If clflushopt is available on the system, use it instead of clflush in clflush_cache_range.
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]> Cc: H Peter Anvin <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> --- 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 bb32480..11d500a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c @@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end) * @vaddr: virtual start address * @size: number of bytes to flush * - * clflush is an unordered instruction which needs fencing with mfence - * to avoid ordering issues. + * clflushopt is an unordered instruction which needs fencing with mfence or + * sfence to avoid ordering issues. */ void clflush_cache_range(void *vaddr, unsigned int size) { @@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ void clflush_cache_range(void *vaddr, unsigned int size) mb(); for (; vaddr < vend; vaddr += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size) - clflush(vaddr); + clflushopt(vaddr); /* * Flush any possible final partial cacheline: */ - clflush(vend); + clflushopt(vend); mb(); } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
