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Subject[tip:x86/fpu] x86, cpu: Add a synthetic, always true, cpu feature
Commit-ID:  c3b83598c1eeb1507603b461f5843ec2a49e3033
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c3b83598c1eeb1507603b461f5843ec2a49e3033
Author: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 12:07:30 +0200
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:06:07 -0700

x86, cpu: Add a synthetic, always true, cpu feature

This will be used in alternatives later as an always-replace flag.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370772454-6106-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index e99ac27..043d61e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC (3*32+18) /* "" Lfence synchronizes RDTSC */
#define X86_FEATURE_11AP (3*32+19) /* "" Bad local APIC aka 11AP */
#define X86_FEATURE_NOPL (3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
- /* 21 available, was AMD_C1E */
+#define X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS (3*32+21) /* "" Always-present feature */
#define X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY (3*32+22) /* cpu topology enum extensions */
#define X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE (3*32+23) /* TSC is known to be reliable */
#define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC (3*32+24) /* TSC does not stop in C states */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d4dd993..d388ce1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)

if (this_cpu->c_bsp_init)
this_cpu->c_bsp_init(c);
+
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
}

void __init early_cpu_init(void)

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