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2009-03-30Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: PCI PM: Make pci_prepare_to_sleep() disable wake-up if needed radeonfb: Use __pci_complete_power_transition() PCI PM: Introduce __pci_[start|complete]_power_transition() (rev. 2) PCI PM: Restore config spaces of all devices during early resume PCI PM: Make pci_set_power_state() handle devices with no PM support PCI PM: Put devices into low power states during late suspend (rev. 2) PCI PM: Move pci_restore_standard_config to pci-driver.c PCI PM: Use pci_set_power_state during early resume PCI PM: Consistently use variable name "error" for pm call return values kexec: Change kexec jump code ordering PM: Change hibernation code ordering PM: Change suspend code ordering PM: Rework handling of interrupts during suspend-resume PM: Introduce functions for suspending and resuming device interrupts
2009-03-30Merge branch 'iommu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'iommu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (60 commits) dma-debug: make memory range checks more consistent dma-debug: warn of unmapping an invalid dma address dma-debug: fix dma_debug_add_bus() definition for !CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG dma-debug/x86: register pci bus for dma-debug leak detection dma-debug: add a check dma memory leaks dma-debug: add checks for kernel text and rodata dma-debug: print stacktrace of mapping path on unmap error dma-debug: Documentation update dma-debug: x86 architecture bindings dma-debug: add function to dump dma mappings dma-debug: add checks for sync_single_sg_* dma-debug: add checks for sync_single_range_* dma-debug: add checks for sync_single_* dma-debug: add checking for [alloc|free]_coherent dma-debug: add add checking for map/unmap_sg dma-debug: add checking for map/unmap_page/single dma-debug: add core checking functions dma-debug: add debugfs interface dma-debug: add kernel command line parameters dma-debug: add initialization code ... Fix trivial conflicts due to whitespace changes in arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
2009-03-30PM: Rework handling of interrupts during suspend-resumeRafael J. Wysocki
Use the functions introduced in by the previous patch, suspend_device_irqs(), resume_device_irqs() and check_wakeup_irqs(), to rework the handling of interrupts during suspend (hibernation) and resume. Namely, interrupts will only be disabled on the CPU right before suspending sysdevs, while device drivers will be prevented from receiving interrupts, with the help of the new helper function, before their "late" suspend callbacks run (and analogously during resume). In addition, since the device interrups are now disabled before the CPU has turned all interrupts off and the CPU will ACK the interrupts setting the IRQ_PENDING bit for them, check in sysdev_suspend() if any wake-up interrupts are pending and abort suspend if that's the case. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-30Merge branch 'x86-stage-3-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-stage-3-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (190 commits) Revert "cpuacct: reduce one NULL check in fast-path" Revert "x86: don't compile vsmp_64 for 32bit" x86: Correct behaviour of irq affinity x86: early_ioremap_init(), use __fix_to_virt(), because we are sure it's safe x86: use default_cpu_mask_to_apicid for 64bit x86: fix set_extra_move_desc calling x86, PAT, PCI: Change vma prot in pci_mmap to reflect inherited prot x86/dmi: fix dmi_alloc() section mismatches x86: e820 fix various signedness issues in setup.c and e820.c x86: apic/io_apic.c define msi_ir_chip and ir_ioapic_chip all the time x86: irq.c keep CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC interrupts together x86: irq.c use same path for show_interrupts x86: cpu/cpu.h cleanup x86: Fix a couple of sparse warnings in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c Revert "x86: create a non-zero sized bm_pte only when needed" x86: pci-nommu.c cleanup x86: io_delay.c cleanup x86: rtc.c cleanup x86: i8253 cleanup x86: kdebugfs.c cleanup ...
2009-03-30Merge commit 'origin/master' into nextBenjamin Herrenschmidt
Manual merge of: arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
2009-03-28Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommuIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig
2009-03-28Merge branch 'linus' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-28Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups' and 'x86/mm' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-27Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2Ingo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h kernel/irq/handle.c Semantic merge: arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-26Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits) posix timers: fix RLIMIT_CPU && fork() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex(), fix time: ntp: clean up second_overflow() time: ntp: simplify ntp_tick_adj calculations time: ntp: make 64-bit constants more robust time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() some more time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex() time: ntp: micro-optimize ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: simplify ntp_update_offset_fll() time: ntp: refactor and clean up ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: refactor up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: clean up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: simplify the MAX_TICKADJ_SCALED definition time: ntp: simplify the second_overflow() code flow time: ntp: clean up kernel/time/ntp.c x86: hpet: stop HPET_COUNTER when programming periodic mode x86: hpet: provide separate functions to stop and start the counter x86: hpet: print HPET registers during setup (if hpet=verbose is used) time: apply NTP frequency/tick changes immediately ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'sched-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (46 commits) sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() function sched: Refactor the power savings balance code sched: Optimize the !power_savings_balance during fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate imbalance sched: Create helper to calculate small_imbalance in fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_domain stats for fbg() sched: Define structure to store the sched_domain statistics for fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_group stats for fbg() sched: Define structure to store the sched_group statistics for fbg() sched: Fix indentations in find_busiest_group() using gotos sched: Simple helper functions for find_busiest_group() sched: remove unused fields from struct rq sched: jiffies not printed per CPU sched: small optimisation of can_migrate_task() sched: fix typos in documentation sched: add avg_overlap decay x86, sched_clock(): mark variables read-mostly sched: optimize ttwu vs group scheduling sched: TIF_NEED_RESCHED -> need_reshed() cleanup sched: don't rebalance if attached on NULL domain ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: (35 commits) [CPUFREQ] Prevent p4-clockmod from auto-binding to the ondemand governor. [CPUFREQ] Make cpufreq-nforce2 less obnoxious [CPUFREQ] p4-clockmod reports wrong frequency. [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Use a common exit path. [CPUFREQ] Change link order of x86 cpufreq modules [CPUFREQ] conservative: remove 10x from def_sampling_rate [CPUFREQ] conservative: fixup governor to function more like ondemand logic [CPUFREQ] conservative: fix dbs_cpufreq_notifier so freq is not locked [CPUFREQ] conservative: amend author's email address [CPUFREQ] Use swap() in longhaul.c [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for acpi-cpufreq [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Only print error message once, not per core. [CPUFREQ] ondemand/conservative: sanitize sampling_rate restrictions [CPUFREQ] ondemand/conservative: deprecate sampling_rate{min,max} [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Always compile powernow-k8 driver with ACPI support [CPUFREQ] Introduce /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/cpuinfo_transition_latency [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for powernow-k8 [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for ondemand governor. [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for powernow-k7 [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for speedstep related drivers. ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'timers/hpet' into timers/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-26Merge commit 'v2.6.29' into timers/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-25Revert "x86: don't compile vsmp_64 for 32bit"Ravikiran G Thirumalai
Partial revert of commit 129d8bc828e011bda0b7110a097bf3a0167f966e titled 'x86: don't compile vsmp_64 for 32bit' Commit reverted to compile vsmp_64.c if CONFIG_X86_64 is defined, since is_vsmp_box() needs to indicate that TSCs are not synchronized, and hence, not a valid time source, even when CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not defined. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: shai@scalex86.org LKML-Reference: <20090324061429.GH7278@localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-25x86: Correct behaviour of irq affinityRusty Russell
Impact: get correct smp_affinity as user requested The effect of setting desc->affinity (ie. from userspace via sysfs) has varied over time. In 2.6.27, the 32-bit code anded the value with cpu_online_map, and both 32 and 64-bit did that anding whenever a cpu was unplugged. 2.6.29 consolidated this into one routine (and fixed hotplug) but introduced another variation: anding the affinity with cfg->domain. We should just set it to what the user said - if possible. (cpu_mask_to_apicid_and already takes cpu_online_mask into account) Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <49C94DDF.2010703@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-24x86: use default_cpu_mask_to_apicid for 64bitYinghai Lu
Impact: cleanup Use online_mask directly on 64bit too. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <49C94DAE.9070300@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-24x86: fix set_extra_move_desc callingYinghai Lu
Impact: fix bug with irq-descriptor moving when logical flat Rusty observed: > The effect of setting desc->affinity (ie. from userspace via sysfs) has varied > over time. In 2.6.27, the 32-bit code anded the value with cpu_online_map, > and both 32 and 64-bit did that anding whenever a cpu was unplugged. > > 2.6.29 consolidated this into one routine (and fixed hotplug) but introduced > another variation: anding the affinity with cfg->domain. Is this right, or > should we just set it to what the user said? Or as now, indicate that we're > restricting it. Eric pointed out that desc->affinity should be what the user requested, if it is at all possible to honor the user space request. This bug got introduced by commit 22f65d31b "x86: Update io_apic.c to use new cpumask API". Fix it by moving the masking to before the descriptor moving ... Reported-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Reported-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> LKML-Reference: <49C94134.4000408@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-24Merge branch 'x86/core' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaswinder/linux-2.6-tiptop into x86/cleanups
2009-03-24Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/mm', 'x86/pat', 'x86/setup' ↵Ingo Molnar
and 'x86/signal'; commit 'v2.6.29' into x86/core
2009-03-24Merge commit 'origin/master' into nextBenjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-23x86: e820 fix various signedness issues in setup.c and e820.cJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup This fixed various signedness issues in setup.c and e820.c: arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:455:53: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness) arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:455:53: expected int *pnr_map arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:455:53: got unsigned int extern [toplevel] *<noident> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:639:53: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness) arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:639:53: expected int *pnr_map arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:639:53: got unsigned int extern [toplevel] *<noident> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:820:54: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness) arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:820:54: expected int *pnr_map arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:820:54: got unsigned int extern [toplevel] *<noident> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:670:53: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness) arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:670:53: expected int *pnr_map arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:670:53: got unsigned int [toplevel] *<noident> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-23x86: apic/io_apic.c define msi_ir_chip and ir_ioapic_chip all the timeJaswinder Singh Rajput
