> On 31. Jul 2018, at 15:00, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:46:09AM +0000, Sironi, Filippo wrote:
>> There may be a chance of skipping this code, I think.
>>
>> If the microcode is loaded on the hyperthread sibling of the boot cpu
>> before being loaded on the boot cpu, the boot cpu will exit earlier
>> from apply_microcode_intel() - in if (rev >= mc->hdr.rev) { ... }.
>>
>> (This seems to be possible in apply_microcode_amd() as well.)
>>
>> In my tree with the aforementioned change - Intel only - I also had
>> the following patch:
>
> Yap, good catch.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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>
Boris, Prarit,
I've sent the patch the I had in my tree and extended it to cover
apply_microcode_amd(). I don't have an AMD host available for testing,
can one of you give that a spin?
Thanks,
Filippo
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