:326: warning: asm operand 1 probably doesn't match constraints
on each file.
But static_cpu_has() for gcc 3.x does not need __static_cpu_has().
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
LKML-Reference: <201008300127.o7U1RC6Z044051@www262.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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The recently updated CPUID specification names new SVM feature bits.
Add them to the list of reported features.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@amd,com>
LKML-Reference: <1283778860-26843-5-git-send-email-andre.przywara@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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AMD's public CPUID specification has been updated and some bits have
got names. Add them to properly describe new CPU features.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1283778860-26843-3-git-send-email-andre.przywara@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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The AMD SSE5 feature set as-it has been replaced by some extensions
to the AVX instruction set. Thus the bit formerly advertised as SSE5
is re-used for one of these extensions (XOP).
Although this changes the /proc/cpuinfo output, it is not user visible, as
there are no CPUs (yet) having this feature.
To avoid confusion this should be added to the stable series, too.
Cc: stable@kernel.org [.32.x .34.x, .35.x]
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1283778860-26843-2-git-send-email-andre.przywara@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-alternatives-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, alternatives: BUG on encountering an invalid CPU feature number
x86, alternatives: Fix one more open-coded 8-bit alternative number
x86, alternatives: Use 16-bit numbers for cpufeature index
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Accomodate the original C1E-aware idle routine to the different times
during boot when the BIOS enables C1E. While at it, remove the synthetic
CPUID flag in favor of a single global setting which denotes C1E status
on the system.
[ hpa: changed c1e_enabled to be a bool; clarified cpu bit 3:21 comment ]
Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100727165335.GA11630@aftab>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Add package level thermal and power limit feature support.
The two MSRs and features are new starting with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor.
Please check Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures SDMV Vol 3A 14.5.6 Power Limit
Notification and 14.6 Package Level Thermal Management.
This patch also fixes a bug which defines reverse THERM_INT_LOW_ENABLE bit and
THERM_INT_HIGH_ENABLE bit.
[ hpa: fixed up against current tip:x86/cpu ]
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1280448826-12004-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Clean up the formatting in cpufeature.h, and remove an unnecessary
name override.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <tip-*@git.kernel.org>
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Add cpu feature bit support for the XSAVEOPT instruction.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100719230205.523204988@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Intel has defined CPUID leaf 7 as the next set of feature flags (see
the AVX specification, version 007). Add support for this new feature
flags word.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
LKML-Reference: <tip-*@vger.kernel.org>
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We already have cpufeature indicies above 255, so use a 16-bit number
for the alternatives index. This consumes a padding field and so
doesn't add any size, but it means that abusing the padding field to
create assembly errors on overflow no longer works. We can retain the
test simply by redirecting it to the .discard section, however.
[ v3: updated to include open-coded locations ]
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <tip-f88731e3068f9d1392ba71cc9f50f035d26a0d4f@git.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Add support for the newly documented F16C (16-bit floating point
conversions) and RDRND (RDRAND instruction) CPU feature flags.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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The new IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS MSR allows system software to give
hardware a hint whether OS policy favors more power saving,
or more performance. This allows the OS to have some influence
on internal hardware power/performance tradeoffs where the OS
has previously had no influence.
The support for this feature is indicated by CPUID.06H.ECX.bit3,
as documented in the Intel Architectures Software Developer's Manual.
This patch discovers support of this feature and displays it
as "epb" in /proc/cpuinfo.
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1006032310160.6669@localhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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gcc 3 is too braindamaged to be able to compile static_cpu_has() --
apparently it can't tell that a constant passed to an inline function
is still a constant -- so if we're using gcc 3, just use the dynamic
test. This is bad for performance, but if you care about performance,
don't use an ancient, known-to-optimize-poorly compiler.
