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Subject[PATCH x86 for review II] [20/39] i386: Small cleanup to TLB flush code
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- Remove outdated comment
- Use cpu_relax() in a busy loop

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

---
arch/i386/kernel/smp.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
@@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ static void flush_tlb_others(cpumask_t c
/*
* i'm not happy about this global shared spinlock in the
* MM hot path, but we'll see how contended it is.
- * Temporarily this turns IRQs off, so that lockups are
- * detected by the NMI watchdog.
+ * AK: x86-64 has a faster method that could be ported.
*/
spin_lock(&tlbstate_lock);

@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ static void flush_tlb_others(cpumask_t c

while (!cpus_empty(flush_cpumask))
/* nothing. lockup detection does not belong here */
- mb();
+ cpu_relax();

flush_mm = NULL;
flush_va = 0;
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