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<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<title>asmlinkage, x86: Add explicit __visible to arch/x86/*</title>
<updated>2014-05-05T23:07:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andi Kleen</name>
<email>ak@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-01T22:44:37+00:00</published>
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As requested by Linus add explicit __visible to the asmlinkage users.
This marks all functions visible to assembler.

Tree sweep for arch/x86/*

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398984278-29319-3-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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As requested by Linus add explicit __visible to the asmlinkage users.
This marks all functions visible to assembler.

Tree sweep for arch/x86/*

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398984278-29319-3-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2013-11-14T07:55:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-14T07:55:56+00:00</published>
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Pull two x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware file as an error
  x86/dumpstack: Fix printk_address for direct addresses
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Pull two x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/microcode/amd: Tone down printk(), don't treat a missing firmware file as an error
  x86/dumpstack: Fix printk_address for direct addresses
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<entry>
<title>x86: move fpu_counter into ARCH specific thread_struct</title>
<updated>2013-11-13T03:09:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vineet Gupta</name>
<email>Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-12T23:08:46+00:00</published>
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Only a couple of arches (sh/x86) use fpu_counter in task_struct so it can
be moved out into ARCH specific thread_struct, reducing the size of
task_struct for other arches.

Compile tested i386_defconfig + gcc 4.7.3

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta &lt;vgupta@synopsys.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mundt &lt;paul.mundt@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Only a couple of arches (sh/x86) use fpu_counter in task_struct so it can
be moved out into ARCH specific thread_struct, reducing the size of
task_struct for other arches.

Compile tested i386_defconfig + gcc 4.7.3

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta &lt;vgupta@synopsys.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mundt &lt;paul.mundt@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/dumpstack: Fix printk_address for direct addresses</title>
<updated>2013-11-12T20:06:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Slaby</name>
<email>jslaby@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-25T13:06:58+00:00</published>
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Consider a kernel crash in a module, simulated the following way:

 static int my_init(void)
 {
         char *map = (void *)0x5;
         *map = 3;
         return 0;
 }
 module_init(my_init);

When we turn off FRAME_POINTERs, the very first instruction in
that function causes a BUG. The problem is that we print IP in
the BUG report using %pB (from printk_address). And %pB
decrements the pointer by one to fix printing addresses of
functions with tail calls.

This was added in commit 71f9e59800e5ad4 ("x86, dumpstack: Use
%pB format specifier for stack trace") to fix the call stack
printouts.

So instead of correct output:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000005
  IP: [&lt;ffffffffa01ac000&gt;] my_init+0x0/0x10 [pb173]

We get:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000005
  IP: [&lt;ffffffffa0152000&gt;] 0xffffffffa0151fff

To fix that, we use %pS only for stack addresses printouts (via
newly added printk_stack_address) and %pB for regs-&gt;ip (via
printk_address). I.e. we revert to the old behaviour for all
except call stacks. And since from all those reliable is 1, we
remove that parameter from printk_address.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: joe@perches.com
Cc: jirislaby@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382706418-8435-1-git-send-email-jslaby@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Consider a kernel crash in a module, simulated the following way:

 static int my_init(void)
 {
         char *map = (void *)0x5;
         *map = 3;
         return 0;
 }
 module_init(my_init);

When we turn off FRAME_POINTERs, the very first instruction in
that function causes a BUG. The problem is that we print IP in
the BUG report using %pB (from printk_address). And %pB
decrements the pointer by one to fix printing addresses of
functions with tail calls.

This was added in commit 71f9e59800e5ad4 ("x86, dumpstack: Use
%pB format specifier for stack trace") to fix the call stack
printouts.

So instead of correct output:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000005
  IP: [&lt;ffffffffa01ac000&gt;] my_init+0x0/0x10 [pb173]

We get:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000005
  IP: [&lt;ffffffffa0152000&gt;] 0xffffffffa0151fff

To fix that, we use %pS only for stack addresses printouts (via
newly added printk_stack_address) and %pB for regs-&gt;ip (via
printk_address). I.e. we revert to the old behaviour for all
except call stacks. And since from all those reliable is 1, we
remove that parameter from printk_address.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: joe@perches.com
Cc: jirislaby@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382706418-8435-1-git-send-email-jslaby@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched, x86: Provide a per-cpu preempt_count implementation</title>
<updated>2013-09-25T12:07:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-14T12:51:00+00:00</published>
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Convert x86 to use a per-cpu preemption count. The reason for doing so
is that accessing per-cpu variables is a lot cheaper than accessing
thread_info variables.

