AMD Bulldozer Kernel Patch

Trying out the "x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue" patch by AMD's Borislav Petkov from a Linux 3.1 (post RC10, Git) and testing with the unalias_va_addr=(32|64|off) options.

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AMD Bulldozer Kernel Patch Trying out the "x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue" patch by AMD's Borislav Petkov from a Linux 3.1 (post RC10, Git) and testing with the unalias_va_addr=(32|64|off) options. ,,"Linux 3.0","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr=off","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr=64" Processor,,AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores),AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores),AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores),AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores) Motherboard,,ASUS Crosshair V Formula,ASUS Crosshair V Formula,ASUS Crosshair V Formula,ASUS Crosshair V Formula Chipset,,ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge,ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge,ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge,ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB Disk,,60GB OCZ VERTEX2,60GB OCZ VERTEX2,60GB OCZ VERTEX2,60GB OCZ VERTEX2 Graphics,,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889 Network,,Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection,Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection,Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection,Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS,,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel,,3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64),3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64),3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0 Display Server,,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4 Display Driver,,NVIDIA 285.05.09,NVIDIA 285.05.09,NVIDIA 285.05.09,NVIDIA 285.05.09 OpenGL,,4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09,4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09,4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09,4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09 Compiler,,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Linux 3.0","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr=off","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr","Linux 3.1 - unalias_va_addr=64" "Lightsmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,500.83,500.86,500.63,500.41 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,174.74,174.32,174.41,174.57 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,456.10,455.20,463.90,460.07 "CLOMP - Static OMP Speedup (Speedup)",HIB,2.44,2.46,2.46,2.47 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: UA.A (Mop/s)",HIB,38.70,38.60,38.56,38.59 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: SP.A (Mop/s)",HIB,5495.79,5400.64,5455.78,5442.69 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: MG.B (Mop/s)",HIB,4484.59,4376.58,4460.53,4473.16 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: LU.A (Mop/s)",HIB,11693.80,11566.86,11702.03,11684.25 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: IS.C (Mop/s)",HIB,108.11,108.15,107.81,108.14 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: FT.B (Mop/s)",HIB,6593.08,6559.76,6573.27,6563.26 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: EP.B (Mop/s)",HIB,164.60,164.60,162.66,161.35 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: CG.B (Mop/s)",HIB,2803.63,2787.86,2815.10,2822.40 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: BT.A (Mop/s)",HIB,11240.21,11220.98,11208.12,11242.57 "Timed MAFFT Alignment - Multiple Sequence Alignment (sec)",LIB,26.65,26.65,26.63,26.65 "x264 - H.264 Video Encoding (FPS)",HIB,102.23,101.97,102.25,102.70 "FFmpeg - AVI To NTSC VCD (sec)",LIB,10.10,10.04,10.05,10.03 "FLAC Audio Encoding - WAV To FLAC (sec)",LIB,7.85,7.84,7.84,7.84 "LAME MP3 Encoding - WAV To MP3 (sec)",LIB,27.02,27.03,27.05,27.02 "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS)",HIB,17753,18076,17963,17917 "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,68.75,69.05,68.53,68.83 "John The Ripper - Test: Blowfish (Real C/S)",HIB,1002,1002,1001,1001 "John The Ripper - Test: MD5 (Real C/S)",HIB,15490,15529,15525,15383 "John The Ripper - Test: Traditional DES (Real C/S)",HIB,3678333,3685667,3646667,3664000 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Sharpen (Iterations/min)",HIB,65,65,65,65 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Resizing (Iterations/min)",HIB,133,132,133,133 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding (Iterations/min)",HIB,68,68,68,69 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Blur (Iterations/min)",HIB,99,99,99,99 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: HWB Color Space (Iterations/min)",HIB,165,165,165,165 "TSCP - AI Chess Performance (Nodes/s)",HIB,314874,314158,314299,314227 "POV-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,823,813,818,819 "Smallpt - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples (sec)",LIB,103,104,104,103 "C-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,51.06,51.09,51.34,51.07