This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/cpufeatures: Add new word for scattered features
to the 6.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-cpufeatures-add-new-word-for-scattered-features.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 7f274e609f3d5f45c22b1dd59053f6764458b492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:01:44 +0530
Subject: x86/cpufeatures: Add new word for scattered features
From: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
commit 7f274e609f3d5f45c22b1dd59053f6764458b492 upstream.
Add a new word for scattered features because all free bits among the
existing Linux-defined auxiliary flags have been exhausted.
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8380d2a0da469a1f0ad75b8954a79fb689599ff6.1711091584.git.sandipan.das@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 6 ++++--
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(REQUIRED_MASK, 18, feature_bit) || \
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(REQUIRED_MASK, 19, feature_bit) || \
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(REQUIRED_MASK, 20, feature_bit) || \
+ CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(REQUIRED_MASK, 21, feature_bit) || \
REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK || \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 21))
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 22))
#define DISABLED_MASK_BIT_SET(feature_bit) \
( CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(DISABLED_MASK, 0, feature_bit) || \
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(DISABLED_MASK, 18, feature_bit) || \
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(DISABLED_MASK, 19, feature_bit) || \
CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(DISABLED_MASK, 20, feature_bit) || \
+ CHECK_BIT_IN_MASK_WORD(DISABLED_MASK, 21, feature_bit) || \
DISABLED_MASK_CHECK || \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 21))
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 22))
#define cpu_has(c, bit) \
(__builtin_constant_p(bit) && REQUIRED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 1 : \
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
/*
* Defines x86 CPU feature bits
*/
-#define NCAPINTS 21 /* N 32-bit words worth of info */
+#define NCAPINTS 22 /* N 32-bit words worth of info */
#define NBUGINTS 2 /* N 32-bit bug flags */
/*
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
#define DISABLED_MASK18 (DISABLE_IBT)
#define DISABLED_MASK19 0
#define DISABLED_MASK20 0
-#define DISABLED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 21)
+#define DISABLED_MASK21 0
+#define DISABLED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 22)
#endif /* _ASM_X86_DISABLED_FEATURES_H */
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
#define REQUIRED_MASK18 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK19 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK20 0
-#define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 21)
+#define REQUIRED_MASK21 0
+#define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 22)
#endif /* _ASM_X86_REQUIRED_FEATURES_H */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sandipan.das@xxxxxxx are
queue-6.8/x86-cpufeatures-add-new-word-for-scattered-features.patch
queue-6.8/x86-cpufeatures-add-cpuid_lnx_5-to-track-recently-added-linux-defined-word.patch
