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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/2] add support for new persistent memory instructions
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On Tue, 2015-01-27 at 09:53 -0700, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> This patch set adds support for two new persistent memory instructions, pcommit
> and clwb. These instructions were announced in the document "Intel
> Architecture Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference" with reference
> number 319433-022.
>
> https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/0d/53/319433-022.pdf
>
> These patches apply cleanly to v3.19-rc6.
>
> Changes from v2:
>
> - Added instruction descriptions and flows to the patch descriptions.
> - Added needed sfence to pcommit alternatives assembly. The inline function
> is now called pcommit_sfence(). If pcommit is not supported on the platform
> both the pcommit and the sfence will be nops.
>
> Cc: H Peter Anvin <h.peter.anvin@intel.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
>
> Ross Zwisler (2):
> x86: Add support for the pcommit instruction
> x86: Add support for the clwb instruction
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 ++
> arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

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