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x86: introduce noxsave boot parameter

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Introduce "noxsave" boot parameter which will disable the cpu's xsave/xrstor
capabilities. Useful for debugging and working around xsave related issues.

[ Impact: make it possible to debug problems in the field ]

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Suresh Siddha 2009-05-22 12:17:45 -07:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -1535,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
register save and restore. The kernel will only save
legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
} };
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
static int __init x86_xsave_setup(char *s)
{
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE);
return 1;
}
__setup("noxsave", x86_xsave_setup);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;