From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753984Ab0KXSXQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:23:16 -0500 Received: from s15228384.onlinehome-server.info ([87.106.30.177]:48692 "EHLO mail.x86-64.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752698Ab0KXSXO (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:23:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:22:52 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: "mingo@elte.hu" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , Avi Kivity , Marcelo Tosatti , "x86@kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, lib: Add a wbinvd helper for an arbitrary cpu set Message-ID: <20101124182252.GI24892@aftab> References: <1290620644-27423-1-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org> <4CED5012.6040808@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CED5012.6040808@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:49:06PM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/24/2010 09:44 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > From: Borislav Petkov > > > > Add a wbinvd helper for an arbitrary set of CPUs. > > > > Are there any expected users of this other than KVM? Not that I know of. I had an earlier version for kvm which did for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) wbinvd_on_cpu(cpu) but decided to add wbinvd_on_cpus() for completeness. Let me know what your preference is. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85609 Dornach General Managers: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Registration: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632