Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:18:27 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Create clflush() inline, remove hardcoded wbinvd |
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On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 02:33:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 02:19:58PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Create an inline function for clflush(), with the proper arguments, > >> and use it instead of hard-coding the instruction. > >> > >> This also removes one instance of hard-coded wbinvd, based on a patch > >> by Bauder de Oliveira Costa. > > > > I don't see much sense in it. CLFLUSH is not priviledged, paravirt > > doesn't need to change and this adds just an unnecessary layer of abstraction. > > The main reason is that everyone seems to invoke it either incorrectly
Where is it incorrect?
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