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[PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen,pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen

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Xen supports PAT without MTRR for its guests.  In order to
enable WC attribute, it was necessary for xen_start_kernel()
to call pat_init_cache_modes() to update PAT table before
starting guest kernel.

Now that the kernel initializes PAT table to the BIOS handoff
state when MTRR is disabled, this Xen-specific PAT init code
is no longer necessary.  Delete it from xen_start_kernel().

Also change pat_init_cache_modes() to a static function since
PAT table should not be tweaked by other modules.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h |    1 -
 arch/x86/mm/pat.c          |    2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c   |    9 ---------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
index 016142b..0b1ff4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 bool pat_enabled(void);
 void pat_disable(const char *reason);
 extern void pat_init(void);
-void pat_init_cache_modes(u64);
 
 extern int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end,
 		enum page_cache_mode req_pcm, enum page_cache_mode *ret_pcm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 48d1619..02bf0e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static enum page_cache_mode pat_get_cache_mode(unsigned pat_val, char *msg)
  * configuration.
  * Using lower indices is preferred, so we start with highest index.
  */
-void pat_init_cache_modes(u64 pat)
+static void pat_init_cache_modes(u64 pat)
 {
 	enum page_cache_mode cache;
 	char pat_msg[33];
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 2c26108..4d21d69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
 #include <asm/mach_traps.h>
 #include <asm/mwait.h>
 #include <asm/pci_x86.h>
-#include <asm/pat.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
@@ -1510,7 +1509,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 {
 	struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;
 	unsigned long initrd_start = 0;
-	u64 pat;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!xen_start_info)
@@ -1617,13 +1615,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 				   xen_start_info->nr_pages);
 	xen_reserve_special_pages();
 
-	/*
-	 * Modify the cache mode translation tables to match Xen's PAT
-	 * configuration.
-	 */
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
-	pat_init_cache_modes(pat);
-
 	/* keep using Xen gdt for now; no urgent need to change it */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32

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[PATCH v2 2/6] x86/mm/pat: Add pat_disable() interface Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-17 01:00 +0100
  [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/mtrr: Fix PAT init handling when MTRR MSR is disabled Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-17 01:00 +0100
  [PATCH v2 3/6] x86/mtrr: Fix Xorg crashes in Qemu sessions Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-17 01:00 +0100
  [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen,pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-17 01:00 +0100
  [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/pat: Document PAT initializations Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-03-17 01:00 +0100

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