[PATCH v6 01/20] x86/common: Align cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set to unsigned long

[Fenghua Yu]

cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set may not be aligned to unsigned long.
Atomic operations (i.e. set_bit and clear_bit) on the bitmaps may access
two cache lines (a.k.a. split lock) and lock the bus to block all memory
accesses from other processors to ensure atomicity.

To avoid the overall performance degradation from the bus locking, align
the two variables to unsigned long.

Defining the variables as unsigned long may also fix the issue because
they are naturally aligned to unsigned long. But that needs additional
code changes. Adding __aligned(unsigned long) is a simpler fix.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cb28e98a0659..3716e2bb028b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -488,8 +488,9 @@ static const char *table_lookup_model(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	return NULL;		/* Not found */
 }
 
-__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
-__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
+/* Aligned to unsigned long to avoid split lock in atomic bitmap ops */
+__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
+__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
 
 void load_percpu_segment(int cpu)
 {
-- 
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