x86: add clflush before monitor for Intel 7400 series
For Intel 7400 series CPUs, the recommendation is to use a clflush on the
monitored address just before monitor and mwait pair [1].
This clflush makes sure that there are no false wakeups from mwait when the
monitored address was recently written to.
[1] "MONITOR/MWAIT Recommendations for Intel Xeon Processor 7400 series"
section in specification update document of 7400 series
http://download.intel.com/design/xeon/specupdt/32033601.pdf
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 430e5c3..24ff26a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
ds_init_intel(c);
}
+ if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 29 && cpu_has_clflush)
+ set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
if (c->x86 == 15)
c->x86_cache_alignment = c->x86_clflush_size * 2;