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Message-ID: <4892738D.5040703@qualcomm.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:23:09 -0700
From: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
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>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> I've even suggested to consider doing microcode update somewhere
>> earlier in start_secondary() (say, right before cpu_idle()). So it'd
>> be done as ealry as possible + we don't mess up with cpu-hotplug
>> events.
>
> i have no problems with that approach in principle. Microcode updates
> are special and black magic things anyway.
>
I still think we should just do the update via schedule_work_on() and be
done with it. Maybe in theory it should be done as early as possible but
in practice hotplug handler -> workqueue will be soon enough, I think.
Max
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