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[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 10/10] xen: mask the MTRR feature from the cpuid

From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

We don't want Linux to think that the cpu supports MTRRs when running
under Xen because MTRR operations could only be performed through
hypercalls.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 9efb004..d48a32b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static __init void xen_init_cpuid_mask(void)
        cpuid_leaf1_edx_mask =
                ~((1 << X86_FEATURE_MCE)  |  /* disable MCE */
                  (1 << X86_FEATURE_MCA)  |  /* disable MCA */
+                 (1 << X86_FEATURE_MTRR) |  /* disable MTRR */
                  (1 << X86_FEATURE_ACC));   /* thermal monitoring */
 
        if (!xen_initial_domain())
-- 
1.5.6.5


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