Re: [PATCH v3] eal_common_cpuflags: Fix %rbx corruption, and simplify the code

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>]

On 03/24/2014 12:52 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
>>
> To add an extra sanity check in rte_get_flag_enabled.  If we were moving to the
> use of C99 initalizers, I wanted something to catch the possibility that we skip
> a flag by accident (i.e. leave a zero initalized hole in the array).  Except 0
> from my read is a valid value for all the fields of the array.  So I bumped up
> the cpuid register enum by one and wrapped it in a macro.  That way we can test
> for !feat->reg as an indicator that we're requesting feature support for a flag
> thats not listed in the array.

It actually isn't: there aren't any flags in CPUID leaf 0, so since the
code only looks for bits it'd be perfectly okay to reject leaf 0.

Another thing that I noted is that the code doesn't actually check that
any particular leaf is valid (by checking the maximum leaf number in
CPUID leaf 0xXXXX0000:EAX).  Especially for the leaf 7 features this
could result in false positives, which obviously would be disastrous.

	-hpa