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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-12-11 17:01:08 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2017-12-11 17:01:08 +1100
commitd21bd6898336a7892914d308d5e0868f0b863571 (patch)
treef5f756c25348b5a6c1ce9ddbaa7d1ecd1bef40b0 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
parent34d8751fd4ffa34e85ee7e85d34168b3f3f62b42 (diff)
parent50c4c4e268a2d7a3e58ebb698ac74da0de40ae36 (diff)
Sync to v4.15-rc3 for security subsystem developers to work against.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c16
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index dfa90a3a5145..b1af22073e28 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
@@ -186,21 +187,6 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model < 15)
clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAT);
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMEMCHECK
- /*
- * P4s have a "fast strings" feature which causes single-
- * stepping REP instructions to only generate a #DB on
- * cache-line boundaries.
- *
- * Ingo Molnar reported a Pentium D (model 6) and a Xeon
- * (model 2) with the same problem.
- */
- if (c->x86 == 15)
- if (msr_clear_bit(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE,
- MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_FAST_STRING_BIT) > 0)
- pr_info("kmemcheck: Disabling fast string operations\n");
-#endif
-
/*
* If fast string is not enabled in IA32_MISC_ENABLE for any reason,
* clear the fast string and enhanced fast string CPU capabilities.