i386: Small cleanup to TLB flush code - Remove outdated comment - Use cpu_relax() in a busy loop Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/i386/kernel/smp.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c @@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ static void flush_tlb_others(cpumask_t c /* * i'm not happy about this global shared spinlock in the * MM hot path, but we'll see how contended it is. - * Temporarily this turns IRQs off, so that lockups are - * detected by the NMI watchdog. + * AK: x86-64 has a faster method that could be ported. */ spin_lock(&tlbstate_lock); @@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ static void flush_tlb_others(cpumask_t c while (!cpus_empty(flush_cpumask)) /* nothing. lockup detection does not belong here */ - mb(); + cpu_relax(); flush_mm = NULL; flush_va = 0;