linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu
Andy Lutomirski 7a5d670487 x86/cpu: Probe the behavior of nulling out a segment at boot time
AMD and Intel do different things when writing zero to a segment
selector.  Since neither vendor documents the behavior well and it's
easy to test the behavior, try nulling fs to see what happens.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/61588ba0e0df35beafd363dc8b68a4c5878ef095.1460075211.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-04-13 10:20:41 +02:00
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mcheck Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
microcode Merge branch 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 10:39:22 -07:00
mtrr Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into x86/urgent 2016-03-17 09:44:57 +01:00
.gitignore
amd.c Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-24 10:02:14 -07:00
bugs_64.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
bugs.c x86/fpu: Move various internal function prototypes to fpu/internal.h 2015-05-19 15:47:48 +02:00
centaur.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
common.c x86/cpu: Probe the behavior of nulling out a segment at boot time 2016-04-13 10:20:41 +02:00
cpu.h x86/cpu: Restore MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS after resume 2015-07-21 07:51:38 +02:00
cyrix.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
hypervisor.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
intel_cacheinfo.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
intel.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
Makefile kernel: add kcov code coverage 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
match.c x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_* 2016-01-30 11:22:17 +01:00
mkcapflags.sh x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_* 2016-01-30 11:22:17 +01:00
mshyperv.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
perfctr-watchdog.c
powerflags.c
proc.c x86: Replace cpu_**_mask() with topology_**_cpumask() 2015-05-27 15:22:17 +02:00
rdrand.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
scattered.c x86/cpufeature: Move some of the scattered feature bits to x86_capability 2015-12-19 11:49:53 +01:00
topology.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
transmeta.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
umc.c
vmware.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00