linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 4/5] x86: use mb() around clflush

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:10:33 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/5] x86: use mb() around clflush

commit f8e617f4582995f7c25ef25b4167213120ad122b ("sched/idle/x86:
Optimize unnecessary mwait_idle() resched IPIs") adds
memory barriers around clflush, but this seems wrong
for UP since barrier() has no effect on clflush.
We really want mfence so switch to mb() instead.

Cc: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 9f7c21c..9decee2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
 	if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
 		trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
 		if (this_cpu_has(X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) {
-			smp_mb(); /* quirk */
+			mb(); /* quirk */
 			clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
-			smp_mb(); /* quirk */
+			mb(); /* quirk */
 		}
 
 		__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
-- 
MST