We still need to save/restore the actual preemption count due to
PREEMPT_ACTIVE so we place the per-cpu __preempt_count variable in the
same cache-line as the other hot __switch_to() variables such as
current_task.

NOTE: this save/restore is required even for !PREEMPT kernels as
cond_resched() also relies on preempt_count's PREEMPT_ACTIVE to ignore
task_struct::state.

Also rename thread_info::preempt_count to ensure nobody is
'accidentally' still poking at it.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-gzn5rfsf8trgjoqx8hyayy3q@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Convert x86 to use a per-cpu preemption count. The reason for doing so
is that accessing per-cpu variables is a lot cheaper than accessing
thread_info variables.

We still need to save/restore the actual preemption count due to
PREEMPT_ACTIVE so we place the per-cpu __preempt_count variable in the
same cache-line as the other hot __switch_to() variables such as
current_task.

NOTE: this save/restore is required even for !PREEMPT kernels as
cond_resched() also relies on preempt_count's PREEMPT_ACTIVE to ignore
task_struct::state.

Also rename thread_info::preempt_count to ensure nobody is
'accidentally' still poking at it.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-gzn5rfsf8trgjoqx8hyayy3q@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, asmlinkage: Make several variables used from assembler/linker script visible</title>
<updated>2013-08-06T21:20:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andi Kleen</name>
<email>ak@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-05T22:02:43+00:00</published>
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Plus one function, load_gs_index().

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375740170-7446-10-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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Plus one function, load_gs_index().

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375740170-7446-10-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, asmlinkage: Make 32bit/64bit __switch_to visible</title>
<updated>2013-08-06T21:18:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andi Kleen</name>
<email>ak@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-05T22:02:39+00:00</published>
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This function is called from inline assembler, so has to be visible.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375740170-7446-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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This function is called from inline assembler, so has to be visible.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375740170-7446-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2013-07-02T23:25:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-02T23:25:06+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 debug update from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc debuggability improvements:

   - Optimize the x86 CPU register printout a bit
   - Expose the tboot TXT log via debugfs
   - Small do_debug() cleanup"

* 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/tboot: Provide debugfs interfaces to access TXT log
  x86: Remove weird PTR_ERR() in do_debug
  x86/debug: Only print out DR registers if they are not power-on defaults
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Pull x86 debug update from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc debuggability improvements:

   - Optimize the x86 CPU register printout a bit
   - Expose the tboot TXT log via debugfs
   - Small do_debug() cleanup"

* 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/tboot: Provide debugfs interfaces to access TXT log
  x86: Remove weird PTR_ERR() in do_debug
  x86/debug: Only print out DR registers if they are not power-on defaults
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, flags: Rename X86_EFLAGS_BIT1 to X86_EFLAGS_FIXED</title>
<updated>2013-06-25T23:25:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin</name>
<email>hpa@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-27T23:10:11+00:00</published>
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Bit 1 in the x86 EFLAGS is always set.  Name the macro something that
actually tries to explain what it is all about, rather than being a
tautology.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Gleb Natapov &lt;gleb@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-f10rx5vjjm6tfnt8o1wseb3v@git.kernel.org
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Bit 1 in the x86 EFLAGS is always set.  Name the macro something that
actually tries to explain what it is all about, rather than being a
tautology.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Gleb Natapov &lt;gleb@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-f10rx5vjjm6tfnt8o1wseb3v@git.kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/debug: Only print out DR registers if they are not power-on defaults</title>
<updated>2013-06-19T12:33:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dave Jones</name>
<email>davej@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-06-18T16:09:11+00:00</published>
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The DR registers are rarely useful when decoding oopses.
With screen real estate during oopses at a premium, we can save
two lines by only printing out these registers when they are set
to something other than they power-on state.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130618160911.GA24487@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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The DR registers are rarely useful when decoding oopses.
With screen real estate during oopses at a premium, we can save
two lines by only printing out these registers when they are set
to something other than they power-on state.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130618160911.GA24487@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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