tree 1adf753382cd3648fe1b4677247c6f0ec99df876
parent f167df4d3fbfd74b4bbf35502daf8e533a925eaf
author Jeremy Compostella <jeremy.compostella@intel.com> 1684802290 -0700
committer Martin L Roth <gaumless@gmail.com> 1685542951 +0000

cpu/x86/mp_init: Use clflush to write SIPI data back to RAM

Improve boot time performances by replacing the wbinvd instruction
with multiple clflush to ensure that the SIPI data is written back to
RAM.

According to some experimental measurements, the wbinvd execution
takes between 1.6 up and 6 milliseconds to complete. In the case of
the SIPI data, wbinvd unnecessarily flushes and invalidates the entire
cache. Indeed, the SIPI module is quite small (about 400 bytes) and
cflush'ing the associated cache lines is almost instantaneous,
typically less than 100 microseconds.

BUG=b/260455826
TEST=Successful boot on Skolas and Rex board

Change-Id: I0e00db8eaa6a3cb41bec3422572c8f2a9bec4057
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Compostella <jeremy.compostella@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Erin Park <erin.park@intel.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/75391
Reviewed-by: Kyösti Mälkki <kyosti.malkki@gmail.com>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>