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x86, cpu: Add a synthetic, always true, cpu feature
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This will be used in alternatives later as an always-replace flag.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370772454-6106-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Borislav Petkov authored and H. Peter Anvin committed Jun 21, 2013
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
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#define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC (3*32+18) /* "" Lfence synchronizes RDTSC */
#define X86_FEATURE_11AP (3*32+19) /* "" Bad local APIC aka 11AP */
#define X86_FEATURE_NOPL (3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
/* 21 available, was AMD_C1E */
#define X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS (3*32+21) /* "" Always-present feature */
#define X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY (3*32+22) /* cpu topology enum extensions */
#define X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE (3*32+23) /* TSC is known to be reliable */
#define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC (3*32+24) /* TSC does not stop in C states */
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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Expand Up @@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)

if (this_cpu->c_bsp_init)
this_cpu->c_bsp_init(c);

setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
}

void __init early_cpu_init(void)
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