linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 16/16] x86/mtrr: simplify mtrr

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Date:   Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:05:29 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 16/16] x86/mtrr: simplify mtrr_ops initialization

On 30.10.22 13:06, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 10:10:23AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>> +#define vendor_mtrr_ops(x) NULL
>> +#else
>> +#define vendor_mtrr_ops(x) &(x)
>> +#endif
> 
> The idea is good but this is just as hacky.
> 
> Just assign the correct one in each branch without this funky ifdeffery.

As the specific ops variables are available for X86_32 only, this
would require to add an "#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32" around the code block
doing the assignments. Otherwise the build would fail.


Juergen


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