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x86, cpu: Expand cpufeature facility to include cpu bugs

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We add another 32-bit vector at the end of the ->x86_capability
bitvector which collects bugs present in CPUs. After all, a CPU bug is a
kind of a capability, albeit a strange one.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1363788448-31325-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Borislav Petkov
2013-03-20 15:07:23 +01:00
committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent 07961ac7c0
commit 65fc985b37
4 changed files with 19 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
__u32 extended_cpuid_level;
/* Maximum supported CPUID level, -1=no CPUID: */
int cpuid_level;
__u32 x86_capability[NCAPINTS];
__u32 x86_capability[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
char x86_vendor_id[16];
char x86_model_id[64];
/* in KB - valid for CPUS which support this call: */