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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-04-30 09:56:41 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-04-30 09:56:44 +0200
commit3ca50496c2677a2b3fdd3ede86660fd1433beac6 (patch)
tree97a76d8479a8d8a96e04ed0694b8dbf89457bfcc /arch/x86/kernel
parent462b04e28a7ec1339c892117c3f20a40e55d0e83 (diff)
parent66f41d4c5c8a5deed66fdcc84509376c9a0bf9d8 (diff)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc6' into perf/core
Merge reason: update to the latest -rc. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c21
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c4
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
index ff469e470059..a35347501d36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static int apbt_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
static __init int apbt_late_init(void)
{
- if (disable_apbt_percpu)
+ if (disable_apbt_percpu || !apb_timer_block_enabled)
return 0;
/* This notifier should be called after workqueue is ready */
hotcpu_notifier(apbt_cpuhp_notify, -20);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index d72377c41c76..f5e5390d3459 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
(c->x86 == 0x6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0e))
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
+ /*
+ * Atom erratum AAE44/AAF40/AAG38/AAH41:
+ *
+ * A race condition between speculative fetches and invalidating
+ * a large page. This is worked around in microcode, but we
+ * need the microcode to have already been loaded... so if it is
+ * not, recommend a BIOS update and disable large pages.
+ */
+ if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x1c && c->x86_mask <= 2) {
+ u32 ucode, junk;
+
+ wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
+ sync_core();
+ rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, junk, ucode);
+
+ if (ucode < 0x20e) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Atom PSE erratum detected, BIOS microcode update recommended\n");
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
+ }
+ }
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
#else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index 1cbed97b59cf..dfdb4dba2320 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <asm/div64.h>
#include <asm/vmware.h>
#include <asm/x86_init.h>
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ int vmware_platform(void)
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmware_platform);
/*
* VMware hypervisor takes care of exporting a reliable TSC to the guest.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index cc4258f2beb5..50cc84ac0a0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FORK);
- p->thread.fs = me->thread.fs;
- p->thread.gs = me->thread.gs;
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
savesegment(gs, p->thread.gsindex);
+ p->thread.gs = p->thread.gsindex ? 0 : me->thread.gs;
savesegment(fs, p->thread.fsindex);
+ p->thread.fs = p->thread.fsindex ? 0 : me->thread.fs;
savesegment(es, p->thread.es);
savesegment(ds, p->thread.ds);