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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h index 37db36fddc88..f00dfff81370 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h @@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ #define FAM10H_MMIO_CONF_BASE_MASK 0xfffffffULL #define FAM10H_MMIO_CONF_BASE_SHIFT 20 #define MSR_FAM10H_NODE_ID 0xc001100c +#define MSR_F10H_DECFG 0xc0011029 +#define MSR_F10H_DECFG_LFENCE_SERIALIZE_BIT 1 /* K8 MSRs */ #define MSR_K8_TOP_MEM1 0xc001001a diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index e2defc7593a4..7f2e9c6ff239 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -746,6 +746,16 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_K8); if (cpu_has_xmm2) { + /* + * A serializing LFENCE has less overhead than MFENCE, so + * use it for execution serialization. On families which + * don't have that MSR, LFENCE is already serializing. + * msr_set_bit() uses the safe accessors, too, even if the MSR + * is not present. + */ + msr_set_bit(MSR_F10H_DECFG, + MSR_F10H_DECFG_LFENCE_SERIALIZE_BIT); + /* MFENCE stops RDTSC speculation */ set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC); } |