From 18c07cf530cf4aa8b7551801f68ed40db5ee4e45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:51:20 -0600
Subject: x86, UV: cpu_relax in uv_wait_completion

The function uv_wait_completion() spins on reads of a memory-mapped
register, waiting for completion of BAU hardware replies.

It should call "cpu_relax()" between those reads to improve performance
on hyperthreaded configurations.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

(limited to 'arch')

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
index f885023167e..6812b829ed8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static int uv_wait_completion(struct bau_desc *bau_desc,
 				destination_timeouts = 0;
 			}
 		}
+		cpu_relax();
 	}
 	return FLUSH_COMPLETE;
 }
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