Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc6' into core/rcu

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
index 5f58da401b43..4df3e2f6fb56 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -728,6 +728,29 @@ extern unsigned long		boot_option_idle_override;
 extern unsigned long		idle_halt;
 extern unsigned long		idle_nomwait;
 
+/*
+ * on systems with caches, caches must be flashed as the absolute
+ * last instruction before going into a suspended halt.  Otherwise,
+ * dirty data can linger in the cache and become stale on resume,
+ * leading to strange errors.
+ *
+ * perform a variety of operations to guarantee that the compiler
+ * will not reorder instructions.  wbinvd itself is serializing
+ * so the processor will not reorder.
+ *
+ * Systems without cache can just go into halt.
+ */
+static inline void wbinvd_halt(void)
+{
+	mb();
+	/* check for clflush to determine if wbinvd is legal */
+	if (cpu_has_clflush)
+		asm volatile("cli; wbinvd; 1: hlt; jmp 1b" : : : "memory");
+	else
+		while (1)
+			halt();
+}
+
 extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
 extern int sysenter_setup(void);