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

[Tim Gardner]

On 09/29/2011 11:41 AM, 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(-)
>


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