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, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
index 29727bf0e177..b8f53f869e1f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@
 
 #define set_cpu_cap(c, bit)     set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
 #define clear_cpu_cap(c, bit)   clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
+#define setup_clear_cpu_cap(bit) do { \
+        clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, bit);     \
+        set_bit(bit, cleared_cpu_caps);         \
+} while (0)
 
 #define cpu_has_fpu             boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)
 #define cpu_has_vme             boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VME)