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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:51:26 GMT
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, jens.axboe@...cle.com, npiggin@...e.de,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, steiner@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, oleg@...hat.com,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/x2apic] x86: add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() to x2apic flush tlb paths

Commit-ID:  ce4e240c279a31096f74afa6584a62d64a1ba8c8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ce4e240c279a31096f74afa6584a62d64a1ba8c8
Author:     Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:16:54 -0800
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:36:14 +0100

x86: add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() to x2apic flush tlb paths

Impact: optimize APIC IPI related barriers

Uncached MMIO accesses for xapic are inherently serializing and hence
we don't need explicit barriers for xapic IPI paths.

x2apic MSR writes/reads don't have serializing semantics and hence need
a serializing instruction or mfence, to make all the previous memory
stores globally visisble before the x2apic msr write for IPI.

Add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() in flush tlb path to x2apic specific paths.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: "steiner@....com" <steiner@....com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
LKML-Reference: <1237313814.27006.203.camel@...alhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h           |   10 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c |    6 ++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c    |    6 ++++++
 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c                     |    5 -----
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 6d5b6f0..00f5962 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ extern void native_apic_icr_write(u32 low, u32 id);
 extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * sending the IPI through x2apic wrmsr. We need a serializing instruction or
+ * mfence for this.
+ */
+static inline void x2apic_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
+}
+
 static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 {
 	if (reg == APIC_DFR || reg == APIC_ID || reg == APIC_LDR ||
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index 8fb87b6..4a903e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector)
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
 		__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ static void
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
 		if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_allbutself(int vector)
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_online_cpu(query_cpu) {
 		if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index 23625b9..a284359 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector)
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
 		__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, query_cpu),
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ static void
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
 		if (query_cpu != this_cpu)
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_allbutself(int vector)
 	unsigned long query_cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for_each_online_cpu(query_cpu) {
 		if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index a654d59..821e970 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ static void flush_tlb_others_ipi(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 		       cpumask, cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()));
 
 	/*
-	 * Make the above memory operations globally visible before
-	 * sending the IPI.
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-	/*
 	 * We have to send the IPI only to
 	 * CPUs affected.
 	 */
--
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