[xen master] xen/ucode: Improve commentary for parsing AMD containers

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commit 0416f1f66a1e28adc53c69ca166ba2d122660c6d
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 13 12:20:37 2024 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Sep 24 18:57:38 2024 +0100

    xen/ucode: Improve commentary for parsing AMD containers
    
    Despite writing this code, it's not the easiest logic to follow.
    
    Shorten the UCODE_EQUIV_TYPE name, and provide more of an explanation of
    what's going on.
    
    No functional change.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 32490c8b7d..0fe869eff1 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ struct microcode_patch {
 };
 
 #define UCODE_MAGIC                0x00414d44
-#define UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE 0x00000000
+#define UCODE_EQUIV_TYPE           0x00000000
 #define UCODE_UCODE_TYPE           0x00000001
 
 struct container_equiv_table {
-    uint32_t type; /* UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE */
+    uint32_t type; /* UCODE_EQUIV_TYPE */
     uint32_t len;
     struct equiv_cpu_entry eq[];
 };
@@ -335,10 +335,10 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cf_check 
cpu_request_microcode(
         buf  += 4;
         size -= 4;
 
-        if ( size < sizeof(*et) ||
-             (et = buf)->type != UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE ||
-             size - sizeof(*et) < et->len ||
-             et->len % sizeof(et->eq[0]) )
+        if ( size < sizeof(*et) ||                   /* No space for header? */
+             (et = buf)->type != UCODE_EQUIV_TYPE || /* Not an Equivalence 
Table? */
+             size - sizeof(*et) < et->len ||         /* No space for table? */
+             et->len % sizeof(et->eq[0]) )           /* Not multiple of 
equiv_cpu_entry? */
         {
             printk(XENLOG_ERR "microcode: Bad equivalent cpu table\n");
             error = -EINVAL;
@@ -351,7 +351,12 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cf_check 
cpu_request_microcode(
 
         error = scan_equiv_cpu_table(et);
 
-        /* -ESRCH means no applicable microcode in this container. */
+        /*
+         * -ESRCH means no applicable microcode in this container.  But, there
+         * might be subsequent containers in the blob.  Skipping to the end of
+         * this container still requires us to follow the UCODE_UCODE_TYPE/len
+         * metadata because there's no overall container length given.
+         */
         if ( error && error != -ESRCH )
             break;
         skip_ucode = error;
@@ -361,10 +366,10 @@ static struct microcode_patch *cf_check 
cpu_request_microcode(
         {
             const struct container_microcode *mc;
 
-            if ( size < sizeof(*mc) ||
-                 (mc = buf)->type != UCODE_UCODE_TYPE ||
-                 size - sizeof(*mc) < mc->len ||
-                 mc->len < sizeof(struct microcode_patch) )
+            if ( size < sizeof(*mc) ||                      /* No space for 
container header? */
+                 (mc = buf)->type != UCODE_UCODE_TYPE ||    /* Not a ucode 
blob? */
+                 size - sizeof(*mc) < mc->len ||            /* No space for 
blob? */
+                 mc->len < sizeof(struct microcode_patch) ) /* No space for 
patch header? */
             {
                 printk(XENLOG_ERR "microcode: Bad microcode data\n");
                 error = -EINVAL;
--
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