Re: [PATCH 03/13] x86/microcode/AMD: Clean up find_equiv_id()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Jan 17 2017 - 18:12:17 EST


On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 08:02:59PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> That's how it parses best. The opening brace after the for() tells us: here
> comes a multiline statement. And the inner if (othercond) w/o the opening
> brace tells: here comes a single line statement.
>
> Reading code/patches very much depends on patterns and structuring. If they
> are consistent the reading flow is undisturbed.

Yeah, very true.

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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:05:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode/AMD: Clean up find_equiv_id()

No need to have it marked "inline" - let gcc decide. Also, shorten the
argument name and simplify while-test.

While at it, make it into a proper for-loop and simplify it even more,
as tglx suggests.

No functionality change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 17 +++++------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 6a31e2691f3a..5c1509a38048 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -97,20 +97,13 @@ static size_t compute_container_size(u8 *data, u32 total_size)
return size;
}

-static inline u16 find_equiv_id(struct equiv_cpu_entry *equiv_cpu_table,
- unsigned int sig)
+static u16 find_equiv_id(struct equiv_cpu_entry *equiv_table, u32 sig)
{
- int i = 0;
-
- if (!equiv_cpu_table)
- return 0;
-
- while (equiv_cpu_table[i].installed_cpu != 0) {
- if (sig == equiv_cpu_table[i].installed_cpu)
- return equiv_cpu_table[i].equiv_cpu;
-
- i++;
+ for (; equiv_table && equiv_table->installed_cpu; equiv_table++) {
+ if (sig == equiv_table->installed_cpu)
+ return equiv_table->equiv_cpu;
}
+
return 0;
}

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2.11.0

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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