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Subject[PATCH 11/12] x86: Remove extra barriers from load_gs_base()
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Impact: optimization

mb() generates an mfence instruction, which is not needed here. Only
a compiler barrier is needed, and that is handled by the memory clobber
in the wrmsrl function.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 3 ---
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 32c30b0..794234e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -397,10 +397,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr);

static inline void load_gs_base(int cpu)
{
- /* Memory clobbers used to order pda/percpu accesses */
- mb();
wrmsrl(MSR_GS_BASE, (unsigned long)per_cpu(irq_stack_union.gs_base, cpu));
- mb();
}
#endif

--
1.6.1


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