Reported-and-tested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4BF2FF82.7090005@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86, fpu: Use static_cpu_has() to implement use_xsave()
x86: Add new static_cpu_has() function using alternatives
x86, fpu: Use the proper asm constraint in use_xsave()
x86, fpu: Unbreak FPU emulation
x86: Introduce 'struct fpu' and related API
x86: Eliminate TS_XSAVE
x86-32: Don't set ignore_fpu_irq in simd exception
x86: Merge kernel_math_error() into math_error()
x86: Merge simd_math_error() into math_error()
x86-32: Rework cache flush denied handler
Fix trivial conflict in arch/x86/kernel/process.c
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For CPU-feature-specific code that touches performance-critical paths,
introduce a static patching version of [boot_]cpu_has(). This is run
at alternatives time and is therefore not appropriate for most
initialization code, but on the other hand initialization code is
generally not performance critical.
On gcc 4.5+ this uses the new "asm goto" feature.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1273135546-29690-2-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
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By semi-popular demand, this adds the Core Performance Boost feature
flag to /proc/cpuinfo. Possible use case for this is userspace tools
like cpufreq-aperf, for example, so that they don't have to jump through
hoops of accessing "/dev/cpu/%d/cpuid" in order to check for CPB hw
support, or call cpuid from userspace.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1270065406-1814-2-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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This patch adds code to cpu initialization path to detect
the extended virtualization features of AMD cpus to show
them in /proc/cpuinfo.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1260792521-15212-1-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Use NodeId MSR to get NodeId and number of nodes per processor.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <20091216144355.GB28798@alberich.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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PCLMULQDQ is used to accelerate the most time-consuming part of GHASH,
carry-less multiplication. More information about PCLMULQDQ can be
found at:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/carry-less-multiplication-and-its-usage-for-computing-the-gcm-mode/
Because PCLMULQDQ changes XMM state, its usage must be enclosed with
kernel_fpu_begin/end, which can be used only in process context, the
acceleration is implemented as crypto_ahash. That is, request in soft
IRQ context will be defered to the cryptd kernel thread.
Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Move the APERFMPERF capacility into a X86_FEATURE flag so that it
can be used outside of the acpi cpufreq driver.
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Cc: Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: cpufreq@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Construct entire NodeID and use it as cpu_llc_id. Thus internal node
siblings are stored in llc_shared_map.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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* 'kvm-updates/2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (138 commits)
KVM: Prevent overflow in largepages calculation
KVM: Disable large pages on misaligned memory slots
KVM: Add VT-x machine check support
KVM: VMX: Rename rmode.active to rmode.vm86_active
KVM: Move "exit due to NMI" handling into vmx_complete_interrupts()
KVM: Disable CR8 intercept if tpr patching is active
KVM: Do not migrate pending software interrupts.
KVM: inject NMI after IRET from a previous NMI, not before.
KVM: Always request IRQ/NMI window if an interrupt is pending
KVM: Do not re-execute INTn instruction.
KVM: skip_emulated_instruction() decode instruction if size is not known
KVM: Remove irq_pending bitmap
KVM: Do not allow interrupt injection from userspace if there is a pending event.
KVM: Unprotect a page if #PF happens during NMI injection.
KVM: s390: Verify memory in kvm run
KVM: s390: Sanity check on validity intercept
KVM: s390: Unlink vcpu on destroy - v2
KVM: s390: optimize float int lock: spin_lock_bh --> spin_lock
KVM: s390: use hrtimer for clock wakeup from idle - v2
KVM: s390: Fix memory slot versus run - v3
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: Clear TS in irq_ts_save() when in an atomic section
x86: Detect use of extended APIC ID for AMD CPUs
x86: memtest: remove 64-bit division
x86, UV: Fix macros for multiple coherency domains
x86: Fix non-lazy GS handling in sys_vm86()
x86: Add quirk for reboot stalls on a Dell Optiplex 360
x86: Fix UV BAU activation descriptor init
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Add cpu feature bit support for the MOVBE and POPCNT instructions.
