Re: [PATCH RFC 4/7] x86/microcode/intel: Prepare for microcode staging
From: Dave Hansen
Date: Mon Nov 04 2024 - 11:08:59 EST
On 11/4/24 03:16, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 09:10:39AM -0700, Chang S. Bae wrote:
>> +static inline u64 staging_addr(u32 cpu)
>> +{
>> + u32 lo, hi;
>> +
>> + rdmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_MCU_STAGING_MBOX_ADDR, &lo, &hi);
>> + return lo | ((u64)hi << 32);
>> +}
> A single usage site. Move its code there and get rid of the function.
Yeah, and it'll look a lot nicer if you use:
rdmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_MCU_STAGING_MBOX_ADDR, &addr);
and don't have to do the high/lo munging.