The wrmsr that is used in x2apic ICR programming does not behave as a
memory barrier. There is a hidden assumption that it is. Add an explicit
memory barrier for this reason.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/x86/apic.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/x86/apic.c b/lib/x86/apic.c
index bc2706e..1514730 100644
--- a/lib/x86/apic.c
+++ b/lib/x86/apic.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "apic.h"
#include "msr.h"
#include "processor.h"
+#include "asm/barrier.h"
void *g_apic = (void *)0xfee00000;
void *g_ioapic = (void *)0xfec00000;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ static void x2apic_write(unsigned reg, u32 val)
static void x2apic_icr_write(u32 val, u32 dest)
{
+ mb();
asm volatile ("wrmsr" : : "a"(val), "d"(dest),
"c"(APIC_BASE_MSR + APIC_ICR/16));
}
--
2.17.1
