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<title>linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c, branch v3.14</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent</title>
<updated>2014-01-25T08:16:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-25T08:16:14+00:00</published>
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Merge in the x86 changes to apply a fix.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Merge in the x86 changes to apply a fix.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm, x86: Revisit tlb_flushall_shift tuning for page flushes except on IvyBridge</title>
<updated>2014-01-25T08:10:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mel Gorman</name>
<email>mgorman@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-21T22:33:22+00:00</published>
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There was a large ebizzy performance regression that was
bisected to commit 611ae8e3 (x86/tlb: enable tlb flush range
support for x86).  The problem was related to the
tlb_flushall_shift tuning for IvyBridge which was altered.  The
problem is that it is not clear if the tuning values for each
CPU family is correct as the methodology used to tune the values
is unclear.

This patch uses a conservative tlb_flushall_shift value for all
CPU families except IvyBridge so the decision can be revisited
if any regression is found as a result of this change.
IvyBridge is an exception as testing with one methodology
determined that the value of 2 is acceptable.  Details are in
the changelog for the patch "x86: mm: Change tlb_flushall_shift
for IvyBridge".

One important aspect of this to watch out for is Xen.  The
original commit log mentioned large performance gains on Xen.
It's possible Xen is more sensitive to this value if it flushes
small ranges of pages more frequently than workloads on bare
metal typically do.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Davidlohr Bueso &lt;davidlohr@hp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-dyzMww3fqugnhbhgo6Gxmtkw@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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There was a large ebizzy performance regression that was
bisected to commit 611ae8e3 (x86/tlb: enable tlb flush range
support for x86).  The problem was related to the
tlb_flushall_shift tuning for IvyBridge which was altered.  The
problem is that it is not clear if the tuning values for each
CPU family is correct as the methodology used to tune the values
is unclear.

This patch uses a conservative tlb_flushall_shift value for all
CPU families except IvyBridge so the decision can be revisited
if any regression is found as a result of this change.
IvyBridge is an exception as testing with one methodology
determined that the value of 2 is acceptable.  Details are in
the changelog for the patch "x86: mm: Change tlb_flushall_shift
for IvyBridge".

One important aspect of this to watch out for is Xen.  The
original commit log mentioned large performance gains on Xen.
It's possible Xen is more sensitive to this value if it flushes
small ranges of pages more frequently than workloads on bare
metal typically do.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Davidlohr Bueso &lt;davidlohr@hp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-dyzMww3fqugnhbhgo6Gxmtkw@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2014-01-20T20:11:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-20T20:11:41+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Pull leftover x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two leftover fixes that did not make it into v3.13"

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86: Add check for number of available vectors before CPU down
  x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793
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<pre>
Pull leftover x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two leftover fixes that did not make it into v3.13"

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86: Add check for number of available vectors before CPU down
  x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2014-01-20T20:03:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-20T20:03:57+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=2a0fede97fd52a5c9789d1d54ebd3b46878151c3'/>
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Pull x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc cleanups"

* 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, cpu, amd: Fix a shadowed variable situation
  um, x86: Fix vDSO build
  x86: Delete non-required instances of include &lt;linux/init.h&gt;
  x86, realmode: Pointer walk cleanups, pull out invariant use of __pa()
  x86/traps: Clean up error exception handler definitions
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<pre>
Pull x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc cleanups"

* 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, cpu, amd: Fix a shadowed variable situation
  um, x86: Fix vDSO build
  x86: Delete non-required instances of include &lt;linux/init.h&gt;
  x86, realmode: Pointer walk cleanups, pull out invariant use of __pa()
  x86/traps: Clean up error exception handler definitions
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, cpu, amd: Fix a shadowed variable situation</title>
<updated>2014-01-15T12:21:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov</name>
<email>bp@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-15T11:52:15+00:00</published>
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Having u32 and struct cpuinfo_x86 * by the same name is not very smart,
although it was ok in this case due to the limited scope of u32 c and it
being used only once in there.

Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389786735-16751-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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<pre>
Having u32 and struct cpuinfo_x86 * by the same name is not very smart,
although it was ok in this case due to the limited scope of u32 c and it
being used only once in there.

Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389786735-16751-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793</title>
<updated>2014-01-15T00:39:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov</name>
<email>bp@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-14T23:07:11+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=3b56496865f9f7d9bcb2f93b44c63f274f08e3b6'/>
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<content type='text'>
This adds the workaround for erratum 793 as a precaution in case not
every BIOS implements it.  This addresses CVE-2013-6885.

