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 <[email protected]> Cc: H Peter Anvin <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: David Airlie <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [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 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 -- 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/

