[PATCH 9/9] x86/microcode/amd: Add __list_del_entry_valid() in front of __list_del() in free_cache()

From: jiasheng
Date: Wed Sep 01 2021 - 21:52:30 EST


We have found that in the complied files __list_del()
appear more than 100 times, and under at least 90% circumstances
that __list_del_entry_valid() and __list_del() appear in pairs.
For example, they appear together in the __list_del_entry()
of the header file, 'include/linux/list.h'.
But we have found that in the free_cache(), there is only
__list_del() instead of the pair.
Therefore, we consider that the __list_del_entry_valid()
might be forgotten.

Signed-off-by: jiasheng <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 3d4a483..1987ee1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ static void free_cache(void)
struct ucode_patch *p, *tmp;

list_for_each_entry_safe(p, tmp, &microcode_cache, plist) {
+ if (!__list_del_entry_valid(p->plist))
+ continue;
__list_del(p->plist.prev, p->plist.next);
kfree(p->data);
kfree(p);
--
2.7.4