Erratum text:

[Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors,
document 51810 Rev. 3.04 November 2013]

793 Specific Combination of Writes to Write Combined Memory Types and
Locked Instructions May Cause Core Hang

Description

Under a highly specific and detailed set of internal timing
conditions, a locked instruction may trigger a timing sequence whereby
the write to a write combined memory type is not flushed, causing the
locked instruction to stall indefinitely.

Potential Effect on System

Processor core hang.

Suggested Workaround

BIOS should set MSR
C001_1020[15] = 1b.

Fix Planned

No fix planned

[ hpa: updated description, fixed typo in MSR name ]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140114230711.GS29865@pd.tnic
Tested-by: Aravind Gopalakrishnan &lt;aravind.gopalakrishnan@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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<pre>
This adds the workaround for erratum 793 as a precaution in case not
every BIOS implements it.  This addresses CVE-2013-6885.

Erratum text:

[Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors,
document 51810 Rev. 3.04 November 2013]

793 Specific Combination of Writes to Write Combined Memory Types and
Locked Instructions May Cause Core Hang

Description

Under a highly specific and detailed set of internal timing
conditions, a locked instruction may trigger a timing sequence whereby
the write to a write combined memory type is not flushed, causing the
locked instruction to stall indefinitely.

Potential Effect on System

Processor core hang.

Suggested Workaround

BIOS should set MSR
C001_1020[15] = 1b.

Fix Planned

No fix planned

[ hpa: updated description, fixed typo in MSR name ]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140114230711.GS29865@pd.tnic
Tested-by: Aravind Gopalakrishnan &lt;aravind.gopalakrishnan@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/clock, x86: Use a static_key for sched_clock_stable</title>
<updated>2014-01-13T14:13:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-28T18:38:42+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=35af99e646c7f7ea46dc2977601e9e71a51dadd5'/>
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In order to avoid the runtime condition and variable load turn
sched_clock_stable into a static_key.

Also provide a shorter implementation of local_clock() and
cpu_clock(int) when sched_clock_stable==1.

                        MAINLINE   PRE       POST

    sched_clock_stable: 1          1         1
    (cold) sched_clock: 329841     221876    215295
    (cold) local_clock: 301773     234692    220773
    (warm) sched_clock: 38375      25602     25659
    (warm) local_clock: 100371     33265     27242
    (warm) rdtsc:       27340      24214     24208
    sched_clock_stable: 0          0         0
    (cold) sched_clock: 382634     235941    237019
    (cold) local_clock: 396890     297017    294819
    (warm) sched_clock: 38194      25233     25609
    (warm) local_clock: 143452     71234     71232
    (warm) rdtsc:       27345      24245     24243

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-eummbdechzz37mwmpags1gjr@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
In order to avoid the runtime condition and variable load turn
sched_clock_stable into a static_key.

Also provide a shorter implementation of local_clock() and
cpu_clock(int) when sched_clock_stable==1.

                        MAINLINE   PRE       POST

    sched_clock_stable: 1          1         1
    (cold) sched_clock: 329841     221876    215295
    (cold) local_clock: 301773     234692    220773
    (warm) sched_clock: 38375      25602     25659
    (warm) local_clock: 100371     33265     27242
    (warm) rdtsc:       27340      24214     24208
    sched_clock_stable: 0          0         0
    (cold) sched_clock: 382634     235941    237019
    (cold) local_clock: 396890     297017    294819
    (warm) sched_clock: 38194      25233     25609
    (warm) local_clock: 143452     71234     71232
    (warm) rdtsc:       27345      24245     24243

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-eummbdechzz37mwmpags1gjr@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86: Delete non-required instances of include &lt;linux/init.h&gt;</title>
<updated>2014-01-07T05:25:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Gortmaker</name>
<email>paul.gortmaker@windriver.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-07T00:20:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=663b55b9b39fa9c848cca273ca4e12bf29b32c71'/>
<id>663b55b9b39fa9c848cca273ca4e12bf29b32c71</id>
<content type='text'>
None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
and hence don't need to include &lt;linux/init.h&gt;.  Most are just a
left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to
code getting copied from one driver to the next.

[ hpa: undid incorrect removal from arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S ]

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389054026-12947-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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<pre>
None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
and hence don't need to include &lt;linux/init.h&gt;.  Most are just a
left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to
code getting copied from one driver to the next.

