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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2016-08-01T18:23:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-08-01T18:23:42+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 header cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree is a cleanup of the x86 tree reducing spurious uses of
  module.h - which should improve build performance a bit"

* 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, crypto: Restore MODULE_LICENSE() to glue_helper.c so it loads
  x86/apic: Remove duplicated include from probe_64.c
  x86/ce4100: Remove duplicated include from ce4100.c
  x86/headers: Include spinlock_types.h in x8664_ksyms_64.c for missing spinlock_t
  x86/platform: Delete extraneous MODULE_* tags fromm ts5500
  x86: Audit and remove any remaining unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/kvm: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/xen: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/platform: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/lib: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/mm: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86: Don't use module.h just for AUTHOR / LICENSE tags
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Pull x86 header cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree is a cleanup of the x86 tree reducing spurious uses of
  module.h - which should improve build performance a bit"

* 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, crypto: Restore MODULE_LICENSE() to glue_helper.c so it loads
  x86/apic: Remove duplicated include from probe_64.c
  x86/ce4100: Remove duplicated include from ce4100.c
  x86/headers: Include spinlock_types.h in x8664_ksyms_64.c for missing spinlock_t
  x86/platform: Delete extraneous MODULE_* tags fromm ts5500
  x86: Audit and remove any remaining unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/kvm: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/xen: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/platform: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/lib: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86/mm: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h
  x86: Don't use module.h just for AUTHOR / LICENSE tags
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<entry>
<title>x86/cpu: Add workaround for MONITOR instruction erratum on Goldmont based CPUs</title>
<updated>2016-07-20T07:48:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-18T18:41:10+00:00</published>
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Monitored cached line may not wake up from mwait on certain
Goldmont based CPUs. This patch will avoid calling
current_set_polling_and_test() and thereby not set the TIF_ flag.
The result is that we'll always send IPIs for wakeups.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan &lt;jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468867270-18493-1-git-send-email-jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Monitored cached line may not wake up from mwait on certain
Goldmont based CPUs. This patch will avoid calling
current_set_polling_and_test() and thereby not set the TIF_ flag.
The result is that we'll always send IPIs for wakeups.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan &lt;jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468867270-18493-1-git-send-email-jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h</title>
<updated>2016-07-14T13:06:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Gortmaker</name>
<email>paul.gortmaker@windriver.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-14T00:18:56+00:00</published>
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Historically a lot of these existed because we did not have
a distinction between what was modular code and what was providing
support to modules via EXPORT_SYMBOL and friends.  That changed
when we forked out support for the latter into the export.h file.

This means we should be able to reduce the usage of module.h
in code that is obj-y Makefile or bool Kconfig.  The advantage
in doing so is that module.h itself sources about 15 other headers;
adding significantly to what we feed cpp, and it can obscure what
headers we are effectively using.

Since module.h was the source for init.h (for __init) and for
export.h (for EXPORT_SYMBOL) we consider each obj-y/bool instance
for the presence of either and replace as needed.  Build testing
revealed some implicit header usage that was fixed up accordingly.

Note that some bool/obj-y instances remain since module.h is
the header for some exception table entry stuff, and for things
like __init_or_module (code that is tossed when MODULES=n).

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160714001901.31603-4-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Historically a lot of these existed because we did not have
a distinction between what was modular code and what was providing
support to modules via EXPORT_SYMBOL and friends.  That changed
when we forked out support for the latter into the export.h file.

This means we should be able to reduce the usage of module.h
in code that is obj-y Makefile or bool Kconfig.  The advantage
in doing so is that module.h itself sources about 15 other headers;
adding significantly to what we feed cpp, and it can obscure what
headers we are effectively using.

Since module.h was the source for init.h (for __init) and for
export.h (for EXPORT_SYMBOL) we consider each obj-y/bool instance
for the presence of either and replace as needed.  Build testing
revealed some implicit header usage that was fixed up accordingly.

Note that some bool/obj-y instances remain since module.h is
the header for some exception table entry stuff, and for things
like __init_or_module (code that is tossed when MODULES=n).

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160714001901.31603-4-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/cpu, to pick up dependency</title>
<updated>2016-06-08T11:02:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-06-08T11:02:16+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent, to refresh the tree</title>
<updated>2016-05-20T07:09:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-20T07:09:26+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/mm/mpx: Work around MPX erratum SKD046</title>
<updated>2016-05-20T07:07:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dave Hansen</name>
<email>dave@sr71.net</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-12T22:04:00+00:00</published>
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This erratum essentially causes the CPU to forget which privilege
level it is operating on (kernel vs. user) for the purposes of MPX.

