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commit c3d8dc45c9df199b8334599a6cbd98c9950dba62
Author: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 11 15:18:40 2018 -0300

    x86: Fix Haswell strong flags (BZ#23709)
    
    Th commit 'Disable TSX on some Haswell processors.' (2702856bf4) changed the
    default flags for Haswell models.  Previously, new models were handled by the
    default switch path, which assumed a Core i3/i5/i7 if AVX is available. After
    the patch, Haswell models (0x3f, 0x3c, 0x45, 0x46) do not set the flags
    Fast_Rep_String, Fast_Unaligned_Load, Fast_Unaligned_Copy, and
    Prefer_PMINUB_for_stringop (only the TSX one).
    
    This patch fixes it by disentangle the TSX flag handling from the memory
    optimization ones.  The strstr case cited on patch now selects the
    __strstr_sse2_unaligned as expected for the Haswell cpu.
    
    Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.
    
            [BZ #23709]
            * sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c (init_cpu_features): Set TSX bits
            independently of other flags.

diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
index ea0b64fdb962a934..4695ac80d4148327 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
@@ -316,7 +316,13 @@ init_cpu_features (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
 		    | bit_arch_Fast_Unaligned_Copy
 		    | bit_arch_Prefer_PMINUB_for_stringop);
 	      break;
+	    }
 
+	 /* Disable TSX on some Haswell processors to avoid TSX on kernels that
+	    weren't updated with the latest microcode package (which disables
+	    broken feature by default).  */
+	 switch (model)
+	    {
 	    case 0x3f:
 	      /* Xeon E7 v3 with stepping >= 4 has working TSX.  */
 	      if (stepping >= 4)