Hello Desnes, thanks for the patch. "Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario" writes: > PowerVM systems running compatibility mode on a few Power8 revisions are > still vulnerable to the hardware defect that loses PMU exceptions arriving > prior to a context switch. > > The software fix for this issue is enabled through the CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG > cpu_feature bit, nevertheless this bit also needs to be set for PowerVM > compatibility mode systems. > > Fixes: 68f2f0d431d9ea4 ("powerpc: Add a cpu feature CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG") > Signed-off-by: Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > index e745abc5457a..5bfef6263dfb 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c > @@ -2198,6 +2198,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec * __init setup_cpu_spec(unsigned long offset, > if (old.oprofile_cpu_type != NULL) { > t->oprofile_cpu_type = old.oprofile_cpu_type; > t->oprofile_type = old.oprofile_type; > + if (old.cpu_features & CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG) > + t->cpu_features |= CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG; What are your thoughts about doing: t->cpu_features |= old.cpu_features & CPU_FTR_PMAO_BUG; Also, I would recommend adding a short comment on top of the added lines explaining why it is needed. Best regards, Leonardo Bras