linux-kernel - [PATCH] Use wbinvd() macro instead of raw inline assembly in .c files

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:55:40 -0300
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	ak@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Use wbinvd() macro instead of raw inline assembly in .c
	files

This patch uses the already-existant wbinvd() macro to replace
raw assembly to perform this very same task in some .c files
    
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tce.c
index f61fb8e..afbb951 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tce.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline void flush_tce(void* tceaddr)
 	if (cpu_has_clflush)
 		asm volatile("clflush (%0)" :: "r" (tceaddr));
 	else
-		asm volatile("wbinvd":::"memory");
+		wbinvd();
 }
 
 void tce_build(struct iommu_table *tbl, unsigned long index,
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c
index 9148f4a..0a75790 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void flush_kernel_map(void *arg)
 	   much cheaper than WBINVD. Disable clflush for now because
 	   the high level code is not ready yet */
 	if (1 || !cpu_has_clflush)
-		asm volatile("wbinvd" ::: "memory");
+		wbinvd();
 	else list_for_each_entry(pg, l, lru) {
 		void *adr = page_address(pg);
 		if (cpu_has_clflush)


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