The Intel Quark processor is a part of family 5, but does not have the
F00F bug present in Pentiums of the same family.
Pentiums were models 0 through 8, Quark is model 9.
Cc: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.lo...@nexus-software.ie>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <da...@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 1ef456273172..9cc6b6f25f42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -213,12 +213,13 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG
/*
- * All current models of Pentium and Pentium with MMX technology CPUs
+ * All models of Pentium and Pentium with MMX technology CPUs
* have the F0 0F bug, which lets nonprivileged users lock up the
* system. Announce that the fault handler will be checking for it.
+ * The Quark is also family 5, but does not have the same bug.
*/
clear_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);
- if (!paravirt_enabled() && c->x86 == 5) {
+ if (!paravirt_enabled() && c->x86 == 5 && c->x86_model < 9) {
static int f00f_workaround_enabled;
set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);
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