Re: [PATCH v5 07/15] x86/mtrr: replace vendor tests in MTRR code

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 04:46:46 EST


On Sat, Apr 01, 2023 at 08:36:44AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Modern CPUs all share the same MTRR interface implemented via
> generic_mtrr_ops.
>
> At several places in MTRR code this generic interface is deduced via
> is_cpu(INTEL) tests, which is only working due to X86_VENDOR_INTEL
> being 0 (the is_cpu() macro is testing mtrr_if->vendor, which isn't
> explicitly set in generic_mtrr_ops).
>
> Fix that by replacing the is_cpu(INTEL) tests with testing for mtrr_if
> to be &generic_mtrr_ops.

Replace with:

"Test the generic CPU feature X86_FEATURE_MTRR instead."

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> index 1c19d67ddab3..46aae69d259e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.c
> @@ -108,14 +108,12 @@ static int have_wrcomb(void)
> /* This function returns the number of variable MTRRs */
> static void __init set_num_var_ranges(bool use_generic)
> {
> - unsigned long config = 0, dummy;
> + unsigned long config, dummy;
>
> if (use_generic)
> rdmsr(MSR_MTRRcap, config, dummy);
> - else if (is_cpu(AMD) || is_cpu(HYGON))
> - config = 2;
> - else if (is_cpu(CYRIX) || is_cpu(CENTAUR))
> - config = 8;
> + else
> + config = mtrr_if->var_regs;
>
> num_var_ranges = config & MTRR_CONFIG_NUM_VAR_MASK;
> }

>From previous review which you've missed to incorporate:

"Since you're touching this function, you might simply expand its body in
its only call site in mtrr_bp_init(), put a comment above the expanded
code and remove that function.

That is, if we're going to do the ->var_regs thing."

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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