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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 5079f24c955..9495ac16b67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -417,7 +417,12 @@ int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
return 1;
}
}
-
+ /*
+ * Intel Archiecture Software Developer's Manual section 7.1.3 specifies
+ * that a core serializing instruction such as "cpuid" should be
+ * executed on _each_ core before the new instruction is made visible.
+ */
+ sync_core();
return 0;
}
#endif