linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86, microcode fixes for 3.2

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Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:26:12 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86, microcode fixes for 3.2


* Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 09:43:11PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Hi Ingo,
> > 
> > please pull the following two fixes for the microcode machinery.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > The following changes since commit caca6a03d365883564885f2c1da3e88dcf65d139:
> > 
> >   Linux 3.2-rc3 (2011-11-23 20:20:28 -0800)
> > 
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp.git ucode
> > 
> > Borislav Petkov (1):
> >       x86, microcode, AMD: Restrict microcode reporting
> > 
> > Srivatsa S. Bhat (1):
> >       x86, microcode: Fix the failure path of microcode update driver init code
> 
> Since you haven't pulled yet, I've updated this one with the better
> version below, branch above has been updated too:
> 
> --
> From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:05:32 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Fix the failure path of microcode update
>  driver init code
> 
> The microcode update driver's initialization code does not handle
> failures correctly. This patch fixes this issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111107123530.12164.31227.stgit@srivatsabhat.in.ibm.com
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4ED8E2270200007800065120@nat28.tlf.novell.com
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> ---

Mind respinning this once more against latest -git? There's a 
new conflict due to:

  8e8da023f5af: x86: Fix boot failures on older AMD CPU's

Thanks,

	Ingo
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