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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index dd4a5b685a00..721ef3208eb5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -698,13 +698,11 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) if (c->x86 > 0x11) set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARAT); - /* - * Disable GART TLB Walk Errors on Fam10h. We do this here - * because this is always needed when GART is enabled, even in a - * kernel which has no MCE support built in. - */ if (c->x86 == 0x10) { /* + * Disable GART TLB Walk Errors on Fam10h. We do this here + * because this is always needed when GART is enabled, even in a + * kernel which has no MCE support built in. * BIOS should disable GartTlbWlk Errors themself. If * it doesn't do it here as suggested by the BKDG. * @@ -718,6 +716,19 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) mask |= (1 << 10); wrmsrl_safe(MSR_AMD64_MCx_MASK(4), mask); } + + /* + * On family 10h BIOS may not have properly enabled WC+ support, + * causing it to be converted to CD memtype. This may result in + * performance degradation for certain nested-paging guests. + * Prevent this conversion by clearing bit 24 in + * MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2. + */ + if (c->x86 == 0x10) { + rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); + value &= ~(1ULL << 24); + wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); + } } rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy); |
