x86: Add TSX Force Abort CPUID/MSR
commit 52f64909409c17adf54fcf5f9751e0544ca3a6b4 upstream Skylake systems will receive a microcode update to address a TSX errata. This microcode will (by default) clobber PMC3 when TSX instructions are (speculatively or not) executed. It also provides an MSR to cause all TSX transaction to abort and preserve PMC3. Add the CPUID enumeration and MSR definition. Signed-off-by:Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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