linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early loading ucode

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Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:17:27 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:	H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces
 for early loading ucode

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 06:09:12PM +0000, Yu, Fenghua wrote:
> Nothing wrong with taking the parameters. But CPUID_IS is only limited
> in this file. There is no other places to use it. I think either way
> is ok.

Please don't do this. Anything can happen, someone can copy it somewhere
else and try to use it, unification, code movement can all of a sudden
break things in the most mysterious ways.

However, if you make the macro definition self-contained. none of those
issues will happen.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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