Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into x86/irq

[ merged x86/cleanups into x86/irq to enable a wider IRQ entry code
  patch to be applied, which depends on a cleanup patch in x86/cleanups. ]

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 0b8b6690a86..ebf2f12900f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
 			gettimeofday(tv,NULL);
 			return;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Surround the RDTSC by barriers, to make sure it's not
+		 * speculated to outside the seqlock critical section and
+		 * does not cause time warps:
+		 */
+		rdtsc_barrier();
 		now = vread();
+		rdtsc_barrier();
+
 		base = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.cycle_last;
 		mask = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mask;
 		mult = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mult;