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Subject[PATCH 4/6] x86: Use clwb in clflush_cache_range
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If clwb is available on the system, use it in clflush_cache_range.
If clwb is not available, fall back to clflushopt if you can.
If clflushopt is not supported, fall all the way back to clflush.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: H Peter Anvin <h.peter.anvin@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 36de293..5229d45 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
* @vaddr: virtual start address
* @size: number of bytes to flush
*
- * clflushopt is an unordered instruction which needs fencing with mfence or
- * sfence to avoid ordering issues.
+ * clflushopt and clwb are unordered instructions which need fencing with
+ * mfence or sfence to avoid ordering issues.
*/
void clflush_cache_range(void *vaddr, unsigned int size)
{
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ void clflush_cache_range(void *vaddr, unsigned int size)
mb();

for (; vaddr < vend; vaddr += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
- clflushopt(vaddr);
+ clwb(vaddr);
/*
* Flush any possible final partial cacheline:
*/
- clflushopt(vend);
+ clwb(vend);

mb();
}
--
1.9.3


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