[tip: locking/core] x86: Select ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 10:34:52 EST


The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 7b125c44d0b7f617ee81dffd14ce116149d03cb6
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7b125c44d0b7f617ee81dffd14ce116149d03cb6
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:09:47 +02:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:38:50 +02:00

x86: Select ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO

The generic unsafe_atomic_store_release_user() implementation does:

if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO))
smp_mb();
unsafe_put_user();

As x86 implements Total Store Order (TSO) which means stores imply release,
select ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO to avoid the unnecessary smp_mb().

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602090535.564499644@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f3f7cb0..1ce62a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select ARCH_HAVE_EXTRA_ELF_NOTES
+ select ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO
select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT