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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:10:43 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, borislav.petkov@....com
Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86, cpu: Preset default tlb_flushall_shift on AMD

Commit-ID:  057237bb35a605d795fd787868a1088705f26ee5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/057237bb35a605d795fd787868a1088705f26ee5
Author:     Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:00:39 +0200
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:18:39 -0700

x86, cpu: Preset default tlb_flushall_shift on AMD

Run the mprotect.c microbenchmark on all our families >= K8 and preset
the flushall shift variable accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344272439-29080-5-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index bcd2008..f7e98a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -737,6 +737,17 @@ static unsigned int __cpuinit amd_size_cache(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c,
 }
 #endif
 
+static void __cpuinit cpu_set_tlb_flushall_shift(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (!cpu_has_invlpg)
+		return;
+
+	tlb_flushall_shift = 5;
+
+	if (c->x86 <= 0x11)
+		tlb_flushall_shift = 4;
+}
+
 static void __cpuinit cpu_detect_tlb_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u32 ebx, eax, ecx, edx;
@@ -788,6 +799,8 @@ static void __cpuinit cpu_detect_tlb_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		tlb_lli_2m[ENTRIES] = eax & mask;
 
 	tlb_lli_4m[ENTRIES] = tlb_lli_2m[ENTRIES] >> 1;
+
+	cpu_set_tlb_flushall_shift(c);
 }
 
 static const struct cpu_dev __cpuinitconst amd_cpu_dev = {
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