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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 2014 06:03:30 -0700
From:	"tip-bot for Maciej W. Rozycki" <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	richard@....at, macro@...ux-mips.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/apic:
  Reinstate error IRQ Pentium erratum 3AP workaround

Commit-ID:  023de4a09f571fad0af9691e4e437e14b68f05fb
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/023de4a09f571fad0af9691e4e437e14b68f05fb
Author:     Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 13:30:21 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 14:59:43 +0200

x86/apic: Reinstate error IRQ Pentium erratum 3AP workaround

A change introduced with commit 60283df7ac26a4fe2d56631ca2946e04725e7eaf
("x86/apic: Read Error Status Register correctly") removed a read from the
APIC ESR register made before writing to same required to retrieve the
correct error status on Pentium systems affected by the 3AP erratum[1]:

	"3AP. Writes to Error Register Clears Register

	PROBLEM: The APIC Error register is intended to only be read.
	If there is a write to this register the data in the APIC Error
	register will be cleared and lost.

	IMPLICATION: There is a possibility of clearing the Error
	register status since the write to the register is not
	specifically blocked.

	WORKAROUND: Writes should not occur to the Pentium processor
	APIC Error register.

	STATUS: For the steppings affected see the Summary Table of
	Changes at the beginning of this section."

The steppings affected are actually: B1, B3 and B5.

To avoid this information loss this change avoids the write to
ESR on all Pentium systems where it is actually never needed;
in Pentium processor documentation ESR was noted read-only and
the write only required for future architectural
compatibility[2].

The approach taken is the same as in lapic_setup_esr().

References:

	[1] "Pentium Processor Family Developer's Manual", Intel Corporation,
	    1997, order number 241428-005, Appendix A "Errata and S-Specs for the
	    Pentium Processor Family", p. A-92,

	[2] "Pentium Processor Family Developer's Manual, Volume 3: Architecture
	    and Programming Manual", Intel Corporation, 1995, order number
	    241430-004, Section 19.3.3. "Error Handling In APIC", p. 19-33.

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LFD.2.11.1404011300010.27402@eddie.linux-mips.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 53e2053..005ed3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,8 @@ static inline void __smp_error_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	};
 
 	/* First tickle the hardware, only then report what went on. -- REW */
-	apic_write(APIC_ESR, 0);
+	if (lapic_get_maxlvt() > 3)	/* Due to the Pentium erratum 3AP. */
+		apic_write(APIC_ESR, 0);
 	v = apic_read(APIC_ESR);
 	ack_APIC_irq();
 	atomic_inc(&irq_err_count);
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