[PATCH] x86, setup: add __flush_tlb() for Intel Quark X1000

From: Ong Boon Leong
Date: Fri Sep 26 2014 - 00:31:44 EST


Intel Quark X1000 advertises PGE (bit 13 of EDX) in CPUID.
In reality, it does not implement PGE in current silicon.

This is an issue because __flush_tlb_all() depends on cpu_has_pge
which has following dependency:
- cpu_has_pge --> boot_cpu_data --> new_cpu_data obtained from CPUID
in head_32.S.

On another note in reference to the below commit:

x86/intel/quark: Switch off CR4.PGE so TLB flush uses CR3 instead

The value of cpu_has_pge is updated to correctly reflect the
capability for Quark later within early_init_intel() through
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PGE). So, future reference to
__flush_tlb_all() is mapped to __flush_tlb().

As this is early stage of kernel boot-up and adding
__flush_tlb() is not going to hurt much in CPU cycles, we add it
here and together with the explanation for future reference.

Signed-off-by: Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 41ead8d..90e0b85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -880,6 +880,13 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)

load_cr3(swapper_pg_dir);
__flush_tlb_all();
+ /*
+ * Quark X1000 wrongly advertises PGE, add __flush_tlb()
+ * below to make sure TLB is flushed correctly in the early stage
+ * of setup_arch() for Quark X1000.
+ * X86_FEATURE_PGE flag is only setup later stage at early_cpu_init();
+ */
+ __flush_tlb();
#else
printk(KERN_INFO "Command line: %s\n", boot_command_line);
#endif
--
1.7.9.5

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