Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86, delay: tsc based udelay should have rdtsc_barrier
  x86, setup: correct include file in <asm/boot.h>
  x86, setup: Fix typo "CONFIG_x86_64" in <asm/boot.h>
  x86, mce: percpu mcheck_timer should be pinned
  x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI error
  x86: Fix uv bau sending buffer initialization
  x86, mce: Fix mce resume on 32bit
  x86: Move init_gbpages() to setup_arch()
  x86: ensure percpu lpage doesn't consume too much vmalloc space
  x86: implement percpu_alloc kernel parameter
  x86: fix pageattr handling for lpage percpu allocator and re-enable it
  x86: reorganize cpa_process_alias()
  x86: prepare setup_pcpu_lpage() for pageattr fix
  x86: rename remap percpu first chunk allocator to lpage
  x86: fix duplicate free in setup_pcpu_remap() failure path
  percpu: fix too lazy vunmap cache flushing
  x86: Set cpu_llc_id on AMD CPUs

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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7e3c9f3..d77fbd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1915,6 +1915,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Format: { 0 | 1 }
 			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
 
+	percpu_alloc=	[X86] Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
+			Allowed values are one of "lpage", "embed" and "4k".
+			See comments in arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c for
+			details on each allocator.  This parameter is primarily
+			for debugging and performance comparison.
+
 	pf.		[PARIDE]
 			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.