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diff --git a/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-4.9.21/0002-x86-mm-Add-the-nopcid-boot-option-to-turn-off-PCID.patch b/common/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-4.9.21/0002-x86-mm-Add-the-nopcid-boot-option-to-turn-off-PCID.patch
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@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 745a39ba56433b3a62b6c9fba45efa0038a0f19b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
+Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:53:20 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 002/102] x86/mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID
+
+commit 0790c9aad84901ca1bdc14746175549c8b5da215 upstream.
+
+The parameter is only present on x86_64 systems to save a few bytes,
+as PCID is always disabled on x86_32.
+
+Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
+Reviewed-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
+Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
+Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
+Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
+Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
+Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
+Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
+Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
+Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
+Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
+Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
+Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8bbb2e65bcd249a5f18bfb8128b4689f08ac2b60.1498751203.git.luto@kernel.org
+Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
+Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++
+ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+index 65b05ba..a303387 100644
+--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
++++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+@@ -2785,6 +2785,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
+ nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
+ pagetables) support.
+
++ nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
++
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
+ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
+diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+index 4eece91..81c8a53 100644
+--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
++++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+@@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
+ }
+ __setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
++static int __init x86_pcid_setup(char *s)
++{
++ /* require an exact match without trailing characters */
++ if (strlen(s))
++ return 0;
++
++ /* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
++ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCID))
++ return 1;
++
++ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PCID);
++ pr_info("nopcid: PCID feature disabled\n");
++ return 1;
++}
++__setup("nopcid", x86_pcid_setup);
++#endif
++
+ static int __init x86_noinvpcid_setup(char *s)
+ {
+ /* noinvpcid doesn't accept parameters */
+--
+2.7.4
+