Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm: Add support for the pcommit instruction

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 02/20/2015 02:31 AM, tip-bot for Ross Zwisler wrote:
> 
> This function shows how to properly use clwb/clflushopt/clflush
> and pcommit with appropriate fencing:
> 
> void flush_and_commit_buffer(void *vaddr, unsigned int size)
> {
> 	void *vend = vaddr + size - 1;
> 
> 	for (; vaddr < vend; vaddr += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
> 		clwb(vaddr);
> 
> 	/* Flush any possible final partial cacheline */
> 	clwb(vend);
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * sfence to order clwb/clflushopt/clflush cache flushes
> 	 * mfence via mb() also works
> 	 */
> 	wmb();
> 
> 	/* pcommit and the required sfence for ordering */
> 	pcommit_sfence();
> }
> 

That may cause the same line to be flushed twice.  I would suggest,
instead, also removing the arithmetic on void *:

Totally untested, yadda yadda...

void flush_and_commit_buffer(void *vaddr, unsigned int size)
{
	unsigned long clflush_mask = boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size - 1;
 	char *vend = (char *)vaddr + size;
	char *p;

 	for (p = (char *)((unsigned long)vaddr & ~clflush_mask);
	     p < vend; p += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
 		clwb(vaddr);

 	/*
 	 * sfence to order clwb/clflushopt/clflush cache flushes
 	 * mfence via mb() also works
 	 */
 	wmb();

 	/* pcommit and the required sfence for ordering */
 	pcommit_sfence();
}