linux-kernel - Re: [ 33/73] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface

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Date:	Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:23:41 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [ 33/73] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading
 interface

On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 13:07 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 14:27 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:43:14AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:04:06AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> > > > > On 2012-07-31 06:43 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Alas, this does not build if CONFIG_SMP is unset:
> > > > > 
> > > > > ,----
> > > > > | arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c: In function 'reload_store':
> > > > > | arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c:304:19: error: 'struct cpuinfo_x86' has no member named 'cpu_index'
> > > > > `----
[...]
> > 
> > Thanks everyone for working this out.
> > 
> > If you combine multiple mainline commits like this, the new commit
> > message should refer to all of them.  I've fixed that up this time.
> 
> Ben, the backport is also needed on 3.0 and 3.4, do you have your patch
> queue available for download/pull somewhere?

This is in v3.2.26, tagged in git
<git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/linux-3.2.y.git>.
I'll wait for Greg to generate tarballs etc. before sending the
announcement.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed.
                                                         - Carolyn Scheppner

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