On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 09:39:12AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c > index d19e903214b4..87d044ce837f 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c > @@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ static bool bad_spectre_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) > { > int i; > > + /* > + * We know that the hypervisor lie to us on the microcode version so > + * we may as well trust that it is running the correct version. > + */ > + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) I guess cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) since we're passing a ptr to the current CPU. It boils down to the same thing in the end but this is bit nicer and besides the rest of the code uses cpu_has() too. Otherwise, yap, this looks like a good idea. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.