x86, cpu: Expand cpufeature facility to include cpu bugs

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We add another 32-bit vector at the end of the ->x86_capability
bitvector which collects bugs present in CPUs. After all, a CPU bug is a
kind of a capability, albeit a strange one.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1363788448-31325-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

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Borislav Petkov 2013-03-20 15:07:23 +01:00 • committed by H. Peter Anvin

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arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h

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arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h

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arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

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