linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] x86/platform/uv: Decode UVsystab Info

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Date:   Thu, 5 Sep 2019 17:40:30 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@....com>,
        Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@....com>,
        Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] x86/platform/uv: Decode UVsystab Info

On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 04:16:34PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 08:02:58AM -0500, Mike Travis wrote:
>> --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
>> +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
>> @@ -1303,7 +1303,8 @@ static int __init decode_uv_systab(void)
>>  	struct uv_systab *st;
>>  	int i;
>>
>> -	if (uv_hub_info->hub_revision < UV4_HUB_REVISION_BASE)
>> +	/* Select only UV4 (hubbed or hubless) and higher */
>> +	if (is_uv_hubbed(-2) < uv(4) && is_uv_hubless(-2) < uv(4))

For someone not too familiar with the code, this is completely
unreadable. There must be a nicer way to do this.

--
Thanks,
Sasha