Commit-ID: c6fd893da927c6cefb2ece22402765379921a834 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c6fd893da927c6cefb2ece22402765379921a834 Author: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:29:14 -0700 Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:41:42 -0700 x86, avx: don't use avx instructions with "noxsave" boot param Clear AVX, AVX2 features along with clearing XSAVE feature bits, as part of the parsing "noxsave" parameter. Fixes the kernel boot panic with "noxsave" boot parameter. We could have checked cpu_has_osxsave along with cpu_has_avx etc, but Peter mentioned clearing the feature bits will be better for uses like static_cpu_has() etc. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1343755754.2041.2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.5 Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 46d8786..a5fbc3c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static int __init x86_xsave_setup(char *s) { setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE); setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT); + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX); + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX2); return 1; } __setup("noxsave", x86_xsave_setup); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html