linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86, CPU, AMD: Fix a shadowed variable situation

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Message-Id: <1389786735-16751-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:52:15 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86, CPU, AMD: Fix a shadowed variable situation

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Having u32 and struct cpuinfo_x86 * by the same name is not very smart,
although it was ok in this case due to the limited scope of u32 c and it
being used only once in there.

Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 6ac3a67ad471..d3153e281d72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -799,14 +799,10 @@ static void cpu_detect_tlb_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 
 	/* Handle DTLB 2M and 4M sizes, fall back to L1 if L2 is disabled */
-	if (!((eax >> 16) & mask)) {
-		u32 a, b, c, d;
-
-		cpuid(0x80000005, &a, &b, &c, &d);
-		tlb_lld_2m[ENTRIES] = (a >> 16) & 0xff;
-	} else {
+	if (!((eax >> 16) & mask))
+		tlb_lld_2m[ENTRIES] = (cpuid_eax(0x80000005) >> 16) & 0xff;
+	else
 		tlb_lld_2m[ENTRIES] = (eax >> 16) & mask;
-	}
 
 	/* a 4M entry uses two 2M entries */
 	tlb_lld_4m[ENTRIES] = tlb_lld_2m[ENTRIES] >> 1;
-- 
1.8.5.2.192.g7794a68

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