Merge commit 'v2.6.29' into core/header-fixes

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e68bb9e30864..6d12f7e37f8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long ax, unsigned long cx)
 
         trace_power_start(&it, POWER_CSTATE, (ax>>4)+1);
         if (!need_resched()) {
+                if (cpu_has(&current_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
+                        clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
+
                 __monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
                 smp_mb();
                 if (!need_resched())
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
         struct power_trace it;
         if (!need_resched()) {
                 trace_power_start(&it, POWER_CSTATE, 1);
+                if (cpu_has(&current_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
+                        clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
+
                 __monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
                 smp_mb();
                 if (!need_resched())