This erratum can only be triggered when a system is not using
Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention (SMEP).  Our workaround for
the erratum is to ensure that MPX can only be used in cases where
SMEP is present in the processor and is enabled.

This erratum only affects Core processors.  Atom is unaffected.
But, there is no architectural way to determine Atom vs. Core.
So, we just apply this workaround to all processors.  It's
possible that it will mistakenly disable MPX on some Atom
processsors or future unaffected Core processors.  There are
currently no processors that have MPX and not SMEP.  It would
take something akin to a hypervisor masking SMEP out on an Atom
processor for this to present itself on current hardware.

More details can be found at:

  http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/desktop-6th-gen-core-family-spec-update.pdf

"
  SKD046 Branch Instructions May Initialize MPX Bound Registers Incorrectly

  Problem:

  Depending on the current Intel MPX (Memory Protection
  Extensions) configuration, execution of certain branch
  instructions (near CALL, near RET, near JMP, and Jcc
  instructions) without a BND prefix (F2H) initialize the MPX bound
  registers. Due to this erratum, such a branch instruction that is
  executed both with CPL = 3 and with CPL &lt; 3 may not use the
  correct MPX configuration register (BNDCFGU or BNDCFGS,
  respectively) for determining whether to initialize the bound
  registers; it may thus initialize the bound registers when it
  should not, or fail to initialize them when it should.

  Implication:

  A branch instruction that has executed both in user mode and in
  supervisor mode (from the same linear address) may cause a #BR
  (bound range fault) when it should not have or may not cause a
  #BR when it should have.  Workaround An operating system can
  avoid this erratum by setting CR4.SMEP[bit 20] to enable
  supervisor-mode execution prevention (SMEP). When SMEP is
  enabled, no code can be executed both with CPL = 3 and with CPL &lt; 3.
"

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@sr71.net&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160512220400.3B35F1BC@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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This erratum essentially causes the CPU to forget which privilege
level it is operating on (kernel vs. user) for the purposes of MPX.

This erratum can only be triggered when a system is not using
Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention (SMEP).  Our workaround for
the erratum is to ensure that MPX can only be used in cases where
SMEP is present in the processor and is enabled.

This erratum only affects Core processors.  Atom is unaffected.
But, there is no architectural way to determine Atom vs. Core.
So, we just apply this workaround to all processors.  It's
possible that it will mistakenly disable MPX on some Atom
processsors or future unaffected Core processors.  There are
currently no processors that have MPX and not SMEP.  It would
take something akin to a hypervisor masking SMEP out on an Atom
processor for this to present itself on current hardware.

More details can be found at:

  http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/desktop-6th-gen-core-family-spec-update.pdf

"
  SKD046 Branch Instructions May Initialize MPX Bound Registers Incorrectly

  Problem:

  Depending on the current Intel MPX (Memory Protection
  Extensions) configuration, execution of certain branch
  instructions (near CALL, near RET, near JMP, and Jcc
  instructions) without a BND prefix (F2H) initialize the MPX bound
  registers. Due to this erratum, such a branch instruction that is
  executed both with CPL = 3 and with CPL &lt; 3 may not use the
  correct MPX configuration register (BNDCFGU or BNDCFGS,
  respectively) for determining whether to initialize the bound
  registers; it may thus initialize the bound registers when it
  should not, or fail to initialize them when it should.

  Implication:

  A branch instruction that has executed both in user mode and in
  supervisor mode (from the same linear address) may cause a #BR
  (bound range fault) when it should not have or may not cause a
  #BR when it should have.  Workaround An operating system can
  avoid this erratum by setting CR4.SMEP[bit 20] to enable
  supervisor-mode execution prevention (SMEP). When SMEP is
  enabled, no code can be executed both with CPL = 3 and with CPL &lt; 3.
"

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@sr71.net&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160512220400.3B35F1BC@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2016-05-16T22:54:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-16T22:54:01+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The biggest changes in this cycle were:

   - prepare for more KASLR related changes, by restructuring, cleaning
     up and fixing the existing boot code.  (Kees Cook, Baoquan He,
     Yinghai Lu)

   - simplifly/concentrate subarch handling code, eliminate
     paravirt_enabled() usage.  (Luis R Rodriguez)"

