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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:55:34 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Scotty Bauer <sbauer@eng.utah.edu>, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redheat.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/smpboot: check if CLFLUSH is actually necessary
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On 01/30/2015 01:26 PM, Scotty Bauer wrote:
> mwait_play_dead previously issued a CLFLUSH to work around a bug on
> some xeon processors. We can now determine if the CPU is a buggy CPU.
> This patch checks if if we're on a buggy CPU which allows non-buggy
> cpu's to eliminate the CLFLUSH.

Here is my first question: does this matter at all?  Otherwise I don't
see a point.

	-hpa


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