[PATCH v3 08/12] x86/mtrr: add get_effective_type() service function

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Thu Feb 23 2023 - 04:34:25 EST


Add a service function for obtaining the effective cache mode of
overlapping MTRR registers.

Make use of that function in check_type_overlap().

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
V3:
- new patch
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c | 39 +++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
index bccd5f23dfe0..1ad08a96989c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
@@ -78,31 +78,30 @@ static u64 get_mtrr_size(u64 mask)
return size;
}

+static u8 get_effective_type(u8 type1, u8 type2)
+{
+ if (type1 == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE || type2 == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE)
+ return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+
+ if ((type1 == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK && type2 == MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH) ||
+ (type1 == MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH && type2 == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK))
+ return MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH;
+
+ if (type1 != type2)
+ return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+
+ return type1;
+}
+
/*
* Check and return the effective type for MTRR-MTRR type overlap.
- * Returns 1 if the effective type is UNCACHEABLE, else returns 0
+ * Returns true if the effective type is UNCACHEABLE, else returns false
*/
-static int check_type_overlap(u8 *prev, u8 *curr)
+static bool check_type_overlap(u8 *prev, u8 *curr)
{
- if (*prev == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE || *curr == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE) {
- *prev = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- *curr = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- return 1;
- }
-
- if ((*prev == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK && *curr == MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH) ||
- (*prev == MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH && *curr == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK)) {
- *prev = MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH;
- *curr = MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH;
- }
+ *prev = *curr = get_effective_type(*curr, *prev);

- if (*prev != *curr) {
- *prev = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- *curr = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- return 1;
- }
-
- return 0;
+ return *prev == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
}

/**
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