x86: add framework to disable CPUID bits on the command line

There are already various options to disable specific cpuid bits
on the command line. They all use their own variable. Add a generic
mask to make this easier in the future.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 7edb43f0b279..df159520bbd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 
+__u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS] __cpuinitdata;
+
 unsigned long mmu_cr4_features;
 
 /* Boot loader ID as an integer, for the benefit of proc_dointvec */
@@ -1013,6 +1015,10 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                         boot_cpu_data.x86_capability[i] &= c->x86_capability[i];
         }
 
+        /* Clear all flags overriden by options */
+        for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++)
+                c->x86_capability[i] ^= cleared_cpu_caps[i];
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
         mcheck_init(c);
 #endif