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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/boot.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S4
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
index 38f17a1e1e36..f899717f9e48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
extern struct setup_header hdr;
extern struct boot_params boot_params;
-#define cpu_relax() asm volatile("rep; nop")
+#define cpu_relax() asm volatile("pause")
static inline void io_delay(void)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index c9b2ba7a9ec4..240d761b8ce4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
-/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
+/* PAUSE is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
static __always_inline void rep_nop(void)
{
- asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory");
+ asm volatile("pause" ::: "memory");
}
static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index 1d6355227bf6..ea604f4d0b52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(pr_char_8250)
inb %dx, %al
testb $XMTRDY, %al
jnz .Lready
- rep nop
+ pause
jmp .Lxmtrdy_loop
.Lready:
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(pr_char_8250_mmio32)
movb (LSR*4)(%rdx), %ah
testb $XMTRDY, %ah
jnz .Lready_mmio
- rep nop
+ pause
jmp .Lxmtrdy_loop_mmio
.Lready_mmio: