Re: [PATCH] x86: Add an explicit barrier() to clflushopt()

[Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>]

On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 02:32:23PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/07/16 14:29, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 
> > I would be very interested in knowing if replacing the final clflushopt
> > with a clflush would resolve your problems (in which case the last mb()
> > shouldn't be necessary either.)
> > 
> 
> Nevermind.  CLFLUSH is not ordered with regards to CLFLUSHOPT to the
> same cache line.
> 
> Could you add a sync_cpu(); call to the end (can replace the final mb())
> and see if that helps your case?

s/sync_cpu()/sync_core()/

No. I still see failures on Baytrail and Braswell (Pineview is not
affected) with the final mb() replaced with sync_core(). I can reproduce
failures on Pineview by tweaking the clflush_cache_range() parameters,
so I am fairly confident that it is validating the current code.

iirc sync_core() is cpuid, a heavy serialising instruction, an
alternative to mfence.  Is there anything that else I can infer about
the nature of my bug from this result?
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre