linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes

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Message-ID: <20080731221206.GF23801@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:12:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes


* Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com> wrote:

> > Will you take a shot at moving the driver to early init (and early 
> > SMP init) code, as suggested by Dmitry?
> 
> I have another fix for 'microcode' (one place may race vs. 
> sched_setaffinity()) and a few ideas/improvements to try. I would also 
> do this 'move-cpu-hotplug-activities-to-early-init' thing (but 
> perhaps, not earlier than on Saturday-Sunday) if Peter doesn't come up 
> with a patch by this time.
> 
> btw., is tip/x86/microcode a .27 material? I mean, if I do some work, 
> should I do it on top of the current linus-git or -tip (or both)?

it's not really .27 material, it was recently started. So for fixes i'd 
suggest as-small-as-possible patches against -git. We'll sort out the 
x86/microcode impact of that.

	Ingo
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