From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934780AbeEWTuh (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2018 15:50:37 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:45750 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934312AbeEWTug (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2018 15:50:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 21:50:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk cc: Dominik Brodowski , mingo@kernel.org, bp@suse.de, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Simplify the CPU bug detection logic In-Reply-To: <20180523163347.GB15675@char.us.oracle.com> Message-ID: References: <20180522090539.GA24668@light.dominikbrodowski.net> <20180523163347.GB15675@char.us.oracle.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 23 May 2018, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > @@ -973,16 +965,16 @@ static void __init cpu_set_bug_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) > > if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES)) > > rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, ia32_cap); > > Would it make sense to move that above 'rdmsrl' and the conditional as well > to the logic below? I did that when I was applying the patch .... Thanks, tglx