[ hpa: undid incorrect removal from arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S ]

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389054026-12947-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial</title>
<updated>2013-11-16T00:47:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-16T00:47:22+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=9073e1a804c3096eda84ee7cbf11d1f174236c75'/>
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<content type='text'>
Pull trivial tree updates from Jiri Kosina:
 "Usual earth-shaking, news-breaking, rocket science pile from
  trivial.git"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (23 commits)
  doc: usb: Fix typo in Documentation/usb/gadget_configs.txt
  doc: add missing files to timers/00-INDEX
  timekeeping: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  mm: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  irq: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  NUMA: fix typos in Kconfig help text
  mm: update 00-INDEX
  doc: Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt fix typo
  DRM: comment: `halve' -&gt; `half'
  Docs: Kconfig: `devlopers' -&gt; `developers'
  doc: typo on word accounting in kprobes.c in mutliple architectures
  treewide: fix "usefull" typo
  treewide: fix "distingush" typo
  mm/Kconfig: Grammar s/an/a/
  kexec: Typo s/the/then/
  Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi
  treewide: Fix common typo in "identify"
  __page_to_pfn: Fix typo in comment
  Correct some typos for word frequency
  clk: fixed-factor: Fix a trivial typo
  ...
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<pre>
Pull trivial tree updates from Jiri Kosina:
 "Usual earth-shaking, news-breaking, rocket science pile from
  trivial.git"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (23 commits)
  doc: usb: Fix typo in Documentation/usb/gadget_configs.txt
  doc: add missing files to timers/00-INDEX
  timekeeping: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  mm: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  irq: Fix some trivial typos in comments
  NUMA: fix typos in Kconfig help text
  mm: update 00-INDEX
  doc: Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt fix typo
  DRM: comment: `halve' -&gt; `half'
  Docs: Kconfig: `devlopers' -&gt; `developers'
  doc: typo on word accounting in kprobes.c in mutliple architectures
  treewide: fix "usefull" typo
  treewide: fix "distingush" typo
  mm/Kconfig: Grammar s/an/a/
  kexec: Typo s/the/then/
  Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi
  treewide: Fix common typo in "identify"
  __page_to_pfn: Fix typo in comment
  Correct some typos for word frequency
  clk: fixed-factor: Fix a trivial typo
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpu: Track legacy CPU model data only on 32-bit kernels</title>
<updated>2013-10-26T11:34:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Beulich</name>
<email>JBeulich@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-21T08:35:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=09dc68d958c67c76cf672ec78b7391af453010f8'/>
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struct cpu_dev's c_models is only ever set inside CONFIG_X86_32
conditionals (or code that's being built for 32-bit only), so
there's no use of reserving the (empty) space for the model
names in a 64-bit kernel.

Similarly, c_size_cache is only used in the #else of a
CONFIG_X86_64 conditional, so reserving space for (and in one
case even initializing) that field is pointless for 64-bit
kernels too.

While moving both fields to the end of the structure, I also
noticed that:

 - the c_models array size was one too small, potentially causing
   table_lookup_model() to return garbage on Intel CPUs (intel.c's
   instance was lacking the sentinel with family being zero), so the
   patch bumps that by one,

 - c_models' vendor sub-field was unused (and anyway redundant
   with the base structure's c_x86_vendor field), so the patch deletes it.

Also rename the legacy fields so that their legacy nature stands out
and comment their declarations.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5265036802000078000FC4DB@nat28.tlf.novell.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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struct cpu_dev's c_models is only ever set inside CONFIG_X86_32
conditionals (or code that's being built for 32-bit only), so
there's no use of reserving the (empty) space for the model
names in a 64-bit kernel.

Similarly, c_size_cache is only used in the #else of a
CONFIG_X86_64 conditional, so reserving space for (and in one
case even initializing) that field is pointless for 64-bit
kernels too.

While moving both fields to the end of the structure, I also
noticed that:

 - the c_models array size was one too small, potentially causing
   table_lookup_model() to return garbage on Intel CPUs (intel.c's
   instance was lacking the sentinel with family being zero), so the
   patch bumps that by one,

 - c_models' vendor sub-field was unused (and anyway redundant
   with the base structure's c_x86_vendor field), so the patch deletes it.

Also rename the legacy fields so that their legacy nature stands out
and comment their declarations.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5265036802000078000FC4DB@nat28.tlf.novell.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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