linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 1/8] x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate MOVDIRI instruction

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Date:   Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:06:08 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>, "H Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     "Ashok Raj" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "Alan Cox" <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86" <x86@...nel.org>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/8] x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate MOVDIRI instruction

MOVDIRI moves doubleword or quadword from register to memory through
direct store which is implemented by using write combining (WC) for
writing data directly into memory without caching the data.

Availability of the MOVDIRI instruction is indicated by the presence of
the CPUID feature flag MOVDIRI(CPUID.0x07.0x0:ECX[bit 27]).

Please check the latest Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions
and Future Features Programming Reference for more details on the CPUID
feature MOVDIRI flag.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 5701f5cecd31..92630c469675 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_LA57		(16*32+16) /* 5-level page tables */
 #define X86_FEATURE_RDPID		(16*32+22) /* RDPID instruction */
 #define X86_FEATURE_CLDEMOTE		(16*32+25) /* CLDEMOTE instruction */
+#define X86_FEATURE_MOVDIRI		(16*32+27) /* MOVDIRI instruction */
 
 /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000007 (EBX), word 17 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV	(17*32+ 0) /* MCA overflow recovery support */
-- 
2.5.0