On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Mark Langsdorf wrote:
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> 
> I don't think it's necessary.  I can submit a delta patch later if you
> think it's really necessary.

Why not at least move it to after the local_irq_disable()?

That local_irq_disable() will do tons of writes if you have 
lockdep enabled, it calls trace_hardirqs_off() etc. Maybe they don't end 
up ever mattering, but wouldn't it make much more sense to just move the 
wbinvd down to just before the

	while (1)
		halt();

which is also likely to make sure that the compiler won't do anything at 
all because everything is dead at that point with no function calls etc 
happening.

			Linus
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