[PATCH v1 2/4] x86, CPU: Push TLB detection CPUID check down

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Aug 06 2012 - 13:01:05 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>

Push the max CPUID leaf check into the ->detect_tlb function and remove
general test case from the generic path.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d239977f361f..080f4a737e3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ void __init identify_boot_cpu(void)
#else
vgetcpu_set_mode();
#endif
- if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level >= 2)
- cpu_detect_tlb(&boot_cpu_data);
+ cpu_detect_tlb(&boot_cpu_data);
}

void __cpuinit identify_secondary_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 0a4ce2980a5a..198e019a531a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -648,6 +648,10 @@ static void __cpuinit intel_detect_tlb(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
int i, j, n;
unsigned int regs[4];
unsigned char *desc = (unsigned char *)regs;
+
+ if (c->cpuid_level < 2)
+ return;
+
/* Number of times to iterate */
n = cpuid_eax(2) & 0xFF;

--
1.7.11.rc1

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