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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c11
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c23
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 3ffdcfa9abd..9fa33886c0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ out:
static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
char *v = c->x86_vendor_id;
- static int printed;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < X86_VENDOR_NUM; i++) {
@@ -504,13 +503,9 @@ static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
}
- if (!printed) {
- printed++;
- printk(KERN_ERR
- "CPU: vendor_id '%s' unknown, using generic init.\n", v);
-
- printk(KERN_ERR "CPU: Your system may be unstable.\n");
- }
+ printk_once(KERN_ERR
+ "CPU: vendor_id '%s' unknown, using generic init.\n" \
+ "CPU: Your system may be unstable.\n", v);
c->x86_vendor = X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
this_cpu = &default_cpu;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index daed39ba261..3260ab04499 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -86,6 +86,29 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
*/
if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model < 15)
clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAT);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KMEMCHECK
+ /*
+ * P4s have a "fast strings" feature which causes single-
+ * stepping REP instructions to only generate a #DB on
+ * cache-line boundaries.
+ *
+ * Ingo Molnar reported a Pentium D (model 6) and a Xeon
+ * (model 2) with the same problem.
+ */
+ if (c->x86 == 15) {
+ u64 misc_enable;
+
+ rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, misc_enable);
+
+ if (misc_enable & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_FAST_STRING) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "kmemcheck: Disabling fast string operations\n");
+
+ misc_enable &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_FAST_STRING;
+ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, misc_enable);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32