Re: [tip:ras/core] x86/RAS: Simplify SMCA HWID descriptor struct

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:50:04PM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> Adding extra parentheses in HWID_MCATYPE() gives the same assembly as the
> original code and fixes the behavior.
> 
> > +	hwid_mcatype = HWID_MCATYPE((high & MCI_IPID_HWID)),
> > +				    ((high & MCI_IPID_MCATYPE) >> 16));

Argh, the macro should be adding the additional parentheses:

#define HWID_MCATYPE(hwid, mcatype) (((hwid) << 16) | (mcatype))

That should fix the issue too.

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