Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull low-level x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "In this cycle this topic tree has become one of those 'super topics'
  that accumulated a lot of changes:

   - Add CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y support to the core kernel and enable it on
     x86 - preceded by an array of changes. v4.8 saw preparatory changes
     in this area already - this is the rest of the work. Includes the
     thread stack caching performance optimization. (Andy Lutomirski)

   - switch_to() cleanups and all around enhancements. (Brian Gerst)

   - A large number of dumpstack infrastructure enhancements and an
     unwinder abstraction. The secret long term plan is safe(r) live
     patching plus maybe another attempt at debuginfo based unwinding -
     but all these current bits are standalone enhancements in a frame
     pointer based debug environment as well. (Josh Poimboeuf)

   - More __ro_after_init and const annotations. (Kees Cook)

   - Enable KASLR for the vmemmap memory region. (Thomas Garnier)"

[ The virtually mapped stack changes are pretty fundamental, and not
  x86-specific per se, even if they are only used on x86 right now. ]

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (70 commits)
  x86/asm: Get rid of __read_cr4_safe()
  thread_info: Use unsigned long for flags
  x86/alternatives: Add stack frame dependency to alternative_call_2()
  x86/dumpstack: Fix show_stack() task pointer regression
  x86/dumpstack: Remove dump_trace() and related callbacks
  x86/dumpstack: Convert show_trace_log_lvl() to use the new unwinder
  oprofile/x86: Convert x86_backtrace() to use the new unwinder
  x86/stacktrace: Convert save_stack_trace_*() to use the new unwinder
  perf/x86: Convert perf_callchain_kernel() to use the new unwinder
  x86/unwind: Add new unwind interface and implementations
  x86/dumpstack: Remove NULL task pointer convention
  fork: Optimize task creation by caching two thread stacks per CPU if CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y
  sched/core: Free the stack early if CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
  lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall()
  x86/process: Pin the target stack in get_wchan()
  x86/dumpstack: Pin the target stack when dumping it
  kthread: Pin the stack via try_get_task_stack()/put_task_stack() in to_live_kthread() function
  sched/core: Add try_get_task_stack() and put_task_stack()
  x86/entry/64: Fix a minor comment rebase error
  iommu/amd: Don't put completion-wait semaphore on stack
  ...

arch/x86/kernel/setup.c

@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE) || defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
-__visible unsigned long mmu_cr4_features;
+__visible unsigned long mmu_cr4_features __ro_after_init;
 #else
-__visible unsigned long mmu_cr4_features = X86_CR4_PAE;
+__visible unsigned long mmu_cr4_features __ro_after_init = X86_CR4_PAE;
 #endif
 
 /* Boot loader ID and version as integers, for the benefit of proc_dointvec */
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 * auditing all the early-boot CR4 manipulation would be needed to
 	 * rule it out.
 	 */
-	mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4_safe();
+	mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4();
 
 	memblock_set_current_limit(get_max_mapped());