linux-kernel - [GIT pull] x86 fix for 4.8

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Date:   Sun, 4 Sep 2016 11:20:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [GIT pull] x86 fix for 4.8

Linus,

please pull the latest x86-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-for-linus

A single fix for an AMD erratum so machines without a BIOS fix work.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Emanuel Czirai (1):
      x86/AMD: Apply erratum 665 on machines without a BIOS fix


 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index f5c69d8974e1..b81fe2d63e15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -669,6 +669,17 @@ static void init_amd_gh(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_AMD_TLB_MMATCH);
 }
 
+#define MSR_AMD64_DE_CFG	0xC0011029
+
+static void init_amd_ln(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Apply erratum 665 fix unconditionally so machines without a BIOS
+	 * fix work.
+	 */
+	msr_set_bit(MSR_AMD64_DE_CFG, 31);
+}
+
 static void init_amd_bd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u64 value;
@@ -726,6 +737,7 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	case 6:	   init_amd_k7(c); break;
 	case 0xf:  init_amd_k8(c); break;
 	case 0x10: init_amd_gh(c); break;
+	case 0x12: init_amd_ln(c); break;
 	case 0x15: init_amd_bd(c); break;
 	}