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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h10
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h18
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 34cb3c159481..412b51e059c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -197,16 +197,6 @@ static inline bool apic_needs_pit(void) { return true; }
#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
#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/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index 7f828fe49797..4819d5e5a335 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -84,4 +84,22 @@ do { \
#include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
+/*
+ * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
+ * a WRMSR.
+ *
+ * MFENCE makes writes visible, but only affects load/store
+ * instructions. WRMSR is unfortunately not a load/store
+ * instruction and is unaffected by MFENCE. The LFENCE ensures
+ * that the WRMSR is not reordered.
+ *
+ * Most WRMSRs are full serializing instructions themselves and
+ * do not require this barrier. This is only required for the
+ * IA32_TSC_DEADLINE and X2APIC MSRs.
+ */
+static inline void weak_wrmsr_fence(void)
+{
+ asm volatile("mfence; lfence" : : : "memory");
+}
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_BARRIER_H */