Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, amd: Include linux/elf.h since we use stuff from asm/elf.h
  x86: cache_info: Update calculation of AMD L3 cache indices
  x86: cache_info: Kill the atomic allocation in amd_init_l3_cache()
  x86: cache_info: Kill the moronic shadow struct
  x86: cache_info: Remove bogus free of amd_l3_cache data
  x86, amd: Include elf.h explicitly, prepare the code for the module.h split
  x86-32, amd: Move va_align definition to unbreak 32-bit build
  x86, amd: Move BSP code to cpu_dev helper
  x86: Add a BSP cpu_dev helper
  x86, amd: Avoid cache aliasing penalties on AMD family 15h

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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a8ba119a4d53..6afd091bc1f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -307,6 +307,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
                         bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
 
+        align_va_addr=  [X86-64]
+                        Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
+                        allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
+                        gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
+                        machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
+                        CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
+                        a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
+
+                        1: only for 32-bit processes
+                        2: only for 64-bit processes
+                        on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
+                        off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
+
         amd_iommu=      [HW,X86-84]
                         Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
                         Possible values are: