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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 02:16:21 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     bp@...e.de, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode/AMD: Simplify patch family
 detection

Commit-ID:  6cdce951f7a1d8161910d5cd9bd9e6197bf5cc97
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/6cdce951f7a1d8161910d5cd9bd9e6197bf5cc97
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
AuthorDate: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:47:07 +0200
Committer:  Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitDate: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:51:05 +0100

x86/microcode/AMD: Simplify patch family detection

Instead of traversing the equivalence table, compute the family a patch
is for, from the processor revision ID in the microcode header.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107170218.7596-8-bp@alien8.de
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 27 +++------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 8f012a7f88c4..b4450374f4b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -540,20 +540,6 @@ static u16 __find_equiv_id(unsigned int cpu)
 	return find_equiv_id(equiv_cpu_table, uci->cpu_sig.sig);
 }
 
-static u32 find_cpu_family_by_equiv_cpu(u16 equiv_cpu)
-{
-	int i = 0;
-
-	BUG_ON(!equiv_cpu_table);
-
-	while (equiv_cpu_table[i].equiv_cpu != 0) {
-		if (equiv_cpu == equiv_cpu_table[i].equiv_cpu)
-			return equiv_cpu_table[i].installed_cpu;
-		i++;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * a small, trivial cache of per-family ucode patches
  */
@@ -732,7 +718,7 @@ static int verify_and_add_patch(u8 family, u8 *fw, unsigned int leftover)
 	struct microcode_header_amd *mc_hdr;
 	unsigned int patch_size, crnt_size;
 	struct ucode_patch *patch;
-	u32 proc_fam;
+	u8 patch_fam;
 	u16 proc_id;
 
 	patch_size = verify_patch(family, fw, leftover, false);
@@ -746,15 +732,8 @@ static int verify_and_add_patch(u8 family, u8 *fw, unsigned int leftover)
 	mc_hdr	    = (struct microcode_header_amd *)(fw + SECTION_HDR_SIZE);
 	proc_id	    = mc_hdr->processor_rev_id;
 
-	proc_fam = find_cpu_family_by_equiv_cpu(proc_id);
-	if (!proc_fam) {
-		pr_err("No patch family for equiv ID: 0x%04x\n", proc_id);
-		return crnt_size;
-	}
-
-	/* check if patch is for the current family */
-	proc_fam = ((proc_fam >> 8) & 0xf) + ((proc_fam >> 20) & 0xff);
-	if (proc_fam != family)
+	patch_fam = 0xf + (proc_id >> 12);
+	if (patch_fam != family)
 		return crnt_size;
 
 	if (mc_hdr->nb_dev_id || mc_hdr->sb_dev_id) {