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x86: clflush_page_range needs mfence

clflush is an unordered operation with respect to other memory
traffic, including other CLFLUSH instructions. This needs proper
fencing with mfence.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Thomas Gleixner 17 years ago
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      arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c

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arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c

@@ -25,12 +25,24 @@ within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 /*
  * Flushing functions
  */
+
+
+/**
+ * clflush_cache_range - flush a cache range with clflush
+ * @addr:	virtual start address
+ * @size:	number of bytes to flush
+ *
+ * clflush is an unordered instruction which needs fencing with mfence
+ * to avoid ordering issues.
+ */
 void clflush_cache_range(void *addr, int size)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	mb();
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
 		clflush(addr+i);
+	mb();
 }
 
 static void __cpa_flush_all(void *arg)