[tip:x86/x2apic] x86: add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() to x2apic flush tlb paths

From: Suresh Siddha
Date: Wed Mar 18 2009 - 04:53:29 EST


Commit-ID: ce4e240c279a31096f74afa6584a62d64a1ba8c8
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ce4e240c279a31096f74afa6584a62d64a1ba8c8
Author: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:16:54 -0800
Commit: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:36:14 +0100

x86: add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() to x2apic flush tlb paths

Impact: optimize APIC IPI related barriers

Uncached MMIO accesses for xapic are inherently serializing and hence
we don't need explicit barriers for xapic IPI paths.

x2apic MSR writes/reads don't have serializing semantics and hence need
a serializing instruction or mfence, to make all the previous memory
stores globally visisble before the x2apic msr write for IPI.

Add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() in flush tlb path to x2apic specific paths.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "steiner@xxxxxxx" <steiner@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <1237313814.27006.203.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 10 ++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 5 -----
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 6d5b6f0..00f5962 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ extern void native_apic_icr_write(u32 low, u32 id);
extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void);

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * sending the IPI through x2apic wrmsr. We need a serializing instruction or
+ * mfence for this.
+ */
+static inline void x2apic_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+ asm volatile("mfence" : : : "memory");
+}
+
static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
{
if (reg == APIC_DFR || reg == APIC_ID || reg == APIC_LDR ||
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index 8fb87b6..4a903e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector)
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ static void
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_allbutself(int vector)
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_online_cpu(query_cpu) {
if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index 23625b9..a284359 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector)
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
__x2apic_send_IPI_dest(per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, query_cpu),
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ static void
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_cpu(query_cpu, mask) {
if (query_cpu != this_cpu)
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ static void x2apic_send_IPI_allbutself(int vector)
unsigned long query_cpu;
unsigned long flags;

+ x2apic_wrmsr_fence();
+
local_irq_save(flags);
for_each_online_cpu(query_cpu) {
if (query_cpu == this_cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index a654d59..821e970 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ static void flush_tlb_others_ipi(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
cpumask, cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()));

/*
- * Make the above memory operations globally visible before
- * sending the IPI.
- */
- smp_mb();
- /*
* We have to send the IPI only to
* CPUs affected.
*/
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