move out msi_ir_chip and ir_ioapic_chip from CONFIG_INTR_REMAP shadow Fix: arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:1431: warning: ‘msi_ir_chip’ defined but not used Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-23x86: irq.c keep CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC interrupts togetherJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup keep CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC interrupts together to avoid extra ifdef Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-23x86: irq.c use same path for show_interruptsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup SMP and !SMP will use same path for show_interrupts Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-23x86: cpu/cpu.h cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup - Fix various style issues Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-22x86: Fix a couple of sparse warnings in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.cDmitri Vorobiev
Impact: cleanup This patch fixes the following sparse warnings: arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:3602:17: warning: symbol 'hpet_msi_type' was not declared. Should it be static? arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:3467:30: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@movial.com> LKML-Reference: <1237741871-5827-2-git-send-email-dmitri.vorobiev@movial.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-21Merge branch 'x86/core' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaswinder/linux-2.6-tip into x86/cleanups
2009-03-21x86: pci-nommu.c cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: io_delay.c cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup - fix header file issues Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: rtc.c cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup - fix various style problems - fix header file issues Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: i8253 cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup - fix various style problems - fix header file issues Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: kdebugfs.c cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: topology.c cleanupJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: mpparse.c introduce check_physptr helper functionJaswinder Singh Rajput
To reduce the size of the oversized function __get_smp_config() There should be no impact to functionality. Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-21x86: mpparse.c introduce smp_dump_mptable helper functionJaswinder Singh Rajput
smp_read_mpc() and replace_intsrc_all() can use same smp_dump_mptable() Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
2009-03-20x86: fix IO APIC resource allocation error messageBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Impact: fix incorrect error message - IO APIC resource allocation error message contains one too many "be". - Print the error message iff there are IO APICs in the system. I've seen this error message for some time on my x86-32 laptop... Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Bartlett <ajb.stxsl@googlemail.com> LKML-Reference: <200903202100.30789.bzolnier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-20x86: signal: check signal stack overflow properlyHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Check alternate signal stack overflow with proper stack pointer. The stack pointer of the next signal frame is different if that task has i387 state. On x86_64, redzone would be included. No need to check SA_ONSTACK if we're already using alternate signal stack. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <49C2874D.3080002@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-20Merge branches 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/mm', 'x86/setup' and 'linus' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-19x86: with the last user gone, remove set_pte_presentJeremy Fitzhardinge
Impact: cleanup set_pte_present() is no longer used, directly or indirectly, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1237406613-2929-2-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-19x86: mpparse: clean up code by introducing a few helper functions, fixIngo Molnar
Impact: fix boot crash This fixes commit a6830278568a8bb9758aac152db15187741e0113. Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1237403503.22438.21.camel@ht.satnam> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-18x86: mpparse: clean up code by introducing a few helper functionsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Refactor the MP-table parsing code via the introduction of the following helper functions: skip_entry() smp_reserve_bootmem() check_irq_src() check_slot() To simplify the code flow and to reduce the size of the following oversized functions: smp_read_mpc(), smp_scan_config(). There should be no impact to functionality. Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-18x86: kprobes.c fix compilation warningJaswinder Singh Rajput
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c:196: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘search_exception_tables’ makes integer from pointer without a cast Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference:<49BED952.2050809@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1237378065.13488.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-18Merge branches 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/debug', 'x86/mce2', 'x86/mm', ↵Ingo Molnar
'x86/mtrr', 'x86/setup', 'x86/setup-memory', 'x86/urgent', 'x86/uv', 'x86/x2apic' and 'linus' into x86/core Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c
2009-03-18x86: cpu/mttr/cleanup.c fix compilation warningJaswinder Singh Rajput
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c:197: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 2 has type ‘long unsigned int’ Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1237378015.13488.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-18Merge branch 'dma-api/debug' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into core/iommu
2009-03-18Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommuIngo Molnar
2009-03-18Merge branches 'sched/cleanups' and 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-18x86, uv: fix cpumask iterator in uv_bau_init()Rusty Russell
Impact: fix boot crash on UV systems Commit 76ba0ecda0de9accea9a91cb6dbde46782110e1c "cpumask: use cpumask_var_t in uv_flush_tlb_others" used cur_cpu as an iterator; it was supposed to be zero for the code below it. Reported-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> Original-From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Cc: steiner@sgi.com Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <200903180822.31196.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-18x86: add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() to x2apic flush tlb pathsSuresh Siddha
Impact: optimize APIC IPI related barriers Uncached MMIO accesses for xapic are inherently serializing and hence we don't need explicit barriers for xapic IPI paths. x2apic MSR writes/reads don't have serializing semantics and hence need a serializing instruction or mfence, to make all the previous memory stores globally visisble before the x2apic msr write for IPI. Add x2apic_wrmsr_fence() in flush tlb path to x2apic specific paths. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: "steiner@sgi.com" <steiner@sgi.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> LKML-Reference: <1237313814.27006.203.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>