x86/apic: Reinstate error IRQ Pentium erratum 3AP workaround
A change introduced with commit 60283df7 ("x86/apic: Read Error Status Register correctly") removed a read from the APIC ESR register made before writing to same required to retrieve the correct error status on Pentium systems affected by the 3AP erratum[1]: "3AP. Writes to Error Register Clears Register PROBLEM: The APIC Error register is intended to only be read. If there is a write to this register the data in the APIC Error register will be cleared and lost. IMPLICATION: There is a possibility of clearing the Error register status since the write to the register is not specifically blocked. WORKAROUND: Writes should not occur to the Pentium processor APIC Error register. STATUS: For the steppings affected see the Summary Table of Changes at the beginning of this section." The steppings affected are actually: B1, B3 and B5. To avoid this information loss this change avoids the write to ESR on all Pentium systems where it is actually never needed; in Pentium processor documentation ESR was noted read-only and the write only required for future architectural compatibility[2]. The approach taken is the same as in lapic_setup_esr(). References: [1] "Pentium Processor Family Developer's Manual", Intel Corporation, 1997, order number 241428-005, Appendix A "Errata and S-Specs for the Pentium Processor Family", p. A-92, [2] "Pentium Processor Family Developer's Manual, Volume 3: Architecture and Programming Manual", Intel Corporation, 1995, order number 241430-004, Section 19.3.3. "Error Handling In APIC", p. 19-33. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LFD.2.11.1404011300010.27402@eddie.linux-mips.orgSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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