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Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86: enforce strict memory order for x2apic



On 25/9/08 09:29, "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> On the other hand you're penalizing LAPIC systems with this, too. I'm
>> not certain that's better than fixing the (incorrect)
>> assumptions just in
>> the x2APIC case.
> 
> I agree. I'll revise the patch to add a 'mb()' in x2APIC instead,
> though that may bring a bit overhead to cases when fencing
> is not required, like event check IPI.

To be precise, mb() at top of send_IPI_mask_x2apic(), and wmb() may as well
go from on_selected_cpus() as we can assume send_IPI_mask() is a barrier.

I'll do the patch for this myself.

 -- Keir



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