RE: [PATCH] flush icache before set_pte take6. [4/4] optimization for cpus other than montecito

[Luck, Tony]

> This seems crazy to me.  Flushing should occur according to the
> *architecture*, not model-by-model.  Even if we happen to get "lucky"
> on pre-Montecito CPUs, that doesn't justify such ugly hacks.  Or you
> really want to debug this *again* come next CPU?

Ditto.  The only reason we should ever have model specific checks should
be to work around model specific errata (e.g. the McKinley Errata #9 code
in patch.c).

-Tony
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