Re: [PATCH]x86-x86_64 flush cache for CPU hotplug

[Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>]

On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 13:11 -0600, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> Hello Shaohua,
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Shaohua Li wrote:
> 
> > We should flush cache at CPU hotplug. An error has been observed data is
> > corrupted after CPU hotplug in CPUs with bigger cache.
> > I guess IA64 requires similar change, Ashok?
> 
> Interesting, which processor was this?
It's a kind of Pentium M. 

> > 
> >  linux-2.6.12-rc6-mm1-root/arch/i386/kernel/process.c   |    1 +
> >  linux-2.6.12-rc6-mm1-root/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c |    1 +
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/process.c~flush_cache_cpuhotplug arch/i386/kernel/process.c
> > --- linux-2.6.12-rc6-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~flush_cache_cpuhotplug	2005-06-10 10:56:05.082247160 +0800
> > +++ linux-2.6.12-rc6-mm1-root/arch/i386/kernel/process.c	2005-06-10 11:05:10.597316264 +0800
> > @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
> >  {
> >  	/* This must be done before dead CPU ack */
> >  	cpu_exit_clear();
> > +	wbinvd();
> >  	mb();
> 
> We shouldn't need that mb() there anymore then, ditto for the other 
> location.
Indead. How about just leave it here for clearness?

Thanks,
Shaohua