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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] x86/asm: Tweak the comment about wmb() use for IO
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:12:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1453842730-28463-4-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453842730-28463-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>

On x86, we *do* still use the non-nop rmb()/wmb() for IO barriers, but
even that is generally questionable.

Leave them around for historical reasons, unless somebody can point to a
case where they care about the performance. Tweak the comment so people
don't think they are strictly required in all cases.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452715911-12067-4-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index d2aa66a3a4b5..4f95b2affd88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 /*
  * Force strict CPU ordering.
- * And yes, this is required on UP too when we're talking
- * to devices.
+ *
+ * And yes, this might be required on UP too when we're talking to devices.
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-- 
2.3.5

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-01-26 21:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-26 21:12 [PATCH 00/10] tip-queue 2016-01-26, rest Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86/asm: Add condition codes clobber to memory barrier macros Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86/asm: Drop a comment left over from X86_OOSTORE Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_* Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:18   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86/cpufeature: Replace the old static_cpu_has() with safe variant Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  3:36   ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-27  8:41     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  8:43       ` [PATCH -v1.1 " Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19         ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  8:45       ` [PATCH -v1.1 8/10] x86/alternatives: Discard dynamic check after init Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20         ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Brian Gerst
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 08/10] x86/alternatives: Discard dynamic check after init Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86/vdso: Use static_cpu_has() Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 10/10] x86/head_64: Simplify kernel load address alignment check Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20   ` [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: " tip-bot for Alexander Kuleshov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-01-23  6:50 [PATCH] x86/head_64.S: do not use temporary register to check alignment Alexander Kuleshov
2016-01-26  9:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-16 19:22 [PATCH] x86: static_cpu_has_safe: discard dynamic check after init Brian Gerst
2016-01-16 19:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-16 19:58   ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-17 10:33     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 16:52       ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-18 17:49         ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-18 18:14         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 18:29           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-18 18:39             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 19:45               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-18 23:05                 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 23:13                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-18 23:25                     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 13:57                       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 16:23                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 23:10                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 23:26                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-19 23:49                             ` Boris Petkov
2016-01-20  4:03                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 10:33                           ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 10:41                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 22:14                               ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-21 22:22                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 22:56                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-21 23:36                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 23:37                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-22 10:32                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 18:51           ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19  1:10             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19  1:33               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-19  9:22                 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20  4:02                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20  4:39                     ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-20  4:42                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 10:50                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 10:55                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 11:05                             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 14:48                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 15:01                     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 15:09                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 16:04                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 16:16                           ` H. Peter Anvin

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