>From 83c70ace9aad19ba7c41986f3c34a0808fbaf78f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:04:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86, hotplug: In the MWAIT case of play_dead, CLFLUSH the cache line When we're using MWAIT for play_dead, explicitly CLFLUSH the cache line before executing MONITOR. This is a potential workaround for the Xeon 7400 erratum AAI65 after having a spurious wakeup and returning around the loop. "Potential" here because it is not certain that that erratum could actually trigger; however, the CLFLUSH should be harmless. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Asit Mallick Cc: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Len Brown Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi --- arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c index 55c80ffb..fdccfe9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c @@ -1394,9 +1394,12 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void) unsigned int highest_cstate = 0; unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0; int i; + void *mwait_ptr; if (!cpu_has(¤t_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT)) return; + if (!cpu_has(¤t_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH)) + return; if (current_cpu_data.cpuid_level < CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF) return; @@ -1422,10 +1425,25 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void) (highest_subcstate - 1); } + /* + * This should be a memory location in a cache line which is + * unlikely to be touched by other processors. The actual + * content is immaterial as it is not actually modified in any way. + */ + mwait_ptr = ¤t_thread_info()->flags; + wbinvd(); while (1) { - __monitor(¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0); + /* + * The CLFLUSH is a workaround for erratum AAI65 for + * the Xeon 7400 series. It's not clear it is actually + * needed, but it should be harmless in either case. + * The WBINVD is insufficient due to the spurious-wakeup + * case where we return around the loop. + */ + clflush(mwait_ptr); + __monitor(mwait_ptr, 0, 0); mb(); __mwait(eax, 0); } -- 1.7.2