linux/arch
H. Peter Anvin b38b066590 x86: filter CPU features dependent on unavailable CPUID levels
Impact: Fixes potential crashes on misconfigured systems.

Some CPU features require specific CPUID levels to be available in
order to function, as they contain information about the operation of
a specific feature.  However, some BIOSes and virtualization software
provide the ability to mask CPUID levels in order to support legacy
operating systems.  We try to enable such CPUID levels when we know
how to do it, but for the remaining cases, filter out such CPU
features when there is no way for us to support them.

Do this in one place, in the CPUID code, with a table-driven approach.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-01-23 18:08:05 -08:00
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alpha alpha: make pte_alloc_one_kernel() inline 2009-01-15 16:39:40 -08:00
arm Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
avr32 byteorder: make swab.h include asm/swab.h like a regular header 2009-01-14 19:56:50 -08:00
blackfin byteorder: make swab.h include asm/swab.h like a regular header 2009-01-14 19:56:50 -08:00
cris Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
frv NOMMU: Make VMAs per MM as for MMU-mode linux 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
h8300 Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
ia64 [IA64] SN specific version of dma_get_required_mask() 2009-01-15 10:42:16 -08:00
m32r Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-03 12:04:39 -08:00
m68k [CVE-2009-0029] Rename old_readdir to sys_old_readdir 2009-01-14 14:15:15 +01:00
m68knommu Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
mips Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
mn10300 [CVE-2009-0029] Rename old_readdir to sys_old_readdir 2009-01-14 14:15:15 +01:00
parisc byteorder: make swab.h include asm/swab.h like a regular header 2009-01-14 19:56:50 -08:00
powerpc Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2009-01-14 20:00:28 -08:00
s390 Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
sh Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
sparc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2009-01-15 16:53:42 -08:00
um mm: invoke oom-killer from page fault 2009-01-06 15:58:58 -08:00
x86 x86: filter CPU features dependent on unavailable CPUID levels 2009-01-23 18:08:05 -08:00
xtensa byteorder: make swab.h include asm/swab.h like a regular header 2009-01-14 19:56:50 -08:00
.gitignore
Kconfig [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrapper infrastructure 2009-01-14 14:15:16 +01:00