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authorBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>2015-02-09 17:49:43 +0100
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>2015-03-02 20:31:56 +0100
commita5de5e242b80c085913041e99ab245408083f273 (patch)
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x86/microcode/intel: Make _save_mc() return the updated saved count
... of microcode patches instead of handing in a pointer which is used for I/O in an otherwise void function. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c29
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
index 34a2ff9217f8..f1d9a321d424 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c
@@ -262,17 +262,18 @@ err:
* - or if it is a newly discovered microcode patch.
*
* The microcode patch should have matching model with CPU.
+ *
+ * Returns: The updated number @num_saved of saved microcode patches.
*/
-static void _save_mc(struct microcode_intel **mc_saved, u8 *ucode_ptr,
- unsigned int *mc_saved_count_p)
+static unsigned int _save_mc(struct microcode_intel **mc_saved,
+ u8 *ucode_ptr, unsigned int num_saved)
{
- int i;
- int found = 0;
- unsigned int mc_saved_count = *mc_saved_count_p;
struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header;
+ int found = 0, i;
mc_header = (struct microcode_header_intel *)ucode_ptr;
- for (i = 0; i < mc_saved_count; i++) {
+
+ for (i = 0; i < num_saved; i++) {
unsigned int sig, pf;
unsigned int new_rev;
struct microcode_header_intel *mc_saved_header =
@@ -289,21 +290,20 @@ static void _save_mc(struct microcode_intel **mc_saved, u8 *ucode_ptr,
* Replace the older one with this newer
* one.
*/
- mc_saved[i] =
- (struct microcode_intel *)ucode_ptr;
+ mc_saved[i] = (struct microcode_intel *)ucode_ptr;
break;
}
}
}
- if (i >= mc_saved_count && !found)
+
+ if (i >= num_saved && !found)
/*
* This ucode is first time discovered in ucode file.
* Save it to memory.
*/
- mc_saved[mc_saved_count++] =
- (struct microcode_intel *)ucode_ptr;
+ mc_saved[num_saved++] = (struct microcode_intel *)ucode_ptr;
- *mc_saved_count_p = mc_saved_count;
+ return num_saved;
}
/*
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ get_matching_model_microcode(int cpu, unsigned long start,
continue;
}
- _save_mc(mc_saved_tmp, ucode_ptr, &mc_saved_count);
+ mc_saved_count = _save_mc(mc_saved_tmp, ucode_ptr, mc_saved_count);
ucode_ptr += mc_size;
}
@@ -519,8 +519,7 @@ int save_mc_for_early(u8 *mc)
* Save the microcode patch mc in mc_save_tmp structure if it's a newer
* version.
*/
-
- _save_mc(mc_saved_tmp, mc, &mc_saved_count);
+ mc_saved_count = _save_mc(mc_saved_tmp, mc, mc_saved_count);
/*
* Save the mc_save_tmp in global mc_saved_data.