* 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (50 commits)
  x86/KASLR: Clarify purpose of each get_random_long()
  x86/KASLR: Add virtual address choosing function
  x86/KASLR: Return earliest overlap when avoiding regions
  x86/KASLR: Add 'struct slot_area' to manage random_addr slots
  x86/boot: Add missing file header comments
  x86/KASLR: Initialize mapping_info every time
  x86/boot: Comment what finalize_identity_maps() does
  x86/KASLR: Build identity mappings on demand
  x86/boot: Split out kernel_ident_mapping_init()
  x86/boot: Clean up indenting for asm/boot.h
  x86/KASLR: Improve comments around the mem_avoid[] logic
  x86/boot: Simplify pointer casting in choose_random_location()
  x86/KASLR: Consolidate mem_avoid[] entries
  x86/boot: Clean up pointer casting
  x86/boot: Warn on future overlapping memcpy() use
  x86/boot: Extract error reporting functions
  x86/boot: Correctly bounds-check relocations
  x86/KASLR: Clean up unused code from old 'run_size' and rename it to 'kernel_total_size'
  x86/boot: Fix "run_size" calculation
  x86/boot: Calculate decompression size during boot not build
  ...
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Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The biggest changes in this cycle were:

   - prepare for more KASLR related changes, by restructuring, cleaning
     up and fixing the existing boot code.  (Kees Cook, Baoquan He,
     Yinghai Lu)

   - simplifly/concentrate subarch handling code, eliminate
     paravirt_enabled() usage.  (Luis R Rodriguez)"

* 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (50 commits)
  x86/KASLR: Clarify purpose of each get_random_long()
  x86/KASLR: Add virtual address choosing function
  x86/KASLR: Return earliest overlap when avoiding regions
  x86/KASLR: Add 'struct slot_area' to manage random_addr slots
  x86/boot: Add missing file header comments
  x86/KASLR: Initialize mapping_info every time
  x86/boot: Comment what finalize_identity_maps() does
  x86/KASLR: Build identity mappings on demand
  x86/boot: Split out kernel_ident_mapping_init()
  x86/boot: Clean up indenting for asm/boot.h
  x86/KASLR: Improve comments around the mem_avoid[] logic
  x86/boot: Simplify pointer casting in choose_random_location()
  x86/KASLR: Consolidate mem_avoid[] entries
  x86/boot: Clean up pointer casting
  x86/boot: Warn on future overlapping memcpy() use
  x86/boot: Extract error reporting functions
  x86/boot: Correctly bounds-check relocations
  x86/KASLR: Clean up unused code from old 'run_size' and rename it to 'kernel_total_size'
  x86/boot: Fix "run_size" calculation
  x86/boot: Calculate decompression size during boot not build
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2016-05-16T22:15:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-16T22:15:17+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - MSR access API fixes and enhancements (Andy Lutomirski)

   - early exception handling improvements (Andy Lutomirski)

   - user-space FS/GS prctl usage fixes and improvements (Andy
     Lutomirski)

   - Remove the cpu_has_*() APIs and replace them with equivalents
     (Borislav Petkov)

   - task switch micro-optimization (Brian Gerst)

   - 32-bit entry code simplification (Denys Vlasenko)

   - enhance PAT handling in enumated CPUs (Toshi Kani)

  ... and lots of other cleanups/fixlets"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (70 commits)
  x86/arch_prctl/64: Restore accidentally removed put_cpu() in ARCH_SET_GS
  x86/entry/32: Remove asmlinkage_protect()
  x86/entry/32: Remove GET_THREAD_INFO() from entry code
  x86/entry, sched/x86: Don't save/restore EFLAGS on task switch
  x86/asm/entry/32: Simplify pushes of zeroed pt_regs-&gt;REGs
  selftests/x86/ldt_gdt: Test set_thread_area() deletion of an active segment
  x86/tls: Synchronize segment registers in set_thread_area()
  x86/asm/64: Rename thread_struct's fs and gs to fsbase and gsbase
  x86/arch_prctl/64: Remove FSBASE/GSBASE &lt; 4G optimization
  x86/segments/64: When load_gs_index fails, clear the base
  x86/segments/64: When loadsegment(fs, ...) fails, clear the base
  x86/asm: Make asm/alternative.h safe from assembly
  x86/asm: Stop depending on ptrace.h in alternative.h
  x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
  x86/asm: Make sure verify_cpu() has a good stack
  x86/extable: Add a comment about early exception handlers
  x86/msr: Set the return value to zero when native_rdmsr_safe() fails
  x86/paravirt: Make "unsafe" MSR accesses unsafe even if PARAVIRT=y
  x86/paravirt: Add paravirt_{read,write}_msr()
  x86/msr: Carry on after a non-"safe" MSR access fails
  ...
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - MSR access API fixes and enhancements (Andy Lutomirski)

