spin_lock_irqsave(&smp_alt, flags);
        if (smp) {
                printk(KERN_INFO "SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code\n");
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, cpu_data(0).x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_UP);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&cpu_data(0), X86_FEATURE_UP);
                list_for_each_entry(mod, &smp_alt_modules, next)
                        alternatives_smp_lock(mod->locks, mod->locks_end,
                                              mod->text, mod->text_end);
        } else {
                printk(KERN_INFO "SMP alternatives: switching to UP code\n");
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, cpu_data(0).x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_UP);
+               set_cpu_cap(&cpu_data(0), X86_FEATURE_UP);
                list_for_each_entry(mod, &smp_alt_modules, next)
                        alternatives_smp_unlock(mod->locks, mod->locks_end,
                                                mod->text, mod->text_end);
        if (smp_alt_once) {
                if (1 == num_possible_cpus()) {
                        printk(KERN_INFO "SMP alternatives: switching to UP code\n");
-                       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-                       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_UP, cpu_data(0).x86_capability);
+                       set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_UP);
+                       set_cpu_cap(&cpu_data(0), X86_FEATURE_UP);
+
                        alternatives_smp_unlock(__smp_locks, __smp_locks_end,
                                                _text, _etext);
                }
 
                printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not enable APIC!\n");
                return -1;
        }
-       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+       set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
        mp_lapic_addr = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
 
        /* The BIOS may have set up the APIC at some other address */
 int __init APIC_init_uniprocessor (void)
 {
        if (enable_local_apic < 0)
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
 
        if (!smp_found_config && !cpu_has_apic)
                return -1;
            APIC_INTEGRATED(apic_version[boot_cpu_physical_apicid])) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "BIOS bug, local APIC #%d not detected!...\n",
                       boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
                return -1;
        }
 
 static int __init parse_nolapic(char *arg)
 {
        enable_local_apic = -1;
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+       clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
        return 0;
 }
 early_param("nolapic", parse_nolapic);
 
 static __init int setup_disableapic(char *str)
 {
        disable_apic = 1;
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_APIC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+       clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_APIC);
        return 0;
 }
 early_param("disableapic", setup_disableapic);
 
                        ®s[CR_ECX], ®s[CR_EDX]);
 
                if (regs[cb->reg] & (1 << cb->bit))
-                       set_bit(cb->feature, c->x86_capability);
+                       set_cpu_cap(c, cb->feature);
        }
 }
 
                        /* When the buffer fills up discard new entries. Assume
                           that the earlier errors are the more interesting. */
                        if (entry >= MCE_LOG_LEN) {
-                               set_bit(MCE_OVERFLOW, &mcelog.flags);
+                               set_bit(MCE_OVERFLOW, (unsigned long *)&mcelog.flags);
                                return;
                        }
                        /* Old left over entry. Skip. */
 
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (strcmp(arg, "nopentium") == 0) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
                disable_pse = 1;
        } else {
                /* If the user specifies memory size, we
 
        level = cpuid_eax(1);
        if (c->x86 == 15 && ((level >= 0x0f48 && level < 0x0f50) ||
                             level >= 0x0f58))
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD);
        if (c->x86 == 0x10 || c->x86 == 0x11)
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD);
 
        /* Enable workaround for FXSAVE leak */
        if (c->x86 >= 6)
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_FXSAVE_LEAK, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_FXSAVE_LEAK);
 
        level = get_model_name(c);
        if (!level) {
 
        /* c->x86_power is 8000_0007 edx. Bit 8 is constant TSC */
        if (c->x86_power & (1<<8))
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 
        /* Multi core CPU? */
        if (c->extended_cpuid_level >= 0x80000008)
                num_cache_leaves = 3;
 
        if (c->x86 == 0xf || c->x86 == 0x10 || c->x86 == 0x11)
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_K8, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_K8);
 
        /* RDTSC can be speculated around */
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+       clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC);
 
        /* Family 10 doesn't support C states in MWAIT so don't use it */
        if (c->x86 == 0x10 && !force_mwait)
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT);
 
        if (amd_apic_timer_broken())
                disable_apic_timer = 1;
                unsigned eax = cpuid_eax(10);
                /* Check for version and the number of counters */
                if ((eax & 0xff) && (((eax>>8) & 0xff) > 1))
-                       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON,
-                               (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+                       set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON);
        }
 
        if (cpu_has_ds) {
                unsigned int l1, l2;
                rdmsr(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, l1, l2);
                if (!(l1 & (1<<11)))
-                       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_BTS, (unsigned long *)c->x86_capability);
+                       set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_BTS);
                if (!(l1 & (1<<12)))
-                       set_bit(X86_FEATURE_PEBS, (unsigned long *)c->x86_capability);
+                       set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PEBS);
        }
 
        n = c->extended_cpuid_level;
                c->x86_cache_alignment = c->x86_clflush_size * 2;
        if ((c->x86 == 0xf && c->x86_model >= 0x03) ||
            (c->x86 == 0x6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0e))
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
        if (c->x86 == 6)
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD);
        if (c->x86 == 15)
-               set_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC);
        else
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, (unsigned long *)&c->x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC);
        c->x86_max_cores = intel_num_cpu_cores(c);
 
        srat_detect_node();
 
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_pge")) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PGE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_PGE);
                disable_pge = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_pse")) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
                disable_pse = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_sep")) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SEP, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_SEP);
                disable_sep = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_tsc")) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_TSC);
                disable_tsc = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_mtrr")) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_MTRR, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_MTRR);
                disable_mtrr = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "disable_timer")) {
                disable_vmi_timer = 1;
 
           (((bit)>>5)==6 && (1UL<<((bit)&31) & REQUIRED_MASK6)) ||     \
           (((bit)>>5)==7 && (1UL<<((bit)&31) & REQUIRED_MASK7)) )      \
          ? 1 :                                                         \
-        test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)(c)->x86_capability))
+        test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability)))
 #define boot_cpu_has(bit)      cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, bit)
 
+#define set_cpu_cap(c, bit)    set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
+#define clear_cpu_cap(c, bit)  clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)((c)->x86_capability))
+
 #define cpu_has_fpu            boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)
 #define cpu_has_vme            boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VME)
 #define cpu_has_de             boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_DE)