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Date:   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 05:31:20 -0700
From:   "tip-bot for Kirill A. Shutemov" <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mm: Fix 'no5lvl' handling

Commit-ID:  2458e53ff74cd1063ed3e00459da1d35c559d369
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/2458e53ff74cd1063ed3e00459da1d35c559d369
Author:     Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 01:08:41 +0300
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:20:37 +0200

x86/mm: Fix 'no5lvl' handling

early_identify_cpu() has to use early version of pgtable_l5_enabled()
that doesn't rely on cpu_feature_enabled().

Defining USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5 before all includes does the trick.

I lost the define in one of reworks of the original patch.

Fixes: 372fddf70904 ("x86/mm: Introduce the 'no5lvl' kernel parameter")
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180622220841.54135-3-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 0df7151cfef4..eb4cb3efd20e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* cpu_feature_enabled() cannot be used this early */
+#define USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5
+
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>