On 25.04.25 10:34, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
hpa found that pmu_msr_write() is actually a completely pointless
function [1]: all it does is shuffle some arguments, then calls
pmu_msr_chk_emulated() and if it returns true AND the emulated flag
is clear then does *exactly the same thing* that the calling code
would have done if pmu_msr_write() itself had returned true.  And
pmu_msr_read() does the equivalent stupidity.

Remove the calls to native_{read,write}_msr{,_safe}() within
pmu_msr_{read,write}().  Instead reuse the existing calling code
that decides whether to call native_{read,write}_msr{,_safe}() based
on the return value from pmu_msr_{read,write}().  Consequently,
eliminate the need to pass an error pointer to pmu_msr_{read,write}().

While at it, refactor pmu_msr_write() to take the MSR value as a u64
argument, replacing the current dual u32 arguments, because the dual
u32 arguments were only used to call native_write_msr{,_safe}(), which
has now been removed.

[1]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <[email protected]>
Sign-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <[email protected]>


Juergen

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