x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate MOVDIR64B instruction
MOVDIR64B moves 64-bytes as direct-store with 64-bytes write atomicity. Direct store is implemented by using write combining (WC) for writing data directly into memory without caching the data. In low latency offload (e.g. Non-Volatile Memory, etc), MOVDIR64B writes work descriptors (and data in some cases) to device-hosted work-queues atomically without cache pollution. Availability of the MOVDIR64B instruction is indicated by the presence of the CPUID feature flag MOVDIR64B (CPUID.0x07.0x0:ECX[bit 28]). Please check the latest Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features Programming Reference for more details on the CPUID feature MOVDIR64B flag. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1540418237-125817-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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