linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/cpu: Do the feature test first in enable_sep

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:19:29 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Do the feature test first in enable_sep_cpu()

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

... before assigning local vars. Kill out label too and simplify.

No functionality change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 249461f95851..63658d23d3dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1030,12 +1030,12 @@ void enable_sep_cpu(void)
 	struct tss_struct *tss;
 	int cpu;
 
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SEP))
+		return;
+
 	cpu = get_cpu();
 	tss = &per_cpu(cpu_tss, cpu);
 
-	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SEP))
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * We cache MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS's value in the TSS's ss1 field --
 	 * see the big comment in struct x86_hw_tss's definition.
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ void enable_sep_cpu(void)
 
 	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, (unsigned long)entry_SYSENTER_32, 0);
 
-out:
 	put_cpu();
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.7.3