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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sync_core.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sync_core.h
index c67caafd3381..fdb5b356e59b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sync_core.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sync_core.h
@@ -6,6 +6,78 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+static inline void iret_to_self(void)
+{
+	asm volatile (
+		"pushfl\n\t"
+		"pushl %%cs\n\t"
+		"pushl $1f\n\t"
+		"iret\n\t"
+		"1:"
+		: ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "memory");
+}
+#else
+static inline void iret_to_self(void)
+{
+	unsigned int tmp;
+
+	asm volatile (
+		"mov %%ss, %0\n\t"
+		"pushq %q0\n\t"
+		"pushq %%rsp\n\t"
+		"addq $8, (%%rsp)\n\t"
+		"pushfq\n\t"
+		"mov %%cs, %0\n\t"
+		"pushq %q0\n\t"
+		"pushq $1f\n\t"
+		"iretq\n\t"
+		"1:"
+		: "=&r" (tmp), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "cc", "memory");
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
+
+/*
+ * This function forces the icache and prefetched instruction stream to
+ * catch up with reality in two very specific cases:
+ *
+ *  a) Text was modified using one virtual address and is about to be executed
+ *     from the same physical page at a different virtual address.
+ *
+ *  b) Text was modified on a different CPU, may subsequently be
+ *     executed on this CPU, and you want to make sure the new version
+ *     gets executed.  This generally means you're calling this in a IPI.
+ *
+ * If you're calling this for a different reason, you're probably doing
+ * it wrong.
+ */
+static inline void sync_core(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * There are quite a few ways to do this.  IRET-to-self is nice
+	 * because it works on every CPU, at any CPL (so it's compatible
+	 * with paravirtualization), and it never exits to a hypervisor.
+	 * The only down sides are that it's a bit slow (it seems to be
+	 * a bit more than 2x slower than the fastest options) and that
+	 * it unmasks NMIs.  The "push %cs" is needed because, in
+	 * paravirtual environments, __KERNEL_CS may not be a valid CS
+	 * value when we do IRET directly.
+	 *
+	 * In case NMI unmasking or performance ever becomes a problem,
+	 * the next best option appears to be MOV-to-CR2 and an
+	 * unconditional jump.  That sequence also works on all CPUs,
+	 * but it will fault at CPL3 (i.e. Xen PV).
+	 *
+	 * CPUID is the conventional way, but it's nasty: it doesn't
+	 * exist on some 486-like CPUs, and it usually exits to a
+	 * hypervisor.
+	 *
+	 * Like all of Linux's memory ordering operations, this is a
+	 * compiler barrier as well.
+	 */
+	iret_to_self();
+}
+
 /*
  * Ensure that a core serializing instruction is issued before returning
  * to user-mode. x86 implements return to user-space through sysexit,