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SubjectRe: [patch 01/23] x86/apic: Avoid open coded x2apic detection
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 09:22:09PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > enable_IR_x2apic() grew a open coded x2apic detection. Implement a
> > proper helper function which shares the code with the already existing
> > x2apic_enabled().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 18 +++++++++---------
> > arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 5 +----
> > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- tip.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> > +++ tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> > @@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void);
> >
> > extern int x2apic_mode;
> >
> > +static inline bool apic_is_x2apic_enabled(void)
> > +{
> > + u64 msr;
> > +
> > + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, msr);
>
> Let's do
>
> struct msr m;
>
> if (msr_read(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, &m))
> return false;
>
> return m.l & X2APIC_ENABLE;
>
> so that we do the safe MSR access too. Who knows where this code gets
> executed in the future.

Updated.

> > +}
> > +
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
> > /*
> > * Make previous memory operations globally visible before
> > @@ -175,15 +183,7 @@ extern void check_x2apic(void);
> > extern void enable_x2apic(void);
> > static inline int x2apic_enabled(void)
> > {
> > - u64 msr;
> > -
> > - if (!cpu_has_x2apic)
> > - return 0;
> > -
> > - rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, msr);
> > - if (msr & X2APIC_ENABLE)
> > - return 1;
> > - return 0;
> > + return cpu_has_x2apic && apic_is_x2apic_enabled();
>
> ... and then there's
>
> #define x2apic_supported() (cpu_has_x2apic)
>
> which does the cpufeature test.
>
> Can we agree on one interface only and simplify this a bit more?

I think I do that later on, but will make sure.


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