Oneiric SRU: x86, amd: Avoid cache aliasing penalties on AMD family 15h

[Stefan Bader]

On 29.09.2011 19:41, Tim Gardner wrote:
> I've tested this patch series on the targeted CPU as well as regression testing
> on non-AMD CPUs. Without intricate and in-depth instrumentation I cannot tell if
> the patch has a positive impact, but I can at least be reasonably sure its not
> deleterious. The AMD guys are pretty hot for this patch set. Its been well
> discussed and merged into tip awaiting the 3.2 merge window.
> 
> The following changes since commit c7d90650a63f4cca4af4df1bd1f97d642453f55f:
>   Leann Ogasawara (1):
>         UBUNTU: Start new release
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://kernel.ubuntu.com/rtg/ubuntu-oneiric bdozer
> 
> Borislav Petkov (4):
>       x86, amd: Avoid cache aliasing penalties on AMD family 15h
>       x86: Add a BSP cpu_dev helper
>       x86, amd: Move BSP code to cpu_dev helper
>       x86-32, amd: Move va_align definition to unbreak 32-bit build
> 
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   13 ++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h          |   31 ++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c           |   46 +++++++++++++--------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c        |    3 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h           |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c        |   77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/x86/mm/mmap.c                  |   20 ++-------
>  arch/x86/vdso/vma.c                 |    9 ++++
>  8 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 

It looks reasonably save. The only case that would get affected is running on a
type 0x15 AMD cpu. Testing seems to be ok.
Just the middle two seem to me only shuffeling things around. On the other hand
they do not hurt...

Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>