Re: [patch 2/3] x86: apic - simplify lapic_get_maxlvt

[Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>]

Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> Lets use lapic_get_version helper and hide
> register being read. Also it allow us to
> make code a bit tighter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c	2008-09-24 19:17:20.000000000 +0400
> +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/apic.c	2008-09-24 19:33:31.000000000 +0400
> @@ -309,14 +309,14 @@ int get_physical_broadcast(void)
>   */
>  int lapic_get_maxlvt(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned int v;
> +	unsigned int ver;
>  
> -	v = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
> +	ver = lapic_get_version();
>  	/*
>  	 * - we always have APIC integrated on 64bit mode
>  	 * - 82489DXs do not report # of LVT entries
>  	 */
> -	return APIC_INTEGRATED(GET_APIC_VERSION(v)) ? GET_APIC_MAXLVT(v) : 2;
> +	return APIC_INTEGRATED(ver) ? GET_APIC_MAXLVT(ver) : 2;
                                                      ^^^
Hi, is this correct?
Does ver have the full content of apic_read(APIC_LVR)?

thanks,
Hiroshi Shimamoto