   - early exception handling improvements (Andy Lutomirski)

   - user-space FS/GS prctl usage fixes and improvements (Andy
     Lutomirski)

   - Remove the cpu_has_*() APIs and replace them with equivalents
     (Borislav Petkov)

   - task switch micro-optimization (Brian Gerst)

   - 32-bit entry code simplification (Denys Vlasenko)

   - enhance PAT handling in enumated CPUs (Toshi Kani)

  ... and lots of other cleanups/fixlets"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (70 commits)
  x86/arch_prctl/64: Restore accidentally removed put_cpu() in ARCH_SET_GS
  x86/entry/32: Remove asmlinkage_protect()
  x86/entry/32: Remove GET_THREAD_INFO() from entry code
  x86/entry, sched/x86: Don't save/restore EFLAGS on task switch
  x86/asm/entry/32: Simplify pushes of zeroed pt_regs-&gt;REGs
  selftests/x86/ldt_gdt: Test set_thread_area() deletion of an active segment
  x86/tls: Synchronize segment registers in set_thread_area()
  x86/asm/64: Rename thread_struct's fs and gs to fsbase and gsbase
  x86/arch_prctl/64: Remove FSBASE/GSBASE &lt; 4G optimization
  x86/segments/64: When load_gs_index fails, clear the base
  x86/segments/64: When loadsegment(fs, ...) fails, clear the base
  x86/asm: Make asm/alternative.h safe from assembly
  x86/asm: Stop depending on ptrace.h in alternative.h
  x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
  x86/asm: Make sure verify_cpu() has a good stack
  x86/extable: Add a comment about early exception handlers
  x86/msr: Set the return value to zero when native_rdmsr_safe() fails
  x86/paravirt: Make "unsafe" MSR accesses unsafe even if PARAVIRT=y
  x86/paravirt: Add paravirt_{read,write}_msr()
  x86/msr: Carry on after a non-"safe" MSR access fails
  ...
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<title>x86/cpu: Correct comments and messages in P4 erratum 037 handling code</title>
<updated>2016-05-10T08:05:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov</name>
<email>bp@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-08T18:58:40+00:00</published>
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Remove the linebreak in the conditional and s/errata/erratum/ as the
singular is "erratum".

No functionality change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462733920-7224-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Remove the linebreak in the conditional and s/errata/erratum/ as the
singular is "erratum".

No functionality change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462733920-7224-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/topology: Set x86_max_cores to 1 for CONFIG_SMP=n</title>
<updated>2016-05-10T07:28:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-10T07:20:33+00:00</published>
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Josef reported that the uncore driver trips over with CONFIG_SMP=n because
x86_max_cores is 16 instead of 12.

The reason is, that for SMP=n the extended topology detection is a NOOP and
the cache leaf is used to determine the number of cores. That's wrong in two
aspects:

1) The cache leaf enumerates the maximum addressable number of cores in the
   package, which is obviously not correct

2) UP has no business with topology bits at all.

Make intel_num_cpu_cores() return 1 for CONFIG_SMP=n

Reported-by: Josef Bacik &lt;jbacik@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: kernel-team &lt;Kernel-team@fb.com&gt;
Cc: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/761b4a2a-0332-7954-f030-c6639f949612@fb.com
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Josef reported that the uncore driver trips over with CONFIG_SMP=n because
x86_max_cores is 16 instead of 12.

The reason is, that for SMP=n the extended topology detection is a NOOP and
the cache leaf is used to determine the number of cores. That's wrong in two
aspects:

1) The cache leaf enumerates the maximum addressable number of cores in the
   package, which is obviously not correct

2) UP has no business with topology bits at all.

Make intel_num_cpu_cores() return 1 for CONFIG_SMP=n

Reported-by: Josef Bacik &lt;jbacik@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: kernel-team &lt;Kernel-team@fb.com&gt;
Cc: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/761b4a2a-0332-7954-f030-c6639f949612@fb.com
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