Re: [GIT PULL] x86/cpu changes for v2.6.34

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/27/2010 09:10 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:09:42 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> +int wbinvd_on_all_cpus(void)
>> +{
>> +	return on_each_cpu(__wbinvd, NULL, 1);
>> +}
> 
> does this make sense at all?
> 
> doesn't cache coherency on x86 already guarantee this?
> 

No, WBINVD (unlike CLFLUSH) is local to one CPU.

	-hpa

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