x86/microcode/amd: Extract current patch level read to a function
Pave the way for checking the current patch level of the microcode in a core. We want to be able to do stuff depending on the patch level - in this case decide whether to update or not. But that will be added in a later patch. Drop unused local var uci assignment, while at it. Integrate a fix for 32-bit and CONFIG_PARAVIRT from Takashi Iwai: Use native_rdmsr() in check_current_patch_level() because with CONFIG_PARAVIRT enabled and on 32-bit, where we run before paging has been enabled, we cannot deref pv_info yet. Or we could, but we'd need to access its physical address. This way of fixing it is simpler. See: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=943179 for the background. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>: Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444641762-9437-6-git-send-email-bp@alien8.deSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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