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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Booting a 32-bit kernel on Magny-Cours results in the following panic:
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Using APIC driver default
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Overriding APIC driver with bigsmp
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Getting VERSION: 80050010
Getting VERSION: 80050010
Getting ID: 10000000
Getting ID: ef000000
Getting LVT0: 700
Getting LVT1: 10000
Kernel panic - not syncing: Boot APIC ID in local APIC unexpected (16 vs 0)
Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-rcX #2
Call Trace:
[<c05194da>] ? panic+0x38/0xd3
[<c0743102>] ? native_smp_prepare_cpus+0x259/0x31f
[<c073b19d>] ? kernel_init+0x3e/0x141
[<c073b15f>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x141
[<c020325f>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
The reason is that default_get_apic_id handled extension of local APIC
ID field just in case of XAPIC.
Thus for this AMD CPU, default_get_apic_id() returns 0 and
bigsmp_get_apic_id() returns 16 which leads to the respective kernel
panic.
This patch introduces a Linux specific feature flag to indicate
support for extended APIC id (8 bits instead of 4 bits width) and sets
the flag on AMD CPUs if applicable.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <20090608135509.GA12431@alberich.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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setup_force_cpu_cap() only have one user (Xen guest code),
but it should not reuse cleared_cpu_cpus, otherwise it
will have problems on SMP.
Need to have a separate cpu_cpus_set array too, for forced-on
flags, beyond the forced-off flags.
Also need to setup handling before all cpus caps are combined.
[ Impact: fix the forced-set CPU feature flag logic ]
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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X86_FEATURE_MCE = Machine Check Exception
X86_FEATURE_MCA = Machine Check Architecture
[ Impact: cleanup ]
Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1241329295.6321.1.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Add support for Always Running APIC timer, CPUID_0x6_EAX_Bit2.
This bit means the APIC timer continues to run even when CPU is
in deep C-states.
The advantage is that we can use LAPIC timer on these CPUs
always, and there is no need for "slow to read and program"
external timers (HPET/PIT) and the timer broadcast logic
and related code in C-state entry and exit.
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Intel AES-NI is a new set of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)
instructions that are going to be introduced in the next generation of
Intel processor, as of 2009. These instructions enable fast and secure
data encryption and decryption, using the Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES), defined by FIPS Publication number 197. The architecture
introduces six instructions that offer full hardware support for
AES. Four of them support high performance data encryption and
decryption, and the other two instructions support the AES key
expansion procedure.
The white paper can be downloaded from:
http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/downloads/intelavx/AES-Instructions-Set_WP.pdf
AES may be used in soft_irq context, but MMX/SSE context can not be
touched safely in soft_irq context. So in_interrupt() is checked, if
in IRQ or soft_irq context, the general x86_64 implementation are used
instead.
Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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For Intel 7400 series CPUs, the recommendation is to use a clflush on the
monitored address just before monitor and mwait pair [1].
This clflush makes sure that there are no false wakeups from mwait when the
monitored address was recently written to.
[1] "MONITOR/MWAIT Recommendations for Intel Xeon Processor 7400 series"
section in specification update document of 7400 series
http://download.intel.com/design/xeon/specupdt/32033601.pdf
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Impact: add new synthetic-cpuid bit definition
add X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC to the cpufeature bits - this is in
preparation of Venki's always-running-TSC patch.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Impact: cleanup
Remove duplicate #define from 'cpufeature.h'.
This also fixes the following sparse warning:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/capflags.c:54:3: warning: Initializer entry defined twice
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/capflags.c:58:3: also defined here
Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@hanneseder.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Impact: Number declaration only.
Add X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR bit (CPUID level 1, ECX, bit 31).
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Impact: None, bit reservation only
Add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature bit which will be used to mark
TSC as reliable so that we could skip all the runtime checks for
TSC stablity, which have false positives in virtual environment.
Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Hecht <dhecht@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Impact: fix xsave slowdown regression
Fix two features from conflicting in feature bits.
Fixes this performance regression:
Subject: cpu2000(both float and int) 13% regression with 2.6.28-rc1
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/28/36
Reported-by: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Bisected-by: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Change header guards named "ASM_X86__*" to "_ASM_X86_*" since:
a. the double underscore is ugly and pointless.
b. no leading underscore violates namespace constraints.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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